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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2002
Adrian Maxim, Austin, TX (US);
Baker Scott, III, Boulder, CO (US);
Edmund M. Schneider, Austin, TX (US);
Melvin L. Hagge, Round Rock, TX (US);
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A loop filter device and method for implementing a loop filter for a phase locked loop (“PLL”) circuit, which locks a frequency of a signal to a reference frequency, are disclosed. The loop filter includes a proportional path circuit and an integral path circuit. The proportional path circuit receives a charge pump output and determines and holds a charge to be directed to or taken from a PLL circuit throughout an update period based on a detected phase difference for the update period for locking a frequency of a signal for a PLL circuit to a reference frequency. The integral path circuit is coupled to the proportional path circuit, and the integral path circuit receives another charge pump output and tracks a total charge level for the PLL circuit based on phase differences for present and prior update periods.