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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Tae-wook Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Choong-yul Cha, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae-sup Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kang-yoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Tae-wook Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Choong-yul Cha, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae-sup Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kang-yoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) includes a current generator which generates an electric current having a magnitude corresponding to an input signal, and a digitally controlled oscillating unit which generates an oscillating frequency based on an inductance which varies according to the magnitude of the electric current generated by the current generator.