Invention Grant
- Patent Title: PLL circuit
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Application No.: US17831788Application Date: 2022-06-03
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Publication No.: US11923860B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Masanobu Tsuji
- Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: CANTOR COLBURN LLP
- Priority: JP 19220372 2019.12.05
- Main IPC: H03L7/099
- IPC: H03L7/099 ; H03L7/081

Abstract:
A DCO is configured such that, during a period in which a selection signal is asserted, a ring oscillator is formed so as to oscillate at a frequency that corresponds to a control code, and such that, during a period in which the selection signal SEL is negated, an injection edge based on a reference clock can be injected. During the startup period of a PLL circuit, a controller repeats a cycle including (i) a process in which the selection signal is asserted so as to oscillate the DCO, and phase comparison is made between an oscillator clock and the reference clock, and (ii) a process in which the selection signal is negated so as to stop the DCO, and the control code is updated by a binary search based on a result of the phase comparison.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220302919A1 PLL CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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