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Booking.com Bellevue, WA, 98009
Booking.com BV (the company behind Booking.com™, the market leading online hotel reservation service in the world) and/or its various support companies throughout the world are looking for people to support the business in the fast-growing hotel markets.Booking.com (USA) Inc., one of the support companies in the United States, is looking for a Credit Controller in Bellevue/Seattle. Job description...
Seattle Coffee Gear specializes in providing knowledgeable and expert advice to folks who want to make a better cup of coffee. We carry a wide array of products -- from basic press pots to sophisticated commercial-grade equipment -- in our retail stores and via the internet. We're a privately-held company that is growing and is looking to add a Accounting Manager/Controller to our fun and dynamic ...
Hiring for Assistant and District Controllers in Washington, Oregon and California! Our company is a nationwide, publically traded industry powerhouse and we are looking for best in class accountants to leave the world of audit and public accounting behind for an opportunity with incredible growth and leadership opportunities. We provide work life balance and continuous skill training to always p...
Controller Classification Full-Time FLSA Status Exempt Department Finance position Overview Support the company, its shareholders, senior management and other departments by maintaining reliable, timely an complete financial and accounting records and periodic reports (summary and in detail) along with a team of accounting staff, ensuring that the financial records follow GAAP. Support m...
Red Lion Hotels Port Angeles, WA, 98362
What knowledge, skills and abilities do I need to have? (the must-haves) Considerable knowledge of bookkeeping, auditing and accounting procedures. Knowledge of human resources policies, procedures and practices Public speaking and/or training experience Considerable knowledge of computers, spreadsheets and point of sales systems. Strong analytical skills. Ability to establish and implement prope...
EMCOR Group , Inc. Richland, WA
BasicFunction Oversee the financial, compliance management anddirection for a Subcontractor on a large DOE cost reimbursable project. JobDescription · Reconcileall financial and payroll accounts · Ensureaccuracy of monthly accounting transactions · Implementand monitor financial compliance and controls on financial transactions · Identifyand give direction regarding costing according to gove...
Waste Connections Tacoma, WA, 98402
Hiring for Assistant and District Controllers in Washington, Oregon and California! Our company is a nationwide, publicly traded industry powerhouse and we are looking for best in class accountants to leave the world of audit and public accounting behind for an opportunity with incredible growth and leadership opportunities. We provide work life balance and continuous skill training to always pre...
University of Washington Seattle, WA, 98113
UW Medicine's mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow's physicians, scientists and other health professionals. UW Medicine owns or operates Harborview Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, Valley Medical Center, UW Medical Center, a network of U...
Direct oversight in purchase of materials & supplies for the company as well as the tool crib operations supporting the shop floor. Oversight and responsibilities of all subcontractors and vendors for the company. Travel as needed to serve supplier / customer requirements. Attend conferences as needed interfacing with customers, prospects and business development. Carryout / execute activities ...
Vendnovation is the leader in the vending industry doing remote controlled access to machines. VendNovation builds cloud based access control systems on top of vending (and related) machines. We provide real-time inventory tracking data restrictions for a variety of industries including manufacturing, emergency medical supplies, and food services. Our offices are located in Bellevue Washington. ...
Financial Pacific Leasing (A Subsidiary of Umpqua Bank) is a commercial equipment leasing company located in Federal Way, WA. Established in 1975, we are a leader in the leasing industry and we take pride in our employees. We strive to create a work environment that is rewarding, challenging and a fun experience. Excellent benefits and retirement package. We are currently seeking a Full-Time Fund...
Catholic Charities Diocese of Yakima Yakima, WA, 98908
Thank you for your interest in working with Catholic Charities as we strive to, "... bring hope to life, especially for those most in need." We look forward to reviewing your completed application as we seek to find the best employees for our many programs and Agencies. You must complete the online application to be considered for employment. Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will cont...
Apptio Bellevue, WA, 98009
Company Overview: At Apptio we are focused on changing the world by making every IT organization that we work with into a more efficient and cost-effective service provider to the business. Apptio's Technology Business Management (TBM) SaaS platform provides revolutionary automation in transparency, planning and performance management required for IT to run like a business. From the founding of t...
Suncadia Resort Cle Elum, WA
Job Description JOB OVERVIEW Responsible for processing all payments made to the hotel in accordance with hotel accounting standards; Reconciles daily statements and month-end balancing of receivables. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS Maintain complete knowledge of and comply with all departmental policies/service procedures/standards. Maintain complete knowledge of correct maintenance and use of equi...
Overview: The Order Administrator is responsible for the timely and accurate processing of all branch sales orders and ensuring orders are processed in compliance with all Sharp Electronics policies and procedures. Responsibilities: Review credit applications, buyout documents and equipment order documentation sent via email for accuracy and compliance per company policy. Send credit applicatio...
Salal Credit Union Seattle, WA, 98113
Title: Financial Analyst Reports To: Controller FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Position Primary Purpose: Support the decision-making of the Management team by providing accurate reporting and in-depth financial analysis to support profit goals and strategic plans for growth. Deliver 'core value' service to internal customers and/or external customers. Essential Functions Connect with coworkers and e...
Overview: The Finance Supervisor directs and coordinates activities of the Accounting and Administrative employees engaged in all aspects of the accounting, administrative and customer support functions. Responsibilities: Provide Branch Controller oversight for the total receivables and recommend appropriate actions needed to achieve established company objectives. Train, supervise, and develop...
