Phase locked loop and sensing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12283963-B2
Application number	US-202217930767-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2022
Priority date	Oct 21, 2021
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

A phase locked loop has an oscillator that varies a frequency according to a control signal, a resonance element that resonates at a predetermined resonance frequency and output a signal obtained by shifting a phase of an output signal of the oscillator by 90 degrees at the resonance frequency, a phase detector that detects a phase error between an output signal of the resonance element and an output signal of the oscillator, a feedback controller that controls a frequency of an output signal of the oscillator by proportional control and integral control according to the phase error, and a control signal corrector that corrects the control signal by adding a correction term corresponding to environment information to an output signal of the feedback controller.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A phase locked loop comprising:
an oscillator that varies a frequency according to a control signal;
a resonance element that resonates at a predetermined resonance frequency and output a signal obtained by shifting a phase of an output signal of the oscillator by 90 degrees at the resonance frequency;
a phase detector that detects a phase error between an output signal of the resonance element and an output signal of the oscillator;
a feedback controller that controls a frequency of an output signal of the oscillator by proportional control and integral control according to the phase error; and
a control signal corrector that corrects the control signal by adding a correction term corresponding to environment information to an output signal of the feedback controller.

2. The phase locked loop according to claim 1 , wherein
the resonance frequency of the resonance element changes according to an environment information coefficient corresponding to the environment information, and
the control signal corrector corrects the control signal by adding, to an output signal of the feedback controller, the correction term based on a value obtained by multiplying the environment information that changes with time by an environment dependence coefficient unique to the environment information.

3. The phase locked loop according to claim 2 , wherein
the oscillator sets a frequency of an output signal by multiplying the control signal by a frequency conversion coefficient unique to the oscillator, and
the control signal corrector corrects the control signal by adding, to an output signal of the feedback controller, the correction term based on a value obtained by dividing a value, which is obtained by multiplying the environment information that changes with time by the environment dependence coefficient unique to the environment information, by the frequency conversion coefficient.

4. The phase locked loop according to claim 2 , wherein
the environment information includes temperature information that changes with time,
the environment information coefficient includes a temperature coefficient unique to the resonance element,
the resonance frequency of the resonance element changes according to the temperature information and the temperature coefficient, and
the control signal corrector corrects the control signal by adding, to the output signal of the feedback controller, the correction term based on a value obtained by multiplying the temperature information by the environment dependence coefficient unique to the temperature information.

5. The phase locked loop according to claim 2 , wherein
the environment information includes acceleration information,
the environment information coefficient includes an acceleration coefficient unique to the resonance element,
the resonance frequency of the resonance element is changed by the acceleration coefficient, and
the control signal corrector corrects the control signal by adding, to the output signal of the feedback controller, the correction term based on a value obtained by multiplying the acceleration information by the environment dependence coefficient unique to the acceleration information.

6. The phase locked loop according to claim 1 , wherein
the oscillator outputs a first oscillation signal and a second oscillation signal having a same frequency as the first oscillation signal and having a phase shifted by 90 degrees from a phase of the first oscillation signal,
the resonance element outputs a signal obtained by shifting the phase of the first oscillation signal by 90 degrees at the resonance frequency, and
the phase detector detects the phase error between the output signal of the resonance element and the second oscillation signal.

7. The phase locked loop according to claim 1 , wherein
the oscillator outputs an oscillation signal having a frequency corresponding to the control signal,
the resonance element outputs a signal obtained by shifting a phase of the oscillation signal by 90 degrees at the resonance frequency, and
the phase detector comprises
a multiplier that multiplies the oscillation signal by an output signal of the resonance element, and
a filter that extracts, as the phase error, a signal of a low-frequency component included in a multiplication result signal of the multiplier.

8. The phase locked loop according to claim 1 , wherein
the oscillator outputs a first oscillation signal, a second oscillation signal obtained by shifting a phase of the first oscillation signal by 90 degrees, and a third oscillation signal obtained by shifting a phase of the second oscillation signal by 90 degrees,
the resonance element outputs a signal obtained by shifting the phase of the first oscillation signal by 90 degrees at the resonance frequency, and
the phase detector comprises
a multiplier that multiplies the second oscillation signal by the output signal of the resonance element and multiplies the third oscillation signal by the output signal of the resonance element,
a filter that extracts a first signal of a low-frequency component included in a signal obtained by multiplying the second oscillation signal by the output signal of the resonance element and a second signal of a low-frequency component included in a signal obtained by multiplying the third oscillation signal by the output signal of the resonance element, and
a phase difference calculator that calculates the phase error on the basis of the first signal and the second signal.

9. The phase locked loop according to claim 1 , wherein
the resonance element is a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) resonance element, and
the MEMS resonance element vibrates at the resonance frequency in a two-dimensional direction.

10. The phase locked loop according to claim 1 , wherein
the MEMS resonance element outputs a displacement signal in a first direction and a displacement signal in a second direction, and
the phase detector detects, as the phase error, a low-frequency component of a signal obtained by multiplying the output signal of the oscillator by the displacement signal in the first direction, and detects, as the phase error, a low-frequency component of a signal obtained by multiplying the output signal of the oscillator by the displacement signal in the second direction.

11. The phase locked loop according to claim 1 , wherein
the oscillator, the phase detector, the feedback controller, and the control signal corrector are digital circuits,
the resonance element is an analog circuit, and
an output signal of the oscillator, an output signal of the feedback controller, the environment information, and the control signal generated by the control signal corrector are digital signals.

12. The phase locked loop according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a DA converter that converts a first digital signal output from the oscillator into an analog oscillation signal to be input to the resonance element; and
an AD converter that converts the output signal of the resonance element into a second digital signal, wherein
the phase detector generates a third digital signal representing the phase error on the basis of the first digital signal and the second digital signal,
the feedback controller performs proportional control and integral control according to the third digital signal to generate a fourth digital signal,
the control signal corrector adds a fifth digital signal corresponding to the correction term and the fourth digital signal to generate a sixth digital signal corresponding to the control signal, and
the oscillator varies a frequency of the first digital signal according t

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Itakura Tetsuro
• Gando Ryunosuke
• Ono Daiki
• Sai Akihide

Classifications

• H03L7/085

  concerning mainly the frequency- or phase-detection arrangement including the filtering or amplification of its output signal (H03L7/10 takes precedence; circuits for comparing the phase or frequency of two mutually-independent oscillations H03D13/00) · CPC title

• G01C19/567

  using the phase shift of a vibration node or antinode · CPC title

• H03L7/02

  using a frequency discriminator comprising a passive frequency-determining element · CPC title

• H03L7/0991 Primary

  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 title

• G01C19/5776 Primary

  Signal processing not specific to any of the devices covered by groups G01C19/5607 - G01C19/5719 · CPC title