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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:

Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Duncan Mcleod, Cambridge, GB;

Farshid Nowshadi, Harston, GB;

David Chappaz, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a locked loop circuit in which the input clock signal is delayed according to a saw-tooth signal in order to output a range of frequencies not necessarily equal to an integer multiple of the input clock signal. The absolute value of the delay (i.e. the difference between the maximum and minimum values of the saw-tooth delay) can be calibrated by detecting the value of the circuit phase detector at the wrap point of the saw-tooth.


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