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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:
May. 31, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2014
Applicant:

Marvell World Trade Ltd, St. Michael, BB;

Inventors:

Xiang Gao, Fremont, CA (US);

Li Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/085 (2006.01); H03L 7/197 (2006.01); H03L 7/18 (2006.01); H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03L 7/091 (2006.01); H03L 7/183 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/18 (2013.01); H03L 7/085 (2013.01); H03L 7/091 (2013.01); H03L 7/099 (2013.01); H03L 7/0992 (2013.01); H03L 7/183 (2013.01); H03L 7/197 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit that includes a detector, a loop filter and a controller. The detector is configured to generate a first signal indicative a timing difference between a reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal. The feedback clock signal is generated based on an oscillating signal from an oscillator. The oscillator includes a first tuning circuit and a second tuning circuit to tune a frequency of the oscillating signal. The loop filter is configured to filter out a portion of frequency components from the first signal to generate a second signal for tuning the first tuning circuit of the oscillator. The controller is configured to tune the second tuning circuit based on the first signal and the second signal.


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