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- Patent Title: Phase-locked loop circuit
- Patent Title (中): 锁相环电路
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Application No.: US14062738Application Date: 2013-10-24
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Publication No.: US08816735B1Publication Date: 2014-08-26
- Inventor: Huan-Neng Chen , Kuang-Kai Yen , Feng-Wei Kuo , Hsien-Yuan Liao , Tsung-Hsiung Lee , Chewn-Pu Jou
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Main IPC: H03L7/06
- IPC: H03L7/06 ; H03L7/08

Abstract:
A phase-locked loop circuit, a phase converter module thereof and a phase-locked controlling method are disclosed herein. The phase converter module is suitable for a phase-locked loop circuit including a digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) for generating an oscillator output signal and a divider for converting the oscillator output signal into N-phased oscillator output signals. The phase converter module includes a phase finder and a time-to-digital converter. The phase finder is configured for sampling the oscillator output signal with the N-phased oscillator output signals to calculate an estimated value of a fractional phase part. One oscillation period of the digitally-controlled oscillator is divided into N sub-periods. The time-to-digital converter is configured for sampling one of the N-phased oscillator output signals with a reference-frequency signal to calculate a precise value of the fractional phase part within one sub-period.
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