Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Replica cascode bias voltage-controlled oscillators
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Application No.: US15114394Application Date: 2015-05-12
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Publication No.: US10250263B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Kexin Luo , Rui Yin , Xiaofeng Wang , Jie Yuan , Qiming Wu , Fei Song , Min-Kyu Kim
- Applicant: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
- Applicant Address: US OR Portland
- Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Portland
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- International Application: PCT/CN2015/078737 WO 20150512
- International Announcement: WO2016/179789 WO 20161117
- Main IPC: H03L7/00
- IPC: H03L7/00 ; H03K3/011 ; H03B5/04 ; H03L1/00 ; H03L7/093 ; H03K3/03 ; H03K3/0231 ; H03L7/099

Abstract:
Embodiments relate to a voltage oscillator (VCO) that uses a replica bias circuit to generate a cascode bias voltage. The VCO generate an output periodic signal having a frequency and phase that is less or not susceptible to voltage swings by using a bias voltage generated in a replica bias circuit that replicates a voltage-to-current converter in the VOC. The bias voltage is generated and regulated according to a power supply voltage that supplies power to the VCO to account for voltage variations in the power supply voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170149437A1 Replica Cascode Bias Voltage-Controlled Oscillators Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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