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Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jingcheng Zhuang, San Diego, CA (US);

Jong Min Park, San Diego, CA (US);

Lai Kan Leung, San Marcos, CA (US);

Yiwu Tang, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 (2006.01); H03L 7/10 (2006.01); H03L 7/089 (2006.01); H03L 7/093 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/10 (2013.01); H03L 7/0891 (2013.01); H03L 7/093 (2013.01);
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for glitch-free bandwidth switching in a phase-locked loop (PLL). One example PLL generally includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) comprising a first variable capacitive element and a second variable capacitive element and a bandwidth adjustment circuit comprising a first switch in parallel with a resistor of a resistor-capacitor (RC) network. The bandwidth adjustment circuit is configured to open the first switch for a first bandwidth mode, close the first switch in a transition from the first bandwidth mode to a second bandwidth mode, and control a capacitance of the second variable capacitive element based on a voltage of a node of the RC network.


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