Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital controller for a phase-locked loop
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Application No.: US15224258Application Date: 2016-07-29
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Publication No.: US09698798B1Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Jeffrey Alan Fredenburg , David Michael Moore
- Applicant: Movellus Circuits, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Assignee: Movellus Circuits, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Movellus Circuits, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Agency: Peninsula Patent Group
- Agent Lance Kreisman
- Main IPC: H03L7/06
- IPC: H03L7/06 ; H03L7/081 ; H03L7/093 ; H03M7/16 ; G06F3/0484

Abstract:
A digital control loop circuit is disclosed which is coupleable to an oscillator to form a configurable, digital phase-locked loop to generate an output signal having a configurable or selectable output frequency. A representative embodiment of the digital control loop circuit may include a memory storing a plurality of configuration parameters, at least one configuration parameter specifying the output frequency; and a digital controller coupleable to receive an input signal from a reference frequency generator having a reference frequency, the digital controller adapted to access the memory and retrieve the plurality of configuration parameters, and to generate a plurality of control signals to the oscillator both to generate the output signal having the output frequency in response to the plurality of configuration parameters, and to match a phase of the output signal to an input signal phase.
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