Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase locked loop
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Application No.: US12622604Application Date: 2009-11-20
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Publication No.: US08134392B2Publication Date: 2012-03-13
- Inventor: Takashi Kawamoto
- Applicant: Takashi Kawamoto
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: JP2008-303616 20081128
- Main IPC: H03L7/06
- IPC: H03L7/06

Abstract:
A phase locked loop (PLL) which has a desired frequency characteristic even though a manufacturing process of a semiconductor integrated circuit has fluctuations. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes the PLL and a control unit. The PLL has a phase frequency detector, a loop filter, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a divider. The VCO comprises a voltage-current converter (VIC) and a ring oscillator. In response to a control voltage, the VIC generates a control current for setting each operating current of the ring oscillator. The control unit switches the PLL to a calibration operating period of its open loop and a normal operating period of its closed loop.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100134163A1 SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2010-06-03
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