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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2024
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Chuang Lu, Eindhoven, NL;
Nenad Pavlovic, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/12 (2006.01); H03B 5/04 (2006.01); H03L 7/099 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/1265 (2013.01); H03B 5/04 (2013.01); H03B 5/1212 (2013.01); H03B 5/1228 (2013.01); H03L 7/0991 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an oscillator, such as a Digitally Controlled Oscillator (DCO), having first capacitor banks coupled to a first path and a second path, the first path connecting a first node to a first output node, and the second path connecting a second node to a second output node, and second capacitor banks coupled to a third path and a fourth path, the third path being connected to the first node, the fourth path being connected to the second node, the first and second paths being separate from the third and fourth paths, and the second capacitor banks including at least one modulation capacitor bank.