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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2017
Brian James Kaczynski, Cracow, PL;
Noam Lavi, Cracow, PL;
Brian James Kaczynski, Cracow, PL;
Noam Lavi, Cracow, PL;
Second Sound LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and digital circuits providing frequency correction to frequency synthesizers are disclosed. An FLL digital circuit is provided that is configured to handle a reference frequency that is dynamic and ranges over a multi-decade range of frequencies. The FLL circuit includes a digital frequency iteration engine that allows for detection of disappearance of a reference frequency. When the digital frequency iteration engine detects that the reference frequency signal is not available, the oscillator generated frequency is not corrected, and the last value of the oscillator generated frequency is held until the reference frequency signal becomes available again. This FLL circuit is also preceded by a low-pass filter which is dynamically tuned to the frequency to which the FLL locks, eliminating harmonic components in the original signal which might otherwise cause errors in frequency estimation.