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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2024
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Burcin Serter Ergun, Poway, CA (US);
Jose Luis Sanchez, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Sajin Mohamad, San Diego, CA (US);
Zhiqin Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Ashwith Jerome Rego, Bangalore, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, comprising: a first upper voltage rail; a lower voltage rail; a set of voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) active cores, wherein one or more of the set of VCO active cores is selectively coupled to the first upper voltage rail based on a control signal, wherein the set of the VCO active cores are coupled to the lower voltage rail or the one or more of the set of VCO active cores is selectively coupled to the lower voltage rail based on the control signal; and a tank circuit coupled to the set of VCO active cores.