Frequency modulation system based on phase-locked loop capable of performing fast modulation independent of bandwidth and method of the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11632117-B2
Application number	US-202117513657-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2021
Priority date	Oct 28, 2020
Publication date	Apr 18, 2023
Grant date	Apr 18, 2023

Abstract

The present invention relates to a frequency modulation method based on a phase-locked loop capable of performing fast modulation independent of bandwidth.A frequency modulation system based on a phase-locked loop capable of performing fast modulation independent of bandwidth according to the present invention includes a loop filter including a proportional path and an integral path to determine a bandwidth of a phase-locked loop, a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to adjust a frequency according to an output of the loop filter, and a slope alternator configured to alternate an input current of the loop filter, wherein the slope alternator is located in the integral path of the loop filter to generate an offset current at a moment of change from a modulation rise to a modulation fall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A frequency modulation method based on a phase-locked loop capable of performing fast modulation independent of bandwidth, the method comprising:
(a) determining a moment of change from a modulation rise to a modulation fall; and
(b) generating an offset current at the moment of change from the modulation rise to the modulation fall, and summing the offset current and a charge pump current to alternate an input current of a loop filter;
wherein, in the operation (b), the offset current having a magnitude twice a magnitude of the charge pump current and having a direction opposite a direction of the charge pump current is generated.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the operation (b), the offset current is generated using a slope alternator circuit located in an integral path of the loop filter.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the operation (b), the offset current is not output during the modulation rise.

4. A frequency modulation system based on a phase-locked loop capable of performing fast modulation independent of bandwidth, the system comprising:
a loop filter including a proportional path and an integral path to determine a bandwidth of a phase-locked loop;
a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to adjust a frequency according to an output of the loop filter; and
a slope alternator configured to alternate an input current of the loop filter,
wherein the slope alternator is located in the integral path of the loop filter to generate an offset current at a moment of change from a modulation rise to a modulation fall;
wherein the slope alternator sums the charge pump current and the offset current to alternate the input current of the loop filter; and
wherein the slope alternator generates the offset current having a magnitude twice a magnitude of a charge pump current in the proportional path and having a direction opposite a direction of the charge pump current.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst
• Korea Advanced Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Choi Han Gil
• Lee Sang Heung
• Cho Seong Hwan

Classifications

• H03L7/0893

  the up-down pulses controlling at least two source current generators or at least two sink current generators connected to different points in the loop · CPC title

• H03L7/093 Primary

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

• H03C3/0941

  applying frequency modulation at more than one point in the loop · CPC title

• H03L7/0891

  the up-down pulses controlling source and sink current generators, e.g. a charge pump · CPC title

• H03L7/197

  a time difference being used for locking the loop, the counter counting between numbers which are variable in time or the frequency divider dividing by a factor variable in time, e.g. for obtaining fractional frequency division {(H03L7/1806 takes precedence)} · CPC title