System and method for synchronization among multiple PLL-based clock signals

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9811113
APP PUB NO 20170134031A1
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15208482

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A method synchronizes clock signals generated by a system that includes multiple PLLs that are connected in parallel and output frequency dividers driven by the PLLs. The system receives a common frequency reference signal and a common synchronization signal. Each PLL may have a reference signal frequency divider. The reference frequency divider may be phase-reset, for example, by a transition to a first logic state in the synchronization signal, and the output frequency dividers are each phase-reset, for example, by a transition to a second logic state following the transition to the first logic state in the synchronization signal. The transition to the first logic state may be, for example, a rising edge.

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  • LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

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Ezell, Richard William Lucas, US 17 323
Mumper, Eric Wright Plano, US 2 7

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