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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 ;
Abstract
A phase locked loop (PLL) circuit used a temperature compensated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), in which phases and frequencies of the VCO are synchronized with inputted data and the VCO is always controlled to oscillates within a pull in rage of a phase comparator, is provided. The PLL circuit used the temperature compensated VCO provides a temperature/voltage converter used a temperature sensor. By giving an external control voltage to the VCO as an input voltage, the VCO is controlled to oscillate within the pull in range of the phase comparator. With this, a stable PLL operation can be always performed even when an ambient temperature changes.