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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sujiang Rong, San Diego, CA (US);
Rajagopalan Rangarajan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2006.01); H03K 21/02 (2006.01); H03K 5/01 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2013.01); H03K 5/01 (2013.01); H03K 21/026 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00013 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit for generating a local oscillator signal includes: at least one divider module configured to receive an input signal and divide a frequency of the input signal by a division ratio; and a load circuit coupled to the at least one divider module, the load circuit configured to provide balanced current pulses that substantially reduce at least a portion of harmonic current ripples in the local oscillator signal.