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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Applicants:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Seong Joong Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seok Ju Yun, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young Jun Hong, Seoul, KR;
Hyung Gu Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Kang Yoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 3/24 (2006.01); H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H04B 1/40 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/0992 (2013.01); H04B 1/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A phase-locked loop (PLL) includes a counter configured to measure voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) information of an oscillator during a mask time, and a frequency tuner configured to tune a frequency of the oscillator to a target frequency, based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the VCO information to target frequency information.