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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2016
Frontier Microsystems Limited, Oxfordshire, GB;
Mark Dawkins, Oxfordshire, GB;
ENSILICA LIMITED, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
A two-point phase modulator comprising a phase locked loop, PLL, having a voltage controlled oscillator, VCO, and a feedback path, a first modulation circuit for introducing a first modulation signal into the feedback path, the first modulation circuit generating the first modulation signal using a reference clock signal extracted from the PLL and derived from a first clock, a second modulation circuit for introducing a second modulation input into the VCO, the second modulation circuit generating the second modulation signal using a clock signal generated independently of the reference clock and a synchronizer for aligning the second modulation signal in time with the first clock signal.