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US 9,350,365 B2Granted
Digital phase-locked loop supply voltage control
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsNoam Familia, Avigdor Saksonov, Eyal Fayneh, Joseph Shor
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Abstract
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) in a digital phase-locked loop (PLL) and a control loop. The DCO can generate an output signal having a frequency based on a value of a digital information. The control loop can adjust a value of a supply voltage of the DCO based on the value the digital information. Additional apparatuses and methods are described.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a digitally controlled oscillator to generate an output signal having a frequency based on a value of a digital information;
- and
- a control loop to adjust a value of a supply voltage of the digitally controlled oscillator based on the value the digital information, the control loop arranged to adjust the value of the supply voltage if the value the digital information is outside a value range, wherein the digital information has a minimum value and a maximum value, and the value range of the digital information has lower limit greater than the minimum value and an upper limit less than the maximum value.
An apparatus comprising:
- a digitally controlled oscillator to generate an output signal having a frequency based on a value of a digital information;
- and
- a control loop to adjust a value of a supply voltage of the digitally controlled oscillator based on the value the digital information, the control loop arranged to adjust the value of the supply voltage if the value the digital information is outside a value range, the control loop including a monitor to monitor the value of the digital information and generate information based on the value of the digital information, and a voltage generator to generate the supply voltage and to adjust the value of the supply voltage based on the information generated by the monitor, wherein the voltage generator includes:
- a voltage generating unit to generate a voltage;
- a filter to generate a filtered voltage from the voltage;
- and
- a driver to provide the supply voltage based on the filtered voltage.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a digitally controlled oscillator in a digital phase-locked loop to generate an output signal;
- a first control loop to generate a digital information to control a frequency of the digitally controlled oscillator;
- and
- a second control loop to adjust a value of a supply voltage provided to the digitally controlled oscillator if the value the digital information is outside a value range, wherein the digitally controlled oscillator includes inverting stages arranged in a ring arrangement, and capacitive loads coupled to the inverting stages, each of the capacitor loads having a capacitance value based on the value of the digital information.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a digitally controlled oscillator in a digital phase-locked loop to generate an output signal;
- a first control loop to generate a digital information to control a frequency of the digitally controlled oscillator;
- and
- a second control loop to adjust a value of a supply voltage provided to the digitally controlled oscillator if the value the digital information is outside a value range, wherein the second control loop is arranged to perform at least one of decreasing the value of the supply voltage if the value of the digital information is less than a value of a lower limit of the value range, and increasing the value of the supply voltage if the value of the digital information is greater than a value of an upper limit of the value range.
1 more element
An apparatus comprising:
- a digitally controlled oscillator in a digital phase-locked loop to generate an output signal;
- a first control loop to generate a digital information to control a frequency of the digitally controlled oscillator;
- and
- a second control loop to adjust a value of a supply voltage provided to the digitally controlled oscillator if the value the digital information is outside a value range, wherein the second control loop includes:
- a circuit to generate a voltage;
- an RC filter to receive the voltage and generate a filtered voltage;
- and
- a driver to receive the filtered voltage and provide the supply voltage.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a digitally controlled oscillator in a digital phase-locked loop to generate an output signal;
- a first control loop to generate a digital information to control a frequency of the digitally controlled oscillator;
- and
- a second control loop to adjust a value of a supply voltage provided to the digitally controlled oscillator if the value the digital information is outside a value range, wherein the second control loop is arranged to operate at a frequency less than a frequency of the first control loop.
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A system comprising:
- memory device;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory device, the processor including:
- a digital phase-locked loop including a digital controlled oscillator to generate an output signal having a frequency based on a value of a digital information;
- and
- a control loop to adjust a value of a supply voltage provided to the digitally controlled oscillator if the value the digital information is outside a value range, wherein the control loop includes a bandgap reference generator to generate a bandgap reference voltage, and a driver to provide the supply voltage based on the bandgap reference voltage to the digitally controlled oscillator.
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A method comprising:
- generating a digital information at a digital phase-locked loop;
- generating an output signal at a digitally controlled oscillator of the digital phase-locked loop, such that the output signal has a frequency based on the digital information;
- monitoring a value of the digital information;
- and
- adjusting a value of a supply voltage of the digital phase-locked loop if the value the digital information is outside a value range, wherein adjusting the value of the supply voltage includes at least one of decreasing the value of the supply voltage if the value of the digital information is less than a lower limit of the value range, and increasing the value of the supply voltage if the value of the digital information is greater than an upper limit of the value range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.