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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2006
Applicant:
Maheen A. Samad, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Maheen A. Samad, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of generating an output of a frequency synthesizer is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of generating an output of the frequency synthesizer based upon frequency synthesizer values and a reference clock signal; receiving a command comprising a first new frequency synthesizer value; locking to a new frequency based upon the first new frequency synthesizer value; and simultaneously loading a second new frequency synthesizer value while locking to the new frequency. A circuit for generating an output of a frequency synthesizer is also disclosed.