- Patent Title: Oscillating circuit and method for calibrating a resonant frequency of an LC tank of an injection-locked oscillator (ILO) of the oscillating circuit while stopping self-oscillation of the ILO
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Application No.: US16166154Application Date: 2018-10-21
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Publication No.: US10536152B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Pang-Ning Chen , Chen-Lun Lin , Ying-Chia Chen , Wei-Jyun Wang , Mike Chun Hung Wang
- Applicant: KaiKuTek INC.
- Applicant Address: TW Taipei
- Assignee: KaiKuTek INC.
- Current Assignee: KaiKuTek INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taipei
- Agent Winston Hsu
- Main IPC: H03L7/089
- IPC: H03L7/089 ; H03L7/081 ; H03L7/16 ; G01S7/35 ; G01S7/40 ; G01S13/34 ; H03B5/04 ; H03B5/12 ; H03H7/06 ; H03L7/099 ; H03F1/32 ; H03F3/19 ; H03F3/45 ; H04B1/18 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/10

Abstract:
An oscillating circuit has an injection-locked oscillator (ILO) and a calibration circuit. The ILO has a Gm cell and an LC tank. A first node of the Gm cell receives a first injection signal, and a second node of the Gm cell receives a second injection signal. The first injection signal and the second injection signal are differential signals. The Gm cell provides a negative resistance between a first output end and a second output end of the Gm cell. When the calibration circuit tunes a resonant frequency of the LC tank of the ILO, the magnitude of the negative resistance is reduced to control the ILO to stop self-oscillating. After finishing tuning the resonant frequency of the LC tank, the calibration circuit controls the ILO to start self-oscillating by increasing the magnitude of the negative resistance.
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