Fractional-N frequency synthesizer with multiple clocks having different timings
US6728526B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03L7/1976
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A frequency synthesizer device comprising a PLL circuit (9) and a frequency-division ratio control circuit (5). The PLL circuit (9) includes a phase comparator (1), a low-pass filter (2), a voltage-controlled oscillator (3), and a variable frequency divider (4). The frequency-division ratio control circuit (5) controls the variable frequency divider (4) such that a frequency division ratio of the variable frequency divider (4) is changed in time and a time average value of the frequency division ratio contains a value below a decimal point. Two different signals of an output signal fdiv of the variable frequency divider (4) and an output fdiv2 obtained via a delay element (10) are used as clocks of an accumulator portion (81) in the frequency-division ratio control circuit (5). The variation in the substrate potential and the variation in the power supply voltage generated by the operation of the frequency-division ratio control circuit (5) can be reduced, and the degradation of C/N of the frequency synthesizer can be suppressed.
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