Ultra-compact PLL with wide tuning range and low noise
US8779865B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 16, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03L2207/50
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A design for an oscillator, and a PLL incorporating such an oscillator, which takes up little physical area but maintains a large tuning range and low phase noise. Two LC-tanks are nested and switched. Through tuning the inactive tank, the range of the active tank may be increased and finer tuning becomes possible.
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