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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1996

Filed:

Nov. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jeannie H Kosiec, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Steven F Gillig, Roselle, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
331 / ; 331 16 ; 331 14 ; 331 25 ; 327156 ; 327157 ; 327159 ; 455 76 ; 455260 ; 375376 ;
Abstract

An improved phase synchronization circuit (301) and method therefor for a phase locked loop (300). Each of a divided reference frequency signal (206) and a feedback signal (209) is held in a predetermined state. The divided reference frequency signal (206) is enabled responsive to the phase of a reference frequency signal (115). A phase relationship between the reference frequency signal (115) and an output frequency signal (116 or 117) is determined. The feedback signal (209) is enabled responsive to enabling the divided reference frequency signal (206) and the determined phase relationship. The present invention advantageously provides a rapid and accurate phase synchronization for the PLL (300) with minimum additional hardware and without introducing phase error into the PLL (300).


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