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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Globalfoundries, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Hayden C. Cranford, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Venkatasreekanth Prudvi, Bangalore, IN;
Rajesh Agraramachandrarao, Bengaluru, IN;
Sandeep Tippannanavar, Bangalore, IN;
Neelamekakannan Alagarsamy, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/06 (2006.01); H03L 7/10 (2006.01); H03L 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/101 (2013.01); H03L 7/0805 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus and computer program product for calibrating a Phase Lock Loop (PLL) that reduces a PLL lock time for subsequent calibrations to thereby improve an overall system time and latency. The system and method for calibrating obviates effect of Process, Voltage and Temperature to achieve a faster PLL lock.