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Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2022
Applicant:

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Avri Harush, Herzeliya, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03M 3/00 (2006.01); G04F 10/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/424 (2013.01); G04F 10/005 (2013.01); H03L 7/0991 (2013.01); H03L 7/0995 (2013.01); H03M 1/502 (2013.01); H03L 2207/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to generate a first current based on most significant bits of a multi-bit code received from a time-to-digital converter (TDC) of a digital phase-locked loop (PLL). The DCO circuit further includes a sigma-delta modulator (SDM) to modulate least significant bits of the multi-bit code into a set of digital bits based on a first frequency of a feedback clock of the DPLL. The set of digital bits is to cause the DAC to generate a second current. The DCO circuit further includes a ring oscillator coupled to the DAC, the ring oscillator to generate an alternating-current (AC) output signal having a second frequency corresponding to a combination of the first current and the second current.


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