Abstract: A clock product includes a time-to-digital converter responsive to an input clock signal, a reference clock signal, and a time-to-digital converter calibration signal. The time-to-digital converter includes a coarse time-to-digital converter and a fine time-to digital converter. The clock product includes a calibration circuit including a phase-locked loop. The calibration circuit is configured to generate the time-to-digital converter calibration signal. The clock product includes a controller configured to execute instructions that cause the phase-locked loop to generate an error signal for each possible value of a fine time code of a digital time code generated by the time-to-digital converter and to average the error signal over multiple clock cycles to generate an average error signal.

Abstract: Example oscillators and oscillator-based apparatus are described. One example oscillator includes: a resonant circuit, configured to generate an oscillator signal; a first cross-coupled transistor, coupled to the resonant circuit; and a power supply circuit, configured to supply a power supply signal for the first cross-coupled transistor based on a first voltage and a second voltage, where the first voltage is a power supply voltage, and the second voltage is a voltage generated by an external sensing circuit. Because an oscillation frequency of the oscillator changes with the power supply signal of the oscillator, the oscillation frequency of the oscillator can be compensated by adjusting the power supply signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a phase-locked loop circuit, including: a phase-locked loop, a locking detection circuit, an input end for inputting a reference clock signal, a first output end for outputting an oscillator clock signal, and a second output end for outputting a locking signal, wherein the phase-locked loop is configured to output the oscillator clock signal according to the reference clock signal and control the reference clock signal and the oscillator clock signal to be synchronous; and the locking detection circuit is configured to output the locking signal to the second output end when the oscillator clock signal and the reference clock signal are synchronous.

Abstract: A circuit includes a first delay filter, a first comparator, an inverter, a second delay filter, a second comparator, an OR gate, and a latch. A first delay filter input is coupled to an inverter input. The first comparator has a first comparator input coupled to a first delay filter output and a second comparator input. The second delay filter has an input coupled to an inverter output. The second comparator has a third comparator input coupled to a second delay filter output, and a fourth comparator input coupled to the second comparator input. The OR gate has an input coupled to a first comparator output and another input coupled to a second comparator output. The latch has a clock input coupled to an OR gate output and a latch input coupled to the inverter input. A latch output provides a deglitched signal.

Abstract: A clock product includes a time-to-digital converter responsive to an input clock signal, a reference clock signal, and a time-to-digital converter calibration signal. The time-to-digital converter includes a coarse time-to-digital converter and a fine time-to digital converter. The clock product includes a calibration circuit including a phase-locked loop. The calibration circuit is configured to generate the time-to-digital converter calibration signal. The clock product includes a controller configured to execute instructions that cause the phase-locked loop to generate an error signal for each possible value of a fine time code of a digital time code generated by the time-to-digital converter and to average the error signal over multiple clock cycles to generate an average error signal.

Abstract: A transceiver includes a transmitter, a frequency synthesizer coupled to the transmitter, a receiver coupled to the frequency synthesizer and a voltage sensor; and a digital controller coupled to the voltage sensor, the receiver, and the transmitter, wherein based on a DC voltage measurement of an IF signal made by the voltage sensor, a relative phase adjustment occurs of a relative phase associated with a local oscillator (LO) port and a radio frequency (RF) port of the receiver.

Abstract: An electronic circuit to which DC power is supplied, by a DC-DC converter is provided. The electronic circuit includes at least one PLL circuit configured to synchronize a phase of an output signal of the PLL circuit with a phase of a clock signa; at least one logic circuit configured to operate according to the output signal; and a control circuit configured to output a control signal for switching an operation mode of the DC-DC converter from a PFM mode to a PWM mode, upon detecting that the clock signal is input to the PLL circuit.

Abstract: Example embodiments provide a process that includes one or more of receiving an audio signal at a feedback compressor circuit, determining how much to attenuate the audio signal when a power level of the audio signal exceeds a threshold power level, combining the audio signal with an auxiliary attenuation signal from an auxiliary attenuation source and a compressed attenuation signal from the feedback compressor circuit to create a combination signal, and generating an audio output signal of the feedback compressor circuit based on the combination signal.

