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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2005
Applicants:

Michael A. Robinson, Fremont, CA (US);

Gunter Willy Steinbach, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Brian Jeffrey Galloway, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael A. Robinson, Fremont, CA (US);

Gunter Willy Steinbach, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Brian Jeffrey Galloway, Campbell, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An offset related to a feedback system for a VCO is quantified and then a parameter of the feedback system is adjusted in response to the quantified offset to correct for the offset. Correcting for offset in a feedback system can improve the performance of a PLL by reducing phase drift between the input signal and the VCO signal. The reduced phase drift can have benefits such as, for example, reduced bit errors and/or improved phase tracking accuracy.


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