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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Babak Taheri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gopal Patil, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Babak Taheri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gopal Patil, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corpoartion, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mixed signal method and system for tuning a voltage controlled oscillator is described. The method includes dividing a frequency range of an oscillator circuit into a plurality of regions, digitally selecting and tuning one of the plurality of regions of the divided frequency range of the oscillator circuit, and further tuning the selected region of the frequency range of the oscillator circuit via one or more analog tuning elements.