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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2002
Yasuaki Sumi, Tottori, JP;
Norio Morimoto, Tottori, JP;
Yasuaki Sumi, Tottori, JP;
Norio Morimoto, Tottori, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tottori, JP;
Abstract
A PLL circuit comprises a reference signal generating unit for generating reference signals of different phases, variable frequency dividers for dividing the frequency of the output signal of a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and thereby outputting feedback signals, and a phase comparator for comparing the phase of each feedback signal with that of the corresponding reference signal and thereby outputting phase comparison signals. When the output signal is synchronized with a preset frequency signal, at least one variable frequency divider of the variable frequency dividers is operated, and the operation of the other is stopped.