Abstract: A flexible, passive pressure sensor includes three LC tank circuits. The first LC tank circuit is a pressure sensing LC tank circuit, having a capacitance that varies in response to changes in environmental pressure. The second and third LC tank circuits are reference LC tank circuits, having capacitances that are relatively constant over changes in environmental pressure. A measurement tool measures the resonant frequencies of the three LC tank circuits and then computes a pressure measurement that accounts for changes in resonant frequencies in the LC tank circuits due to environmental effects and deforming.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a method includes generating a digital time code corresponding to an input clock signal using a time-to-digital converter responsive to a reference clock signal and a time-to-digital converter calibration signal. The method includes generating the time-to-digital converter calibration signal based on the digital time code. Generating the time-to-digital converter calibration signal includes generating a digital error signal based on the digital time code and an estimated digital time code, and adapting the time-to-digital converter calibration signal based on the digital error signal.

Abstract: A arrangement is disclosed for an on-chip system having an increased resolution for supply voltage measurements. The system includes a phase locked loop (PLL), a divider, and a timer. The PLL is configured to generate an oscillator signal. The divider is configured to divide the oscillator signal to generate an divided clock signal. The timer is configured to generate an application start signal and an analog to digital converter (ADC) start signal based on the oscillator signal and a timer delay (Tdelay). The timer delay (Tdelay) is based on the application start signal and the ADC start signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a reference clock signal injected phase locked loop circuit and an offset calibration method. The reference clock signal injected phase locked loop circuit includes a first pulse generator, a second pulse generator, a state machine, a pulse selection and amplification circuit, a voltage controlled delay line, a phase detector, and a filter, and forms an offset calibration loop, a phase locked loop, a voltage controlled oscillator loop, and an injection locked loop. The state machine disconnects the phase locked loop and the voltage controlled oscillator loop and enables the offset calibration loop to calibrate the phase detector; the state machine enables the phase locked loop and the voltage controlled oscillator loop and locks a signal of the second pulse generator; and the state machine enables the injection locked loop for injecting a first pulse signal of the first pulse generator.

Abstract: Spectrally-efficient digital logic (SEDL) techniques implement spectrally-efficient pulses (e.g., Gaussian-shaped pulses) in lieu of conventional square waveforms to improve electromagnetic, radio frequency, and other unwanted emissions. The SEDL techniques can be used for analog-to-digital converters (ADC) and digital-to-analog converters (DAC). An ADC circuit comprises a plurality of comparators configured to receive an analog input signal and compare the analog input signal to a predetermined reference signal, an encoder, and a spectrally-efficient circuit. A DAC circuit includes an integrator circuit, a clocked comparator circuit, a pulse generator, and a combiner circuit. The clocked comparator circuit receives the logic state of each SEDL pulse. The pulse generator receives the logic state and generates a scaled SEDL pulse for each input SEDL pulse. A combiner circuit combines the outputs from the pulse generator and determines analog value corresponding to the input values.

Abstract: In described examples, a method of operating a charge pump includes a first control signal deactivating a first transistor, and the first control signal's logical complement activating a second transistor to reset the first transistor's DC bias voltage. The first control signal's logical complement deactivates the second transistor, and the first control signal provides a bias voltage to the first transistor to activate it, causing current to be transmitted from an input voltage to an output terminal. A second control signal deactivates a third transistor, and the second control signal's logical complement activates a fourth transistor to reset the second transistor's DC bias voltage. The second control signal's logical complement deactivates the fourth transistor, and the second control signal provides a bias voltage to the third transistor to activate it, causing current to be transmitted from the output terminal to a ground.

Abstract: A phased locked loop (PLL) having a filter output voltage that is limited to a fraction of the voltage range accepted by the tuning port of a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) under control and a control system responsive to the filter output voltage and for summing the filter output voltage with an elevator voltage and applying the summed voltage to the VCO tuning port.

Abstract: A gate driving circuit for a charge pump with slowed rates of current change for reduced EMI emissions includes at least one gate driving sub-circuit. Each gate driving sub-circuit includes a first current mirror, a first PMOS transistor, a first NMOS transistor, and a second current mirror. Gates of the first PMOS transistor and the first NMOS transistor receive a clock signal. Drains of the first PMOS transistor and the first NMOS transistor output a driving signal. When the first PMOS transistor is turned on, the first current mirror provides a charging current. When the first NMOS transistor is turned on, the second current mirror provides a discharge current.

