Supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator including active loop filter and phase locked loop using the same

• US 9,048,849 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualitas Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
• Inventors: Choi, Woo-Young, Choi, Kwang-Chun
• Primary Examiner(s): KINKEAD, ARNOLD M
• Application Number:
  US13/926,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20140085011A1
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• Field of Search: 331/16, 331/34, 331/57, 331/183, 331/17, 327/156, 327/159
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03L 7/093 using special filtering or amplification characteristics in the loop H03L7/087 - H03L7/091 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03L 7/099 concerning mainly the controlled oscillator of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H03L 7/0995 the oscillator comprising a ring oscillator
• CPC Class Codes: H03L 7/18 using a frequency divider or counter in the loop H03L7/20, H03L7/22 take precedence

Abstract

The inventive concept relates to a supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator having a function of an active loop filter by sharing one operational amplifier without additional use of active elements in a supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator using an operational amplifier as a supply regulator, and a phase locked loop using the same.

Claims

1. A phase locked loop comprising:

a phase frequency detector comparing a reference frequency and a frequency of a signal corresponding to a clock signal to output a pulse signal in response to a difference between the reference frequency and the frequency of the signal;

a charge pump controlling charge amount on the basis of the pulse signal; and

a supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator outputting the clock signal in response to an input signal, the supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator comprising an operational amplifier used as a supply regulator, a negative feedback circuit connected to an output terminal of the operational amplifier and feeding an output signal of the operational amplifier back to an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier, a notch filter connected between an output terminal of the charge pump and the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier, and a supply controlled oscillator outputting the clock signal in response to the output signal of the operational amplifier,

wherein an output of the charge pump is input to the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier,

wherein a reference voltage is input to a non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier, and

wherein a capacitor is connected between the notch filter and the output terminal of the amplifier.

2. The phase locked loop of claim 1, wherein the supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator further comprises a PMOS for minimizing a drop-out voltage of the supply regulator of the supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator so that an output frequency of the supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator is maximized.

3. The phase locked loop of claim 1, wherein in the case that a supply voltage of the supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator is 0.5V or less, the operational amplifier is a Baze amplifier.

4. The phase locked loop of claim 1, wherein the negative feedback circuit comprises a resistor and a capacitor connected to each other in parallel.

5. The phase locked loop of claim 4, wherein the negative feedback circuit comprises a notch filter.

7. The phase locked loop of claim 2, wherein a gate terminal of the PMOS is connected to the output terminal of the operational amplifier and a source terminal of the PMOS is connected to Vdd, and

wherein the negative feedback circuit feeds an output signal of a drain terminal of the PMOS back to the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier.

8. The phase locked loop of claim 1, wherein the notch filter includes two resistors and two capacitors in parallel with the two resistors, and

wherein the capacitor is connected between the output terminal of the operational amplifier and a connection between the two resistors of the notch filter.

6. A phase locked loop comprising:

a supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator outputting a clock signal in response to an input signal;

a frequency divider receiving a feedback signal from the supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator and dividing a frequency of the feedback signal;

a phase frequency detector comparing a reference frequency and a frequency of an output of the frequency divider to output a pulse signal in response to a difference between the reference frequency and the frequency of the output; and

a charge pump controlling charge amount on the basis of the pulse signal,

wherein the supply regulated voltage controlled oscillator comprises;

an operational amplifier having an inverting input terminal and a non-inverting input terminal;

a negative feedback circuit connected to an output terminal of the operational amplifier and feeding an output signal of the operational amplifier back to the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier;

a notch filter connected between an output terminal of the charge pump and the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier; and

a supply controlled oscillator outputting the clock signal in response to the output signal of the operational amplifier,

wherein an output of the charge pump is input to the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier,

wherein a reference voltage is input to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier,

wherein the negative feedback circuit comprises a loop filter including passive elements to interact with the operational amplifier, and whereby having an active loop filter function, and

wherein a capacitor is connected between the output terminal of the operational amplifier and the notch filter.

9. The phase locked loop of claim 6, wherein the notch filter includes two resistors and two capacitors in parallel with the two resistors, and

wherein the capacitor is connected between the output terminal of the operational amplifier and a connection between the two resistors of the notch filter.