Patents Assigned to Microcomputer System Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5982239
    Abstract: A first phase comparator 22 of digital type and a second phase comparator 32 of sampling type are provided. Near a lock phase, an output current Iout2 is fed from the second phase comparator 32 to a voltage-controlled oscillator 14 through a change-over switch 40. In other phases, an output current Iout1 is fed thereto from the first phase comparator 22. When a reference signal fs is missing, a complementing circuit 50 complements a pulse to at least the reference signal fs input to the first phase comparator 22. A noise detecting/removing circuit 60 detects and removes noise from the reference signals fs, permits the reference signals fs to be fed to the first and second phase comparators 22 and 23, and halts the operations of the two phase comparators 22 and 32 for only a predetermined period of time after the noise has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Microcomputer System Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Takahashi, Shikiko Nachi, Norihisa Yamamoto, Makoto Furihata