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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Chenxiao Ren, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Chenxiao Ren, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for analog smooth switch in VCO loading control, in one technique, receiving an input signal to adjust a frequency of an oscillator; activating one or more switches to control a current source/sink based on the received input signal; applying the current source/sink to a capacitor to adjust a voltage on the capacitor; and applying the voltage on the capacitor to one or more switches, each of the one or more switches connected between a load and a stage of the oscillator.