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Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Ulrich Moehlmann, Moisburg, DE;

Steffen Rode, Lüneburg, DE;

Ralf Gero Pilaski, Hamburg, DE;

Assignee:

NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03L 7/093 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/0992 (2013.01); H03L 7/093 (2013.01); H03L 2207/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control system for a digitally controlled oscillator with temperature compensation including a loop detector providing an error value, filter circuitry providing a lower resolution digital value to the DCO to generate an output oscillation signal at a frequency within a lower resolution range, tracking circuitry holding a tracking digital value at a tracking offset from center of a tracking range while the lower resolution digital value is being determined, and then regulating the frequency within a higher resolution range by adjusting the tracking digital value, temperature compensation circuitry performing temperature compensation steps to maintain the tracking digital value between first and second thresholds within the predetermined tracking range, and a controller configured to set the first and second thresholds within a narrow range around the tracking offset during a standard operating mode, and to adjust one or both thresholds within a wide range during a critical operating mode.


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