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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Niranjan Talwalkar, New York, NY (US);
Niranjan Talwalkar, New York, NY (US);
NanoAmp Solutions, Inc., , KY;
Abstract
The present invention provides novel methods for the calibration and fast tuning of VCOs in PLLs. Information for coarse tuning before normal operation are calculated and stored. Therefore, these methods decrease significantly the time needed for a PLL to transition from one frequency to another. These methods include the steps of: determining a digital code Dto coarse tune to a calibration frequency, F; dividing the operating frequency band of the PLL into a plurality of sub-bands; determining and storing the information needed to generate the offsets for each sub-band. In tuning to a desired frequency, the following steps are taken: determining the sub-band corresponding to the desired frequency, F, generating the offset for that sub-band, calculating the digital code for coarse tuning the VCO to the desired sub-band, coarse tuning to a frequency within the desired sub-band, and fine tuning to the desired frequency, F.