DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR AND PHASE LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT USING THE DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR

• US 20090302958A1
• Filed: 03/23/2009
• Published: 12/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tachibana, Ryoichi, Otaka, Shoji, Watanabe, Osamu, Sakurai, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US12/408,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20090302958A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 331/1.A
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1212 the amplifier comprising a pair of transistors, wherein an output terminal of each being connected to an input terminal of the other, e.g. a cross coupled pair
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1228 the amplifier comprising one or more field effect transistors
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1253 the transistors being field-effect transistors
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1265 switched capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: H03L 2207/06 Phase locked loops with a controlled oscillator having at least two frequency control terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H03L 7/087 using at least two phase detectors or a frequency and phase detector in the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H03L 7/0991 the oscillator being a digital oscillator, e.g. composed of a fixed oscillator followed by a variable frequency divider H03L7/0995 takes precedence; fixed oscillators with means for selecting among various phases H03L7/0814
• CPC Class Codes: H03L 7/18 using a frequency divider or counter in the loop H03L7/20, H03L7/22 take precedence

Abstract

A digitally controlled oscillator includes a differential inductor including a positive terminal which outputs a positive-phase oscillation signal, a negative terminal which outputs a negative-phase oscillation signal, and a center tap, and including a first contact point in an arbitrary position between the positive terminal and the center tap, and a second contact point in a position corresponding to the first contact point between the negative terminal and the center tap, a first variable capacitor bank connected between the positive terminal and the negative terminal and including a plurality of first variable capacitors which switch capacitance between two values according to a first digital control code, and a second variable capacitor bank connected between the first contact point and the second contact point and including a plurality of second variable capacitors which switch capacitance between two values according to a second digital control code.

Claims

1. A digitally controlled oscillator comprising:

a differential inductor including a positive terminal which outputs a positive-phase oscillation signal, a negative terminal which outputs a negative-phase oscillation signal, and a center tap, and including a first contact point in an arbitrary position between the positive terminal and the center tap, and a second contact point in a position corresponding to the first contact point between the negative terminal and the center tap;

a first variable capacitor bank connected between the positive terminal and the negative terminal and including a plurality of first variable capacitors which switch capacitance between two values by means of a first digital control code;

a second variable capacitor bank connected between the first contact point and the second contact point and including a plurality of second variable capacitors which switch capacitance between two values by means of a second digital control code; and

a negative resistor connected between the positive terminal and the negative terminal.

2. The oscillator according to claim 1, wherein

a shape of a first line which connects one end of the second variable capacitor bank and the first contact point and a shape of a second line which connects the other end of the second variable capacitor bank and the second contact point are approximately symmetrical,

and the differential inductor is arranged being interposed between the first variable capacitor bank and the second variable capacitor bank.

3. The oscillator according to claim 1, wherein

a shape of a first line which connects one end of the second variable capacitor bank and the first contact point and a shape of a second line which connects the other end of the second variable capacitor bank and the second contact point are approximately symmetrical,

and the second capacitor bank is arranged being interposed between the differential inductor and the first variable capacitor bank.

4. The oscillator according to claim 1, wherein a capacitance change range of each of the plurality of second variable capacitors is smaller than a capacitance change range of each of the plurality of first variable capacitors.

10. A phase locked loop circuit comprising:

the oscillator according to claim 1;

a frequency divider configured to divide a frequency of an output signal from the oscillator to obtain a frequency division signal;

a first generating unit configured to generate the first digital control code such that a frequency difference between the frequency division signal and a desired signal is reduced; and

a second generating unit configured to generate the second digital control code such that the phase difference between the frequency division signal and the desired signal is reduced.

5. A digitally controlled oscillator comprising:

an inductor pair formed by shorting one end of a first inductor and one end of a second inductor, configured to output a positive-phase oscillation signal from the other end of the first inductor and output a negative-phase oscillation signal from the other end of the second inductor, and including a first contact point in an arbitrary position of the first inductor and a second contact point in a position corresponding to the first contact point of the second inductor;

a first variable capacitor bank connected between the other end of the first inductor and the other end of the second inductor and including a plurality of first variable capacitors which switch capacitance between two values by a first digital control code;

a second variable capacitor bank connected between the first contact point and the second contact point and including a plurality of second variable capacitors which switch capacitance between two values by a second control code; and

a negative resistor connected between the other end of the first inductor and the other end of the second inductor.

6. The oscillator according to claim 5, wherein

a shape of a first line which connects one end of the second variable capacitor bank and the first contact point and a shape of a second line which connects the other end of the second variable capacitor bank and the second contact point are approximately symmetrical, and

the second variable capacitor bank is arranged being interposed between the first variable capacitor bank and the inductor pair.

7. The oscillator according to claim 5, wherein

a shape of a first line which connects one end of the second variable capacitor bank and the first contact point and a shape of a second line which connects the other end of the second variable capacitor bank and the second contact point are approximately symmetrical, and

the inductor pair is arranged being interposed between the first variable capacitor bank and the second variable capacitor bank.

8. The oscillator according to claim 5, wherein

a shape of a first line which connects one end of the second variable capacitor bank and the first contact point and a shape of a second line which connects the other end of the second variable capacitor bank and the second contact point are approximately symmetrical, and

the second variable capacitor bank is arranged being interposed between the first inductor and the second inductor.

9. The oscillator according to claim 5, wherein a capacitance change range of each of the plurality of second variable capacitors is smaller than a capacitance change range of each of the plurality of first variable capacitors.