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Phase locked loop

US6815987B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 2002
Grant dateNov 9, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 2, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03L7/0891
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A phase locked loop (PLL), which has high operation speed and high resolution, and is particularly applicable in high frequency process, is disclosed. The PLL, receiving a data signal and generating a clock signal, comprises a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and multi-phase generator (MPG), a transition detector, an optimal phase encoder, and a phase selector, wherein the four devices are respectively used for outputting N phase clock signals of same frequency but different phases, for outputting a data period value and a clock period value by receiving the N phase clock signals, the data signal and the clock signal, for outputting a phase select signal according to the data period value and the clock period value, and for outputting one of the phase clock signals according to the phase select signal.

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