ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,942, issued on June 17, was assigned to SILICON MITUS INC. (Seongnam-Si, South Korea) and Hangzhou Silicon-Magic Semiconductor Technology Co. Ltd (Hangzhou, China).
"Phase locked loop having fast lock function" was invented by Young Jae Chang (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Ryong Lee (Seongnam-Si, South Korea) and Jae Sam Shim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase locked loop includes a main voltage-controlled oscillator for which an oscillation frequency is adjusted by an offset current and a control voltage (Vctrl), the offset current being set by an offset current setting code (VCO_CON), a phase frequency detector ...