Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sampling phase lock loop (PLL) with low power clock buffer
- Patent Title (中): 具有低功耗时钟缓冲器的采样锁相环(PLL)
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Application No.: US13654051Application Date: 2012-10-17
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Publication No.: US08427209B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Xiang Gao , Ahmad Bahai , Mounir Bohsali , Ali Djabbari , Eric Klumperink , Bram Nauta , Gerard Socci
- Applicant: National Semiconductor Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agent Andrew S. Viger; Wade J. Brady, III; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: H03L7/06
- IPC: H03L7/06

Abstract:
A sampling phase locked loop (PLL) circuit includes a pull-up/down buffer configured to convert an oscillator reference clock into a square wave sampling control signal input to a sampling phase detector. The buffer circuit is configured to reduce power by controlling the switching of the pull-up and pull-down transistors (and thereby the transitions of the sampling control signal) so that the transistors are not on at the same time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130038365A1 Sampling Phase Lock Loop (PLL) With Low Power Clock Buffer Public/Granted day:2013-02-14
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