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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/03 (2006.01); H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03L 7/089 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 1/023 (2013.01); G01S 7/032 (2013.01); H03L 7/0895 (2013.01); H03L 7/099 (2013.01); H03L 2207/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to voltage-controlled-oscillator circuit comprising: a charge-pump configured to generate a tuning-voltage, the tuning-voltage having a minimum-operating-voltage; an offset-voltage-source configured to generate an offset-voltage in accordance with the minimum-operating-voltage; and a voltage-controlled-oscillator, VCO, configured to provide an oscillator frequency in accordance with the tuning-voltage and the offset-voltage.