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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Applicant:
John M. Horan, Cork, IE;
Inventor:
John M. Horan, Cork, IE;
Assignee:
Ceva Services Limited, Dublin, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 (2006.01); G05F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Charge from a charge pump of a PLL is dumped to a loop filter of the PLL. The dumped charge is temporarily stored in a capacitor, between the charge pump and the loop filter. A voltage of the capacitor is shifted, while temporarily storing the dumped charge. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.