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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Herbert L. Ko, Mountain View, CA (US);
Herbert L. Ko, Mountain View, CA (US);
Verigy (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for modulating a digital input signal is disclosed. The digital input signal is partitioned into a less-significant bit signal and a more-significant bit signal. A lower-order modulation of the less-significant bit signal is performed to generate an intermediate output signal. The intermediate output signal is appended to the more-significant bit signal to form an intermediate input signal. A higher-order modulation of the intermediate input signal is performed to generate a digital output signal. The higher-order modulation is of an order higher than the lower-order modulation. A phase-locked loop using the method and apparatus is disclosed.