Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase-aligning multiple synthesizers
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Application No.: US16932187Application Date: 2020-07-17
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Publication No.: US11296860B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Kartik Sridharan , Jun Li , Gaurav Menon , Shamsun Nahar , Akhil Garlapati , Scott Humphreys , Antonio Geremia
- Applicant: Anokiwave, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Anokiwave, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Anokiwave, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
- Main IPC: H03D3/24
- IPC: H03D3/24 ; H04L7/033 ; H04L7/027 ; H03L7/18

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention synchronize multiple synthesizers, such as phase-locked loops (PLLs), in a manner that does not require communication or coordination between the synthesizers. Specifically, each synthesizer is part of a synthesizer circuit that includes a synthesizer (e.g., a PLL), a phase measurement circuit, and a synchronization circuit. A common reference signal (e.g., an alternating clock signal) is provided to the synthesizer circuits. In one exemplary embodiment, in each synthesizer circuit, the phase measurement circuit measures a phase difference between the reference signal and a corresponding output of the synthesizer, and the synchronization circuit adjusts the synthesizer operation based on the measured phase difference in such a way that all of the synthesizers operate in-phase with one another relative to the common reference signal, without having any communication or coordination between the two synthesizer circuits other than provision of the common reference signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210021402A1 PHASE-ALIGNING MULTIPLE SYNTHESIZERS Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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