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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2009
Hong-yean Hsieh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chao-cheng Lee, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Hong-Yean Hsieh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chao-Cheng Lee, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for achieving lock-in of a phase-locked loop (PLL) are disclosed. The PLL receives a reference clock and generates an output clock according to the reference clock. The method comprises: adjusting an oscillation frequency of a controlled oscillator of the PLL close to a desired frequency by counting the number of rising edges of a first clock in a number of a second clock cycles; aligning a rising edge of a third clock and a rising edge of a fourth clock by temporarily changing the oscillation frequency of the digitally controlled oscillator; and locking the phases of the third and fourth clocks by a phase detector of the PLL, wherein the first and the third clocks correspond to the output clock and the second and fourth clocks correspond to the reference clock.