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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:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Nasser A. Kurd, Portland, OR (US);
Javed S. Barkatullah, Portand, OR (US);
Inventors:
Nasser A. Kurd, Portland, OR (US);
Javed S. Barkatullah, Portand, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In some embodiments, a PLL with an output to provide a PLL output clock at a target frequency is provided. The PLL comprises a VCO to generate a clock to be used to generate the PLL output clock. Also provided is circuitry to maintain the VCO's bias level at a sufficient level if it is insufficient. Other embodiments may be disclosed herein.