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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Meyers, Round Rock, TX (US);
Nathan Y. Moyal, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 ;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) within a phase lock loop (PLL) that may be configured to generate an output signal in response to (i) a low gain control input and (ii) a high gain control input. The low gain control input and the high gain control input are generally both active.