PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CAPACITOR CELL ARRAYS WITH DIFFERENT CAPACITANCE CHANGES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:EP4546650A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-30

    申请号:EP24207764.2

    申请日:2024-10-21

    Abstract: A phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit comprising an oscillator including a first and a second capacitor cell array, each including a plurality of capacitor cells, and a control logic circuit connected to the oscillator. The control logic circuit configured to generate control code configured to control the oscillator such that the oscillator is configured to output a signal with a target frequency, the control code generated based on a first frequency of a first signal output from the oscillator and the target frequency, control at least some of capacitor cells included in the first capacitor cell array based on a first partial code generated based on a specified number of bits of the control code, and control at least some of capacitor cells included in the second capacitor cell array based on a second partial code generated based on bits other than the specified number of bits of the control code.

    PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT, PHASE ERROR SIGN GENERATOR AND RFIC

    公开(公告)号:EP4513762A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-26

    申请号:EP24194721.7

    申请日:2024-08-15

    Abstract: A phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit includes a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to generate an output clock signal of the PLL circuit, a phase detector configured to generate a phase error signal representing a phase difference between a first clock signal based on a reference clock signal and a second clock signal based on the output clock signal, a comparator configured to generate a phase error sign signal based on a reference voltage and the phase error signal, and a reference voltage generation circuit configured to scale first and second sign values of the phase error sign signal based on a fixed gain value and a variable gain value, respectively, and generate the reference voltage based on the scaled first and second sign values.

    PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CAPACITOR CELLS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:EP4518159A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-05

    申请号:EP24197021.9

    申请日:2024-08-28

    Abstract: A phase-locked loop circuit includes an oscillator including a plurality of capacitor cells, and a control logic circuit that receives an output from the oscillator. The control logic circuit compares a target frequency with a first frequency of a first signal output from the oscillator, generates a first input code to control at least a portion of the plurality of capacitor cells to output a signal having the target frequency based on the comparison, generates a first output code corresponding to the first input code when the first input code is within a predetermined range of input codes, and controls at least two capacitor cells from among the plurality of capacitor cells based on the first output code. The oscillator may output a second signal having a second frequency through an electrical path including capacitor cells other than grounded capacitor cells from among the plurality of capacitor cells.

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