Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge pump for phase-locked loop
- Patent Title (中): 电荷泵用于锁相环
-
Application No.: US12920015Application Date: 2009-03-05
-
Publication No.: US08373468B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Pasquale Lamanna , Nicolas Sornin
- Applicant: Pasquale Lamanna , Nicolas Sornin
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
- Current Assignee: Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Novak Druce DeLuca + Quigg LLP
- Priority: GB0804341.6 20080307
- International Application: PCT/EP2009/052633 WO 20090305
- International Announcement: WO2009/109639 WO 20090911
- Main IPC: H03L7/06
- IPC: H03L7/06

Abstract:
A current generator for a phase-locked loop arranged to generate an output signal having predetermined frequency-relationship with a reference signal, the phase-locked loop comprising a signal generator arranged to generate the output signal, a divider arranged to receive the output signal and divide the output signal to form a feedback signal, the divider being arranged to vary the divisor by which the output signal is divided, a comparison unit arranged to compare the feedback signal with the reference signal and output a first error signal indicative of the phase-difference between the feedback signal and the reference signal to the current generator and a loop filter arranged to filter a current signal output by the current generator to form a control signal for controlling the signal generator, the current generator being capable of receiving the first error signal and generating a current in dependence thereon, receiving a second error signal indicative of an error in the feedback signal caused by the variation of the divisor by which the output signal is divided and generating a current having a magnitude and sign that is dependent on that error and combining the currents generated in dependence on the first error signal and the second error signal to form a current signal output to the loop filter that is representative of an overall error in the output signal of the phase-locked loop relative to the reference signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110025388A1 Charge Pump For Phase-Locked Loop Public/Granted day:2011-02-03
Information query