Digital phase-locked loop with wide capture range, low phase noise, and reduced spurs

E Frantzeskakis, IL Syllaios, G Sfikas, H Jensen… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
The present disclosure is directed to digital phase-locked loops (DPLLs) and hybrid phase-
locked loops (HPLL) for establishing and maintaining a phase relationship between a …

Digital phase locked loop with dithering

K Waheed, M Sheba, RB Staszewski… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
H03M1/0634—Continuously compensating for, or preventing, undesired influence of
physical parameters characterised by the use of methods or means not specific to a …

All-digital phase-locked loop (ADPLL) with reduced settling time

U Moehlmann - US Patent 9,337,850, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Current solutions for ADPLLs may use a time interval to adjust various lock
states. During this settling time, distur bances in both phase and frequency may occur …

PVT-free calibration circuit for TDC resolution in ADPLL

FW Kuo, KK Yen, C Huan-Neng, L Hsien-Yuan… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND An all-digital phase locked loop (ADPLL) is a circuit that locks the phase of
a local oscillator clock signal, output from the ADPLL, to the phase of a frequency reference …

Feedback controlled coil driver for inductive power transfer

EKF Lee - US Patent 9,728,981, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A fully integrated feedback controlled coil driver is dis closed for inductive
power transfer to electronic devices. For efficient power transfer, a Voltage across a Switch …

Digital phase-locked loop with gated time-to-digital converter

B Sun, GS Sahota, Z Yang - US Patent 8,433,025, 2013 - Google Patents
Abstract A digital PLL (DPLL) includes a time-to-digital converter (TDC) and a control unit.
The TDC is periodically enabled for a short duration to quantize phase information and …

Adaptive spur cancellation techniques and multi-phase injection locked TDC for digital phase locked loop circuit

SW Chen, HO Cheng-Ru - US Patent 9,941,891, 2018 - Google Patents
A digital phase-locked loop includes a digital loop filter, a digitally controllable oscillator
(DCO), and an injection-locked calibration-free time-to-digital converter (TDC) having a ring …

Hybrid analog and digital control of oscillator frequency

MH Perrott - US Patent 9,705,514, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A hybrid analog/digital control approach for a digitally controlled oscillator
augments a digital control path with an analog control path that acts to center the digital …

Method and apparatus for estimating and correcting phase error in wireless communication system

OH Jongho, H Lim, J Kim, H Yu, H Yoo… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
US10177941B2 - Method and apparatus for estimating and correcting phase error in
wireless communication system - Google Patents US10177941B2 - Method and apparatus …

Automatic detection of change in PLL locking trend

TH Tsai, CH Chang - US Patent 9,853,807, 2017 - Google Patents
A phase lock loop (PLL), such as an all digital phase lock loop (ADPLL) to provide an
example, of the present disclosure operates in a frequency tracking mode to adjust a …