Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Generator and method for generating a controlled frequency
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Application No.: US17434703Application Date: 2020-02-24
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Publication No.: US11476856B2Publication Date: 2022-10-18
- Inventor: Michiel Van Elzakker , Rob Van Der Valk , Kees Van Nieuwburg
- Applicant: SEMIBLOCKS B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL s-Hertogenbosch
- Assignee: SEMIBLOCKS B.V.
- Current Assignee: SEMIBLOCKS B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL s-Hertogenbosch
- Agency: AEON Law, PLLC
- Agent Adam L. K. Philipp; David V. H. Cohen
- Priority: NL2022648 20190227
- International Application: PCT/NL2020/050120 WO 20200224
- International Announcement: WO2020/175988 WO 20200903
- Main IPC: H03L7/23
- IPC: H03L7/23 ; H03L7/087 ; H03L1/02 ; H03L7/099 ; H03L7/18 ; H03L7/113 ; H03L7/16

Abstract:
A frequency generator for generating a controlled signal having a controlled frequency uses a frequency ratio generator with an input; a frequency divider for dividing the controlled frequency by a frequency ratio signal to generate a divided signal having a divided frequency; a converter for generating an excitation signal having the divided frequency, the excitation signal exciting a resonator for generating a resonance signal having a resonance frequency; a frequency phase detector of a phase difference between the divided frequency and the resonance frequency; an inner loop filter for generating the frequency ratio signal and filtering the phase difference signal to prevent instability of two frequency ratio generator loops; an output configured for providing the frequency ratio signal based on a ratio between the controlled frequency and the resonance frequency; a controlled oscillator circuit for connecting an oscillator generating an oscillating signal having an oscillator frequency; and a PLL (Phase Locked Loop) for generating the controlled signal based on the oscillator frequency, which is adapted based on comparison of the frequency ratio with a target ratio.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220173740A1 GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONTROLLED FREQUENCY Public/Granted day:2022-06-02
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