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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
May. 13, 2003
Carol Moy, Morristown, NJ (US);
Christine Divincenzo, Califon, NJ (US);
Eoin Carey, Cork, IE;
Herbert Jaeger, Cork, IE;
Robert Servilio, Washington, NJ (US);
Carol Moy, Morristown, NJ (US);
Christine DiVincenzo, Califon, NJ (US);
Eoin Carey, Cork, IE;
Herbert Jaeger, Cork, IE;
Robert Servilio, Washington, NJ (US);
M/A-Com, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
M/A-Com, Eurotec, B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A phase locked loop includes a buffer that synchronizes the transmission of the new count value to the completion of the previous count to avoid errors caused by dithering. The buffer is connected to a count input of the counter and transmits the new count upon receipt of the carryout signal from the counter. Alternatively, the transmission of the new value of N from the buffer is delayed after receipt by the buffer of a carryout signal from the counter. In another embodiment, a delayed version of the carryout signal is used to trigger the buffer to transmit the new count value to the counter. In another feature, a buffer synchronizes phase data to a reference signal before inputting it to a digital modulator of the phase locked loop.