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Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2004
Applicants:

Zhiwei Xu, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Yi-cheng Wu, West Los Angeles, CA (US);

Mau-chung Frank Chang, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Inventors:

Zhiwei Xu, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Yi-Cheng Wu, West Los Angeles, CA (US);

Mau-Chung Frank Chang, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

G-Plus, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system or method for controlling a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) or LO buffer includes an amplitude detector for detecting an amplitude value at a node corresponding to the at least one output line. A comparator compares the detected amplitude value with a predetermined amplitude value, and outputs a first digital value when the detected amplitude value is greater than the predetermined amplitude value, and a second digital value when the detected amplitude value is less than the predetermined amplitude value. An accumulator accumulates outputs of the comparator so as to provide an accumulated digital amplitude value. A digital-to-analog converter converts the accumulated digital amplitude value to an accumulated analog amplitude value. The analog accumulated amplitude value is provided as an updated bias control signal to the bias transistor of the VCO or LO buffer.


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