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Electronic device and method for phase locked loop

US8373465B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

Puneet Sareen · Delhi, IN
Markus Dietl · Munich, DE
Ketan Dewan · Unterhaching, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 2011
Grant date	Feb 12, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 17, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03L7/102
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A phase locked loop (PLL) is provided. The PLL includes a control stage comprising N storage elements each having an output coupled to the output of the control stage. The N storage elements being coupled in a chain, and each storage element being configurable in an analog mode, where a stored signal at the storage node of the storage element is changed continuously in response to the output signal of a charge pump. Each storage element is configurable in a digital mode in which the stored value is one value out of a predetermined set of values, and the storage element can assume the analog mode if a preceding storage element and a subsequent storage element are in the digital mode and have different values of the stored signal.

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