IP Library Granted Patent US 8,880,005
Granted Patent B2
US 8,880,005 · App. 11/685,288 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Transceiver with cascaded phase-locked loops

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Patent No.
US 8,880,005
App. No.
11/685,288
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transceiver comprising a first frequency signal generator for generating a reception frequency signal, and a second frequency signal generator for generating a transmission frequency signal. The first frequency signal generator is coupled to the second frequency signal generator to supply the reception frequency signal to the second frequency signal generator as a reference frequency signal.

Claims (11)

1. A transceiver comprising:

a first frequency signal generator that generates a reception frequency signal;

a crystal oscillator coupled to the first frequency signal generator to supply a frequency signal to the latter as a first reference frequency signal; and

a second frequency signal generator that generates a transmission frequency signal,

the first frequency signal generator being coupled to the second frequency signal generator to feed the reception frequency signal to the second frequency signal generator as a reference frequency signal.

2. The transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the second frequency signal generator is a phase-locked loop.

3. The transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the first frequency signal generator is a phase-locked loop.

4. The transceiver of claim 1 , wherein an output of the first frequency signal generator is connected to an input of the second frequency signal generator via a frequency divider to feed the reception frequency signal into the second frequency signal generator as a reference frequency signal.

5. The transceiver of claim 4 , wherein the frequency divider is arranged so that the reference frequency signal is divided down to a frequency between 100 MHz and 300 MHz.

6. The transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the reception frequency signal is a first clock signal for a reception path of the transceiver circuit arrangement.

7. The transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the transmission frequency signal is a second clock signal in a transmission path of the transceiver circuit arrangement.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2020
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 053518/0586 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2018 Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053477/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2015
From: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
To: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 037057/0061 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2012
From: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 027556/0709 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2012
From: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
To: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 027548/0623 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2007
From: MAERZINGER, GUENTER; ADLER, BERND
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 019678/0585 →