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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2004
James P. Ross, Lakeville, MN (US);
Michael J. Gaboury, Burnsville, MN (US);
James P. Ross, Lakeville, MN (US);
Michael J. Gaboury, Burnsville, MN (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit ('IC') includes a phase-locked loop ('PLL') with a controllable oscillator embedded in the integrated circuit. A phase-lock circuit provides a lock control signal to the controllable oscillator; and a digital-to-analog converter (“DAC”) provides an oscillator adjustment signal to the controllable oscillator according to a digital code. The digital code is generated by an adjustment circuit configured in the fabric of a programmable logic device, or embedded in the IC, for example. In a particular embodiment, the DAC adjusts the PLL to reduce differential mode voltage in the phase-lock circuit.