Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage controlled oscillator with dither
- Patent Title (中): 具有抖动的压控振荡器
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Application No.: US12916194Application Date: 2010-10-29
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Publication No.: US08193867B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Zhuo Fu , Susumu Hara
- Applicant: Zhuo Fu , Susumu Hara
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Zagorin O'Brien Graham LLP
- Main IPC: H03L7/08
- IPC: H03L7/08 ; H03M3/02

Abstract:
A voltage control signal at a voltage control signal input terminal is used to adjust an output frequency of an oscillator circuit. The voltage level of the voltage control signal is converted in a one-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to a digital output indicative of the voltage level. Successive digital representations of the voltage level of the voltage control signal are upsampled to generate upsampled blocks of data. A dither circuit inserts a digital dither in the upsampled blocks of data to generate dithered upsampled data, which is used to generate a control signal for a feedback divider of a phase-locked loop circuit and thereby adjust the output frequency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120105160A1 VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR WITH DITHER Public/Granted day:2012-05-03
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