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Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2023
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Taoyuan County, TW;

Ya-Tin Chang, Hsinchu, TW;

Ruey-Bin Sheen, Taichung, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03K 3/03 (2006.01); H03L 7/087 (2006.01); H03L 7/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/0995 (2013.01); H03L 7/087 (2013.01); H03L 7/107 (2013.01); H03K 3/0315 (2013.01); H03L 2207/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automatic gain adjustor for a hybrid oscillator can be employed to overcome the frequency limitations of hybrid phase lock loops (PLLs). For example, an automatic gain adjustor for a hybrid oscillator can include a hybrid oscillator that is configured to receive a coarse tuning signal and a gain adjustment signal and generate an output signal with any frequency within the specified frequency range of the hybrid PLL. The automatic gain adjustor for a hybrid PLL may further include a fine tuning array that receives one or more fine tuning selection signals and generates a gain adjustment signal that is received by the hybrid oscillator. The fine tuning array generates a gain adjustment signal to adjust the gain of the hybrid oscillator according to an operating frequency range of the hybrid oscillator.


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