Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fast frequency synthesizer switching
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Application No.: US17709642Application Date: 2022-03-31
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Publication No.: US11973509B2Publication Date: 2024-04-30
- Inventor: Rangakrishnan Srinivasan , Zhongda Wang , Francesco Barale , Wenhuan Yu , Mustafa H. Koroglu , Yan Zhou , Terry L. Dickey
- Applicant: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Zagorin Cave LLP
- Main IPC: H03L7/107
- IPC: H03L7/107 ; H03L7/099 ; H04B1/40

Abstract:
A phase-locked loop (PLL) that provides a local oscillator signal for a radio. An oscillator of the PLL supplies an oscillator output signal. Control logic receives a request to change the oscillator output signal to a new frequency and responds to the request by setting a first capacitor circuit of the oscillator to a first capacitance that corresponds to a predetermined frequency of the oscillator output signal. The control logic also responds to the request by setting one or more other capacitor circuits of the oscillator according to temperature and according to a frequency difference between the predetermined frequency and the new frequency. After responding to the request by setting the first capacitor circuit and the one or more other capacitor circuits, the PLL locks to the new frequency using a signal from the PLL loop filter to adjust another capacitor circuit in the oscillator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230318609A1 FAST FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER SWITCHING Public/Granted day:2023-10-05
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