Voltage controlled oscillator and phase locked loop comprising the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10340929-B2
Application number	US-201615376346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2016
Priority date	Dec 10, 2015
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a voltage controlled oscillator and phase locked loop comprising the same for compensating a noise of a power voltage. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a voltage controlled oscillator may comprise: an oscillator comprising a plurality of inverters connected as a ring form for generating a plurality of signals having different phases with each other, and a plurality of feed forward circuits formed between the inverters; and a controller for controlling the inverter and feed forward circuit based on a detected noise by detecting a noise of a power voltage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A voltage controlled oscillator comprising:
an oscillator comprising a plurality of inverters connected as a ring form for generating a plurality of signals having different phases with each other, and a plurality of feed forward circuits formed between the inverters; and
a controller for controlling the plurality of inverters and the plurality of feed forward circuits based on a detected noise by detecting a noise of a power voltage.

2. A voltage controlled oscillator comprising:
an oscillator comprising a plurality of inverters connected as a ring form for generating a plurality of signals having different phases with each other, and a plurality of feed forward circuits formed between the inverters; and
a controller for controlling the inverter and the feed forward circuit based on a detected noise by detecting a noise of a power voltage,
wherein the controller comprises a detector detects a variation of the power voltage and average of the variation.

3. The voltage controlled oscillator of claim 2 , wherein the detector comprises:
a first NMOS transistor and a first PMOS transistor connected between a ground node and a power source supplied with the power voltage and a first NMOS transistor,
wherein the variation is detected by voltage division from impedance of the first PMOS transistor and the first NMOS transistor.

4. The voltage controlled oscillator of claim 3 , wherein the detector comprises a second NMOS transistor and a second PMOS transistor connected between a ground node and a power source supplied with the power voltage, and a capacitor connected to the second NMOS transistor in a row,
wherein the average is determined by voltage of a node connected with the second PMOS transistor, the second NMOS transistor, and the capacitor.

5. The voltage controlled oscillator of claim 2 , wherein the controller comprises a voltage oscillator for generating a voltage for controlling the the plurality of feed forward circuits and plurality of inverters based on a difference between the variation and the average.

6. The voltage controlled oscillator of claim 5 , wherein the voltage oscillator comprises:
a first inverting amplifier for outputting a direct control voltage for controlling the plurality of inverters, receiving the variation in an inverting electrode, and receiving the average in a non-inverting electrode; and
a second inverting amplifier for outputting a feed forward control voltage for controlling the plurality of feed forward circuits, receiving the average in an inverting electrode and receiving the variation in a non-inverting electrode.

7. The voltage controlled oscillator of claim from 6 , wherein the inverter comprises:
a CMOS inverter where a body bias of a PMOS transistor is controlled by the direct control voltage,
wherein the feed forward circuit comprises a CMOS inverter where a body bias of a PMOS transistor is controlled by the feed forward control voltage.

8. A phase locked loop comprising:
a phase frequency detector for outputting a pull-up signal or a pull-down signal by detecting voltage and frequency of a feedback signal which corresponds to an input signal and an output signal;
a charge pump for outputting a control voltage corresponding to the pull-up signal or the pull-down signal;
a loop filter for removing high frequency component of the control voltage; and
a voltage controlled oscillator for generating the output signal having a variable frequency depending on a control signal of the loop filter,
wherein the voltage controlled oscillator comprises:
an oscillator comprising a plurality of inverters connected as a ring form for generating a plurality of signals having different phases with each other, and a plurality of feed forward circuits formed between the inverters; and
a controller for controlling the plurality of inverters and the plurality of feed forward circuits based on a detected noise by detecting a noise of a power voltage.

9. A phase locked loop comprising:
a phase frequency detector for outputting a pull-up signal or a pull-down signal by detecting voltage and frequency of a feedback signal which corresponds to an input signal and an output signal;
a charge pump for outputting a control voltage corresponding to the pull-up signal or the pull-down signal;
a loop filter for removing high frequency component of the control voltage; and
a voltage controlled oscillator for generating the output signal having a variable frequency depending on a control signal of the loop filter,
wherein the voltage controlled oscillator comprises:
an oscillator comprising a plurality of inverters connected as a ring form for generating a plurality of signals having different phases with each other, and a plurality of feed forward circuits formed between the inverters; and
a controller for controlling the plurality of inverters and the plurality of feed forward circuits based on a detected noise by detecting a noise of a power voltage,
wherein the controller comprises a detector for detecting a variation of the power voltage and average of the variation.

10. The phase locked loop of claim 9 , wherein the detector comprises:
a first NMOS transistor and a first PMOS transistor connected between a ground node and a power source supplied with the power voltage,
wherein the variation is detected by voltage division from impedance of the first PMOS transistor and the first NMOS transistor.

11. The phase locked loop of claim 10 , wherein the detector comprises:
a second NMOS transistor and a second PMOS transistor connected between a ground node and a power source supplied with the power voltage; and
a capacitor connected to the second NMOS transistor in a row,
wherein the average may be determined by voltage of a node connected with the second PMOS transistor, the second NMOS transistor, and the capacitor.

12. The phase locked loop of claim 9 further comprising a voltage generator for generating a voltage for controlling the plurality of feed forward circuits and plurality of inverters based on a difference between the variation and the average.

13. The phase locked loop of claim 12 , wherein the voltage generator comprises:
a first inverting amplifier for outputting a direct control voltage controlling the plurality of inverters, getting the variation in an inverting electrode, and getting the average in a non-inverting electrode; and
a second inverting amplifier for outputting a feed forward control voltage controlling the plurality of feed forward circuits, getting the average in an inverting electrode and getting the variation in a non-inverting electrode.

14. The phase locked loop of claim 13 , wherein each inverter is a CMOS inverter where a supply current is controlled by a PMOS transistor controlled by a control signal of the loop filter and connected to a top of each inverter.

15. The phase locked loop of claim 13 , wherein each inverter comprises:
a CMOS inverter which a body bias of a PMOS transistor is controlled by the direct control voltage,
wherein each feed forward circuit comprises a CMOS inverter which a body bias of a PMOS transistor is controlled by the feed forward control voltage.

Assignees

• Univ Yonsei Iacf
• Yonsei Univ Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation

Inventors

• Choi Woo-Young
• Kim Sung-Geun

Classifications

• H03K3/0315

  Ring oscillators · CPC title

• H03L7/101

  using an additional control signal to the controlled loop oscillator derived from a signal generated in the loop (H03L7/113, H03L7/187 take precedence) · CPC title

• H03L7/0802

  the loop being adapted for reducing power consumption (H03L7/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H03K3/03

  Astable circuits · CPC title

• H03L7/093

  using special filtering or amplification characteristics in the loop (H03L7/087 - H03L7/091 take precedence) · CPC title