Reconfigurable fractional-N frequency generation for a phase-locked loop

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PATENT NO 10623008
APP PUB NO 20160322979A1
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14700695

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In an example, a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit includes an error detector operable to generate an error signal; an oscillator operable to provide an output signal having an output frequency based on the error signal and a frequency band select signal, the output frequency being a frequency multiplier times a reference frequency; a frequency divider operable to divide the output frequency of the output signal to generate a feedback signal based on a divider control signal; a sigma-delta modulator (SDM) operable to generate the divider control signal based on inputs indicative of an integer value and a fractional value of the frequency multiplier, the SDM responsive to an order select signal operable to select an order of the SDM; and a state machine operable to, in an acquisition state, generate the frequency band select signal and set the order of the SDM.

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XILINX INC2100 LOGIC DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95124

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Bekele, Adebabay M San Jose, US 22 139
Turker, Melek Didem Z Campbell, US 11 47
Upadhyaya, Parag Los Gatos, US 62 381
Wu, Zhaoyin D San Jose, US 20 187

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