Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clock generator and image sensor including the same
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Application No.: US16510240Application Date: 2019-07-12
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Publication No.: US11252365B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Tae Gyu Kim
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Icheon-si
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Icheon-si
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Priority: KR10-2019-0000508 20190103
- Main IPC: H04N5/376
- IPC: H04N5/376 ; H03L7/089 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378 ; H03L7/099

Abstract:
A clock generator and an image sensor including the same are disclosed, which relate to technology for improving an operation speed of a voltage controlled oscillator. The clock generator includes a phase frequency detector (PFD) configured to detect a phase difference between a clock signal and a reference clock signal, a voltage converter configured to adjust a current corresponding to a voltage level in response to an output signal of the phase frequency detector (PFD), a filter circuit configured to generate a control voltage by filtering an output signal of the voltage converter, a voltage pumping circuit configured to pump an output voltage of the voltage converter, and provide the control voltage having a pumped voltage level, and a voltage controlled oscillator configured to generate a clock signal, an oscillation frequency of which is adjusted, in response to the control voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200221046A1 CLOCK GENERATOR AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2020-07-09
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