Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for synchronizing multiple oscillators using reduced frequency signaling
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Application No.: US14597039Application Date: 2015-01-14
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Publication No.: US09866222B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Saverio Trotta , Reinhard-Wolfgang Jungmaier
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
- Current Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: H03L7/00
- IPC: H03L7/00 ; H03L7/07 ; H01Q3/30 ; H03L7/093 ; H03L7/099

Abstract:
An embodiment method for voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) control includes detecting a first VCO output signal of a first VCO. The first VCO output signal has a first VCO output frequency. The method also includes determining a first down-scaled signal in accordance with the first VCO output signal. The first down-scaled signal has a first down-scaled frequency that is reduced by a fixed ratio relative to a current value of the first VCO output frequency. The method also includes modifying the first VCO output frequency using a first phase lock loop (PLL) in accordance with the first down-scaled signal and an oscillating reference signal, and detecting a second VCO output signal of a second VCO. The second VCO output signal has a second VCO output frequency. The method also includes modifying the second VCO output frequency in accordance with the second VCO output signal and the first down-scaled signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160204784A1 System and Method for Synchronizing Multiple Oscillators Using Reduced Frequency Signaling Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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