Abstract: A delay balancing circuit includes a phase detection circuit, a controller, and a delay circuit. The phase detection circuit receives a reference clock signal having a first frequency, and a feedback clock signal derived from an output clock signal. Detection circuitry detects a phase relationship between the reference clock signal and the feedback clock signal. The phase detection circuit generates a detection signal based on the detected phase relationship. The controller operates to sample the detection signal and to generate and pass an update signal to a delay line to update a delay based on the sampled value. The delay circuit receives a third clock signal and applies a delay, based on the update signal, to the third clock signal to generate the output clock signal.

Abstract: The clock generator is provided and includes a phase detector, a voltage generator, a voltage-to-current converter, and an oscillation circuit. The voltage generator generates a control voltage. The voltage-to-current converter converts the control voltage into an internal current having a level based on a resistance value of a resistor circuit, the resistance value set based on first control information. The oscillation circuit generates a output clock having a frequency based on the level of the internal current and a capacitance value of a capacitor circuit, the capacitance value set based on second control information. The clock generator maintains a frequency value and varies jitter characteristics of the output clock in response to the first control information and the second control information.

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for tuning an internal oscillator to a desired frequency F1 is shown and uses an RC delay element that comprises a resistor, a capacitor and a comparator. The method includes receiving a clock signal from an oscillator to be tuned, triggering charging of the RC delay element, and N clock cycles after triggering the charging, the method determines whether the charge on the precision RC delay element is higher than or lower than a reference voltage. Correction to the clock frequency is based on the results.

Abstract: A calibration circuit for body biasing includes a phase detector, first and second voltage generators, and first and second voltage regulators. The phase detector has an input terminal configured to receive an oscillation signal from a ring oscillator. The phase detector provides output signals indicative of phase differences between the oscillation signal and a reference signal. The first voltage generator provides a first reference voltage using the output signals from the phase detector, and the first voltage regulator provides a first biasing voltage using the first reference voltage. The second voltage generator provides a second reference voltage using the first reference voltage, and the second voltage regulator provides a second biasing voltage using the second reference voltage. The first biasing voltage is used to bias P-wells of transistors in the ring oscillator, and the second biasing voltage is used to bias N-wells of transistors in the ring oscillator.

Abstract: A system and method for a frequency detector circuit includes: a transition detector configured to receive a data input and provide a first edge output based on transitions in the data input; a first circuit configured to generate a second edge output; a second circuit configured to generate a third edge output; and a combinational logic configured to output an UP output when at least two of the first edge output, the second edge output, and the third edge output are high and configured to output a DOWN output when the first edge output, the second edge output, and the third edge output are all low.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a processor programmed to control a vehicle subsystem according to a recovered signal generated from an output signal of a sensor, and a product of a time constant of the sensor and filtered changes of the output signal with respect to time such that a magnitude and phase of the recovered signal approach a magnitude and phase of an input signal to the sensor.

Abstract: A signal detection circuit includes: a power terminal; a first current limitation circuit; a second current limitation circuit; a current-voltage conversion circuit; a first p-channel MOS transistor including a source, a gat, and a drain; a first n-channel MOS transistor including a drain, a gate, and a source; and a second n-channel MOS transistor in which a drain is connected to a first connection point connecting the resistor with the drain of the first n-channel MOS transistor, a gate is connected to a second connection point connecting the drain of the first p-channel MOS transistor with the current-voltage conversion circuit, and a source is grounded.

Abstract: A digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) circuit is disclosed. The DCO circuit comprises a tuning circuit configured to tune an oscillation frequency of the DCO circuit based on processing an integer tuning codeword and a fractional tuning codeword associated with an input tuning codeword. In some embodiments, the tuning circuit comprises an integer tuning circuit configured to process the integer tuning codeword and a fractional tuning circuit configured to process the fractional tuning codeword, in order to implement the input tuning codeword. In some embodiments, the integer tuning codeword comprises an integer tuning range associated therewith and the fractional tuning codeword comprises a fractional tuning range associated therewith. In some embodiments, the fractional tuning range associated with the fractional tuning codeword is configured to cover more than one step of the integer tuning range associated with the integer tuning codeword.

