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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Anders Jakobsson, Kista, SE;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for reducing effects of spurs in a phased-locked loop having a sigma-delta modulator and digital circuits. The apparatus includes a clock dithering circuit coupled to each of the sigma-delta modulator and the digital circuits. Each clock dithering circuit is configured to dither flanks of a respective first and second clock input signal, and generate a dithered clock output signal, one for each of the sigma-delta modulator and digital circuits. A frequency of each dithered clock output signal follows a frequency of the respective first and second clock input signals, and a phase between each dithered clock output signal and the respective first and second clock input signal is shifted and constantly changing.