Divider-less fractional PLL architecture

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PATENT NO 10659061
APP PUB NO 20190334533A1
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16472835

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A divider-less fractional digital phase locked loop (PLL) is disclosed and can include a time-to-digital converter (TDC) to receive a reference clock signal and a digitally control oscillator (DCO) clock signal, and generate a phase difference signal based on the reference clock signal and the DCO clock signal. A counter coupled in parallel to the TDC can receive the clock signal and count an output frequency of the clock signal to detect reference noise within the reference signal that is above a threshold. A sampler can sample an output of the counter using a replica of the reference signal, and generate a plurality of samples. A sample selector can select one of the plurality of samples based on the phase difference signal. A digital phase detector (DPD) can generate an output phase measurement based on the phase difference signal and the selected sample of the plurality of samples.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Banin, Elan Raanana, IL 42 101
Banin, Rotem Even-Yehuda, IL 48 434
Degani, Ofir Haifa, IL 116 774
Falkov, Inbar Tel Aviv, IL 8 57
Fayneh, Eyal Givatyim, IL 56 278
Nassar, Elias Haifa, IL 6 29
Nassar, Samer Nazareth, IL 7 18

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