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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2015
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Suda, Tokyo, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A phase-locked loop according to the present disclosure includes a reference-phase generation circuit that sequentially generates a reference phase value, and an oscillating circuit that generates a first clock on a basis of a difference between the reference phase value and a feedback phase value. The phase-locked loop further includes a signal generation circuit that generates, on a basis of the first clock, a plurality of second clocks varying in phase, and generates a third clock by switching the plurality of second clocks a plurality of times in each of cycle periods each corresponding to one cycle of the reference clock. The phase-locked loop further includes a phase detection circuit that determines a phase value of the third clock and outputs the determined phase value as the feedback phase value.