Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase locked loop circuits, clock signal generators comprising digital-to-time convert circuits, operating methods thereof and wireless communication devices
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Application No.: US16374236Application Date: 2019-04-03
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Publication No.: US10606217B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Shin-woong Kim , Jae-young Kim , Chul-ho Kim , Jae-hyuk Jang , Sang-wook Han
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2018-0040602 20180406
- Main IPC: H04L7/00
- IPC: H04L7/00 ; H03L7/089 ; H03L7/08 ; G04F10/00 ; H04B17/14

Abstract:
Provided is clock signal generator configured to generate a target output clock signal based on a reference clock signal, the clock signal generator includes a digital-to-time converter (DTC) configured to delay a reference clock signal based on an input code to generate a delay clock signal, and output the delay clock signal, a DTC controller configured to determine an initial gain value of the DTC based on a result of comparing at least one delay amount of the DTC with a period of a previously generated output clock signal, and generate the input code based on the initial gain value, and a phase locked loop configured to generate the target output clock signal based on the delay clock signal and a division clock signal of the previously generated output clock signal, the target output clock signal being locked to the delay clock signal.
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