Phase locked loop and voltage controlled oscillator thereof
AssigneePhison Electronics Corp.
InventorWei-Yung Chen
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Abstract
A phase locked loop (PLL) and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) thereof are provided. The VCO includes a ring oscillator circuit and a control circuit. The ring oscillator circuit is used for providing an output clock signal; and the control circuit is coupled to the ring oscillator circuit, and used for receiving an output voltage to respectively provide a first voltage-frequency gain and a second voltage-frequency gain so as to control a frequency of the output clock signal provided by the ring oscillator circuit, wherein the first voltage-frequency gain is larger than the second voltage-frequency gain.
Claims22
A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), comprising:
- a ring oscillator circuit, for providing an output clock signal;
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- a control circuit, coupled to the ring oscillator circuit, for receiving an output voltage to respectively provide a first voltage-frequency gain and a second voltage-frequency gain so as to control a frequency of the output clock signal provided by the ring oscillator circuit, wherein the first voltage-frequency gain is larger than the second voltage-frequency gain.
A phase locked loop (PLL), comprising:
- a phase detector, for comparing a phase of an input reference clock signal with a phase of an output clock signal so as to output a control signal accordingly;
- a charge pump, coupled to the phase detector, for generating an output voltage in response to the control signal;
- a loop filter, coupled to the charge pump, for filtering high frequency noises on the output voltage;
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- a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), comprising:
- a ring oscillator circuit, for providing an output clock signal;
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- a control circuit, coupled to the ring oscillator circuit, for receiving an output voltage to respectively provide a first voltage-frequency gain and a second voltage-frequency gain so as to control a frequency of the output clock signal provided by the ring oscillator circuit, wherein the first voltage-frequency gain is larger than the second voltage-frequency gain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.