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Clock generator for generating internal clock signal synchronized with reference clock signal

US6570456B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 2002
Grant dateMay 27, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03L2207/06
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A signal according to a phase difference in a first phase-locked loop is transferred to a power supply line as an operation power supply voltage for a first oscillation circuit included in the first phase-locked loop. The potential of the power supply line is supplied to a second oscillation circuit in a second phase-locked loop as an operation power supply voltage. The second phase-locked loop is used to generate a clock signal phase-synchronized to the input clock signal. Consequently, a clock generator is implemented that oscillates at a central frequency to generate a recovered clock signal even when a variation is caused in a manufacturing parameter.

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