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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation, Shanghai, CN;

Inventors:

Ning Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Zhili Wang, Shanghai, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03L 7/089 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/0995 (2013.01); H03L 7/0891 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention discloses a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) circuit, When the VCO circuit works, the DC control voltage is divided into two portions, both of which determine an oscillation frequency of the VCO circuit. One portion of the DC control voltage controls a current provided by the fifth PMOS transistor, and the other portion of the DC control voltage controls the current of the forth PMOS transistor after passing through the third NMOS transistor, thereby controlling oscillation of the VCO circuit. The former plays a leading role when the DC control voltage is relatively low, and the latter plays a leading role when the DC control voltage is relatively high, thereby effectively increasing the use range of the DC control voltage while the high frequency noise interference on the DC control voltage is suppressed. The present invention further discloses a phase-locked loop circuit.


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