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- Patent Title: Frequency synthesizer and method for frequency synthesis
- Patent Title (中): 频率合成器和频率合成方法
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Application No.: US15085016Application Date: 2016-03-30
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Publication No.: US09553596B1Publication Date: 2017-01-24
- Inventor: Wei-Zen Chen , Hsin-Pei Lee
- Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Agent Peter F. Corless; Steven M. Jensen
- Priority: TW104143529A 20151224
- Main IPC: H04B1/40
- IPC: H04B1/40 ; H03L7/23 ; H03L7/197 ; H03L7/093 ; H03L7/099 ; H03L7/089

Abstract:
A frequency synthesizer and a method for frequency synthesis are provided. The frequency synthesizer includes a subband phase-locked loop (PLL) and a main PLL. A divisor of an adjustable non-integer frequency divider in the subband PLL is adjusted, and a channel frequency of a maximum frequency band of all frequency bands is output. A divisor of an adjustable integer frequency divider in the main PLL is adjusted, and a center frequency required for each frequency band of the all frequency bands is output. The center frequency and the channel frequency are mixed by a mixer to produce a band frequency. A quantization noise generated by the adjustable non-integer frequency divider is filtered out by the subband PLL to reduce the impact of the quantization noise on the main PLL.
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