Abstract: A clock distribution and alignment system includes at least three clock generators, each including a clock receiver circuit to receive a first clock signal having a first frequency, and a clock divider circuit to divide the received first clock signal into a second clock signal having a second frequency lower than the first frequency, each of two or more of the clock generators further including a phase detector circuit to compare the phase of the second clock signal with the phase of the second clock signal for a next one of the clock generators, and a clock adjuster circuit to adjust the phase of the received first clock signal based on the compared phases of the second clock signals. In some cases, the clock adjuster circuit is further to align the phases of the second clock signals to within a predefined tolerance of each other.

Abstract: An oscillator subsystem included in a phase-locked loop circuit of a computer system may include coarse and fine-tuning circuits. The coarse-tuning circuit may generate a coarse-tuning current based on a reference voltage, and the fine-tuning circuit may generate a fine-tuning current by combining respective currents generated by first and second complement current mirror circuits using a voltage level of a control signal. An oscillator circuit may generate a clock signal whose frequency is based on a combination of the coarse and fine-tuning circuits.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a recording device, an indication of an initializing time and receiving, by the recording device, an indication of a timing pace. The method also includes maintaining, by the recording device, an updated current time based on the initializing time and the timing pace and sensing, via a sensor of the recording device, a condition. The method further includes storing, in memory of the recording device, an indication of the condition and an associated indication of the updated current time. The indication of the updated current time corresponds to when the condition was sensed by the sensor.

Abstract: A PLL circuit includes a phase comparator, a charge pump 20, a loop filter 30, a voltage controlled oscillator 40, a frequency divider, and a phase compensator 70. The loop filter 30 includes a resistor 31, a first capacitance element 32, and a second capacitance element 33. The phase compensator 70 is provided in parallel to the charge pump 20 and adds a differentiation term to an open-loop transfer function. The phase compensator 70 includes a buffer 71 receiving a phase difference signal output from the phase comparator and a third capacitance element 72 provided between an output terminal of the buffer 71 and an input terminal of the loop filter 30.

Abstract: The power conversion device may include a rectification unit, a boost converter for boosting power rectified from the rectification unit, a dc-end capacitor connected to an output end of the boost converter, an inductor current detection unit for detecting an inductor current flowing in an inductor within the boost converter, a dc-end voltage detection unit for detecting voltages of both ends of the dc-end capacitor, and a control unit for controlling the boost converter. The control unit may generate and output a converter switching control signal by performing proportional resonant control for a duty command value of a switching element within the boost converter, based on the detected inductor current and dc-end voltage. Therefore, a harmonic current component flowing through a dc-end capacitor induced by a ripple component of an input voltage may be reduced.

Abstract: A phase locked loop circuit is disclosed. The phase locked loop circuit includes a ring oscillator. The phase locked loop circuit also includes a digital path including a digital phase detector. The phase locked loop circuit further includes an analog path including a linear phase detector. Additionally, the phase locked loop circuit includes a feedback path connecting an output of the ring oscillator to an input of the digital path and an input of the analog path. The digital path and the analog path are parallel paths. The digital path provides a digital tuning signal the ring oscillator that digitally controls a frequency of the ring oscillator. The analog path provides an analog tuning signal the ring oscillator that continuously controls the frequency of the ring oscillator.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of locking a locked loop quickly, including receiving an input signal having an input frequency, and generating an intermediate signal having an intermediate frequency intended to be equal to a geometric mean of the input frequency and a desired frequency, but not equal. Results of division of the desired output frequency by the intermediate frequency are estimated, producing a first divider value. A first locked loop utilizing a controllable oscillator is activated. A divider value of the first locked loop is set to the first divider value, and the intermediate signal is provided to the first locked loop, so that when the first locked loop reaches lock, the controllable oscillator produces the desired frequency. When the first locked loop reaches lock, a second locked loop that utilizes the controllable oscillator is activated, the first locked loop is deactivated, and generation of the intermediate signal is ceased.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an optical range finder that includes a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and a photodiode emulation circuitry for testing the TIA. The photodiode emulation circuitry may be coupled to an input port of the TIA and configured to receive one or more parameters specifying one or more characteristics of a test current signal to be provided to the TIA. The photodiode emulation circuitry may further be configured to provide the test current signal in accordance with the one or more parameters to the input port of the TIA while the photodiode is also coupled to the input port of the TIA.

