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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2018
Applicant:

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Fuyue Wang, Shanghai, CN;

Ling Chen, Shanghai, CN;

Thomas Evan Wilson, Laurel, MD (US);

Jianyun Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Eric Harris Naviasky, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Assignee:

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 (2006.01); H03L 7/089 (2006.01); H03L 7/093 (2006.01); H03L 7/099 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/0893 (2013.01); H03L 7/0895 (2013.01); H03L 7/093 (2013.01); H03L 7/0992 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure include a dual path phase locked loop (PLL) circuit with a switched capacitor filter topology along with systems, method, devices, and other circuits related thereto. The dual path PLL circuit includes an integral path and a proportional path. Both the integral path and proportional path include a charge pump and a loop filter. The outputs of a phase frequency detector (PFD) are sent to both charge pumps. The output of the integral path charge pump is connected to a capacitor, and the voltage on capacitor is used as the integral path control voltage for a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). A switched capacitor network is connected to the output of the proportional path charge pump and used to generate the proportional path control voltage for the VCO. Together, the two control voltages dictate the VCO's output frequency.


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