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Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

May. 31, 2019
Applicant:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Xue-Mei Gong, Austin, TX (US);

James D. Barnette, Austin, TX (US);

Krishnan Balakrishnan, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 1/02 (2006.01); H03L 7/093 (2006.01); H03K 5/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/093 (2013.01); H03K 5/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating a phase-locked loop includes generating a phase difference signal based on an input clock signal and a feedback clock signal. The method includes filtering a loop filter input signal based on the phase difference signal to generate a loop filter output signal. The feedback clock signal is based on the loop filter output signal. The method includes transitioning a frequency of an output clock signal of the phase-locked loop from a first frequency to a target frequency responsive to detection of a catastrophic cycle slip event in the absence of an out-of-frequency event.


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