Abstract: A clock and data recovery device includes a data analysis circuit, a loop filter circuit, and a phase adjust circuit. The data analysis circuit is configured to generate an error signal according to input data, a first clock signal, and a second clock signal. The loop filter circuit is configured to generate an adjust signal according to the error signal. A phase filter circuit is configured to generate a first control signal according to the error signal. A switching element of a first frequency filter circuit is configured to output a second control signal according to the error signal and a first switching signal that has a first period. A first adder is configured to generate the adjust signal according to the first control signal and the second control signal. The phase adjust circuit is configured to adjust the first clock signal and the second clock signal.

Abstract: A frequency calibrator includes an input signal generator configured to generate an input signal based on an oscillation signal and an external signal; a frequency difference extractor configured to extract, from the input signal, a frequency difference signal having a frequency corresponding to a frequency difference between an external frequency of the external signal and an oscillation frequency of the oscillation signal; a divider configured to generate a division signal by dividing a signal having the oscillation frequency by a division ratio; and a frequency tuner configured to tune the oscillation frequency of the oscillation signal based on a result of comparing the frequency difference signal to the division signal.

Abstract: There is to provide a semiconductor device capable of predicting a wear-out failure based on the degradation stress cumulative amount of power supply voltage and environmental temperature imposed on the device, which includes a ring oscillator having a plurality of stages of inverters, and a control circuit that emphasizes the voltage dependency and temperature dependency of an oscillation frequency of the ring oscillator or a control circuit that emphasizes the temperature dependency not the voltage dependency.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to reducing settling time of a sawtooth ramp signal in a phase-locked loop. Information from a loop filter of the phase-locked loop can be stored and used within the loop filter so as to improve the settling time of the sawtooth ramp signal. In certain embodiments, the settling time of a periodic sawtooth ramp signal can be reduced to less than one microsecond. An output frequency at the end of the sawtooth chirp can be brought back to an initial value without significantly modifying phase error in disclosed embodiments.

Abstract: A noise detection method including the following steps is provided. During different time periods, plural sets of driving signals are respectively transmitted to driving lines of the touch panel to drive sensing lines of the touch panel to generate plural sets of sensing signals. The plural sets of sensing signals are respectively received and calculated to obtain plural sets of summation signals. One set of summation signals includes first summation signals, and another set of summation signals includes second summation signals. A part or all of the first summation signals is replaced by the second summation signals. A signal value of a combination of the first and the second summation signals is calculated to obtain a summation thereof. The summation of the signal value of the combination is smaller than a summation of a signal values of the first summation signals before recombination.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a voltage-controlled oscillator has a variable capacitive element with a capacitance that is changed by a voltage to be applied thereto. One electrode of the variable capacitive element is connected to a control input terminal where a control voltage that controls an oscillation frequency is applied thereto. It has a compensation voltage generation circuit that generates a voltage that changes with a temperature thereof. It has a resistive element with one end that is directly connected to another electrode of the variable capacitive element and another end that is supplied with an output voltage of the compensation voltage generation circuit.

Abstract: A CDR circuit includes: a comparison circuit that receives data signal on which a first clock signal is superimposed, and outputs a comparison result obtained by comparing the data signal with three different threshold values at a timing synchronized with a second clock signal; a data pattern detection circuit that detects an occurrence of a data pattern, based on the comparison result; a frequency detection circuit that outputs, when an occurrence of the data pattern is detected, a detection result indicating whether a second frequency of the second clock signal is higher than a first frequency of the first clock signal; an adjustment circuit that outputs, based on the detection result, an adjustment signal for adjusting a phase of the second clock signal and the second frequency; and an oscillator circuit that outputs the second clock signal with the phase and the second frequency adjusted, based on the adjustment signal.

Abstract: An impedance circuit for a charge pump arrangement and a charge pump arrangement are disclosed. In an embodiment, the impedance circuit includes a first current mirror circuit with a first bias serving as a current input terminal, a first output serving as a current output terminal and a first input for coupling with a pre-selected potential. The impedance circuit further includes a first charge pump for biasing the first current mirror circuit with a first reference current, wherein the first charge pump includes a first biasing output coupled with the first bias of the first current mirror circuit.

