Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Swee Chen Hoo

Zhihong Luo

Benjamin Shui Chor Lau

Yi Liang

Xiaobo Qiu

Yeung On Au

A digital controlled oscillator (DCO) is provided that includes a plurality of selectable delay cells, a first load adjustment delay (LAD) cell, a second LAD cell, a first set of the load cells (LCs), a second set of the LCs and first and second capacitance elements. A number of the selectable delay cells that are part of a delay cell chain is configurable based on a delay cell number control vector. The delay cell chain generates a delay cell output signal that is received by the first LAD cell. The first set of the LCs generate a first load signal to control an amount of loading on the second LAD cell, and the second set of the LCs generate a second load signal to control loading on the first LAD cell. Substrate voltages of the first and second capacitance elements can be adjusted to adjust loading in the DCO.

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Singapore, Singapore

Swee Chen Hoo