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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;
Chao Chieh Li, Hsinchu, TW;
Min-Shueh Yuan, Taipei, TW;
Robert Bogdan Staszewski, Dublin, IE;
Chia-Chun Liao, Taipei, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for hopping a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) among a plurality of channels, wherein a gain of the DCO Kis a nonlinear function of frequency. A first normalized tuning word (NTW) corresponding to a first channel of the plurality of channels is generated. A first normalizing gain multiplier X is generated based on the nonlinear function of frequency, on an estimate of the nonlinear function of frequency, at a first frequency corresponding to the first channel. The first NTW is multiplied by the first X to obtain a first oscillator tuning word (OTW). The first OTW is input to the DCO to cause the DCO to hop to the first channel. A system for hopping among a plurality of channels at a plurality of respective frequencies comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL), a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO), a multiplexer, and an arithmetic module.