Abstract: A combining arrangement comprises a power combiner having at least four ports. A first match-dependent oscillator is connected to input power at a first frequency to a first input port of the power combiner. A second match-dependent oscillator is connected to input power at a second frequency to a second input port of the power combiner. A mismatch is connected to a third port of the power combiner. The power combiner is operative to combine power from the first and second oscillators and, when the first and second frequencies are different, to apply a fraction of the combined power to the mismatch. The mismatch reflects at least some of the fraction of the combined power to the first and second oscillators to phase and frequency lock their outputs. A fourth output port of the power combiner is connected to receive the combined power.

Abstract: A non-linear converter comprising a non-linear voltage divider having a plurality of resistors representing a non-linear transfer function, an analog multiplexer having analog multiplexer inputs coupled to the non-linear voltage divider and configured to output an analog multiplexer output, the analog multiplexer chooses one of the plurality of resistors based on a logic signal and the non-linear transfer function, an analog comparator having an analog comparator first input configured to receive an analog input voltage, an analog comparator second input configured to receive the analog multiplexer output and the analog comparator configured to output a comparator voltage output and a logic loop coupled to the analog comparator and configured to receive the comparator voltage output and configured to output the logic signal, wherein the logic signal represents a linearized digital word.

Abstract: A packaged VCTCXO may include a crystal oscillator configured to output a signal of a particular frequency and a temperature sensor configured to measure an internal temperature of the crystal oscillator. In addition, the packaged VCTCXO may include a microcontroller configured to generate an internal control voltage signal based at least in part on the temperature and an external control voltage received by the packaged VCTCXO. Moreover, the packaged VCTCXO may include a combiner configured to combine an internal control voltage and the external control voltage to generate a control voltage. Further, the control voltage may be supplied to the crystal oscillator to cause the crystal oscillator to generate the signal of the particular frequency.

Abstract: A stacked synthesizer for wide local oscillator (LO) generation using a dynamic divider. The phase locked loop can include a plurality of voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs), and a selector that can be configured to select an output of one of the plurality of VCOs. The selected output of one of the plurality of VCOs can be provided to an on-chip dynamic divider and to an off-chip dynamic divider for LO sharing. The dynamic dividers can be configured to generate synthesizer outputs based on a multiplication of the selected output of one of the plurality of VCOs by a factor (1+1/M), where M is a variable number.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter may convert an analog signal into digital codes representative of the changing level of the analog signal. An analog high pass filter may receive and continuously differentiate the analog signal. A voltage controlled oscillator may receive the differentiated analog signal and continuously generates an output that is an integral of the differentiated analog signal in the phase domain. A time-to-digital converter may sample the output of the voltage controlled oscillator and convert each sample into a digital code representative of the current phase of the sampled output of the voltage controlled oscillator.

Abstract: A clock circuit and control method thereof to avoid missing the clock signal generated by the clock circuit when the generated clock signal is synced with an external clock signal, wherein the clock circuit comprises a current compensation circuit and a current control circuit. The clock signal is generated by alternately charging and discharging a capacitor with a charging current based on a sync current and a compensating current when an external clock signal is detected. The compensating current is generated based on a frequency of the external clock signal, and the sync current is provided based on a phase difference between the generated clock signal by the clock circuit and the external clock signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for temperature sensing may include: a bias generator suitable for generating a complementary-to-absolute-temperature (CTAT) bias voltage; a regulator suitable for regulating a bias voltage by using CTAT bias voltage and outputting a regulated bias voltage; and a ring oscillator suitable for receiving the regulated bias voltage and generating an oscillation signal based on the regulated bias voltage.

Abstract: A frequency synthesizer comprising a first phase locked loop (PLL) circuit coupled to receive a reference frequency signal from a reference oscillator, the first PLL circuit comprising a first voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) having a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator and a first fractional feedback divider circuit, the first PLL circuit outputting a first tuned frequency signal and a first plurality of integer divider circuits coupled to receive the first tuned frequency signal from the first PLL circuit and each of the first plurality of integer-only post-PLL divider circuits to provide one of a plurality of output frequency signals of the frequency synthesizer.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter includes an amplifier configured to amplify a power; a transmitter configured to resonate the power amplified by the amplifier; and a reference signal provider configured to provide a reference signal to the amplifier and change a frequency of the reference signal.

Abstract: A circuit for controlling a capacitor having a capacitance adjustable by biasing, including an amplifier for delivering a D.C. bias voltage, having a feedback slowed down by a resistive and capacitive cell.