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. Bellevue, WA
Additional Information:This hotel is owned and operated by an independent franchisee, HEI Hotels & Resorts. The franchisee controls all aspects of the hotel's employment policies and practices, including the selection and hiring process. If you accept a position at this hotel you will be employed by a franchisee and not by Marriott International. Job Description Supervises and directs the financ...
Deaconess Medical Center Spokane, WA
Description As a member of the Hospital's senior management team, the Assistant Chief Financial Officer (ACFO) will participate in the financial and functional decision-making processes necessary for the successful attainment of the hospital's mission in addition to maintaining an awareness of changes in healthcare matters that could have an impact on the success of the hospital. The responsibil...
Vista Health Spokane, WA
Assistant Chief Financial Officer (ACFO) - Deaconess Hospital (Spokane, WA)-1471671 About us: Deaconess Hospital is your community healthcare provider; a 388-bed facility with inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic imaging, medical, surgical and emergency services. We believe in the power of people to create great care. We're 750 healthcare professionals strong. We are an acute care hospital with a L...
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LEXINGTON, KY - OCTOBER 09: Gene Chizik the Head Coach of the Auburn Tigers talks with a game offical during the SEC game against the Kentucky Wildcats at Commonwealth Stadium on October 9, 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
As if it wasnt enough that Auburn is just 3-8 heading into this weekends Iron Bowl against No. 2 Alabama, a Yahoo! Sports report released Wednesday documented an ongoing NCAA investigation into the Tigers football program. According to the report, NCAA investigators have combed the program over the past weeks looking for violations involving Auburn coaches, players, recruits and other parties linked to program. The investigation is particularly looking into two Gene Chizik assistants, wide receivers coach and assistant head coach Trooper Taylor and running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Curtis Luper. Both coaches were recently taken off the recruiting trail, though Chizik declined comment on the matter last month. Taylor was a finalist for the American Football Coaches Association's national Assistant Coach of the Year this season. Auburn, the NCAA and other parties linked to the investigation have all declined comment. "I don't have time for all of that,&qu...
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David Cameron and Alex Salmond have given speeches for and against Scottish independence, as England marks St George's Day.
The social union between Scotland and the rest of the UK "will remain", Alex Salmond is expected to say in a speech given in the north of England later today.
The First Minister will argue people either side of the border can still marry freely and the monarchy will preside over Scotland as it does for "other Commonwealth countries":
People would still live in Annan and work in Carlisle, or live in Penrith and work in Lockerbie. Friends and family would continue to visit each other.
We would still watch many of the same television programmes. People from Scotland and England would still celebrate personal unions - by getting married in Carlisle Cathedral or perhaps by going to Gretna instead.
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The Mountain View, Calif.-based company Yub has launched what it said is the world's first offline affiliate network that enables merchants, retailers and restaurants to track consumers from online clicks through offline purchases, directly linking digital marketing spend to offline revenue.
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As consumers discover the ad or promotion for in-store purchases, they are prompted to activate the offer by registering a credit card. When the consumer uses the same credit card for the in-store purchase, Yub tracks the purchase through its TrueRealTime transactional tracking platform and the consumer receives their reward. With these card-linked offers, consumers have no coupons to print and no mobile apps to download. Yub provides a complete analytics suite so businesses can now track the performance of affiliate campaigns and measure ROI based on actual in-store sales, according to a news release.
"Despite the billions of dollars spent annually on digital advertising, merchants have had no way to track the effectiveness of how online advertising translates into offline sales," said Alex Rampell, CEO and founder of Yub. "Yub provides businesses with a direct link between online advertising and offline revenue, improving the effectiveness of online campaigns and driving in-store purchases on a massive scale, utilizing the demonstrated power of the online affiliate network model."
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Vasectomies linked to risk for lethal prostate cancer
Earlier studies had hinted at a connection between vasectomies and prostate cancer. Many experts have dismissed the idea of a link.
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Men with vasectomies may be at increased risk for the most lethal form of prostate cancer, researchers have found. But aggressive cancer nonetheless remains rare in these patients.
Earlier studies had hinted at a connection between vasectomies and prostate cancer. Many experts have dismissed the idea of a link: Men who have vasectomies may receive more medical attention, they said, and therefore may be more likely to receive a diagnosis. The new study, published this month in The Journal of Clinical Oncology, attempted to account for that possibility and for other variables.
Researchers at Harvard University reviewed data on 49,405 men aged 40 to 75, of whom 12,321 had had vasectomies. They found 6,023 cases of prostate cancer among those men from 1986 to 2010.
The researchers found no association between a vasectomy and low-grade cancers. But men who had had a vasectomy were about 20 percent more likely to develop lethal prostate cancer, compared to those who had not. The incidence was 19 in 1,000 cases, compared with 16 in 1,000, over the 24-year period.
The reason for the increase is unclear, but some experts have speculated that immunological changes, abnormal cell growth or hormonal imbalances after a vasectomy may affect prostate-cancer risk.
Dr. James McKiernan, interim chairman of the department of urology at Columbia University, said the lack of a clear causal mechanism was a drawback of the new research.
"If someone asked for a vasectomy, I would have to tell them that there is this new data in this regard, but it's not enough for me to change the standard of care," he said. "I would not say that you should avoid vasectomy."
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Feb 13, 2012It's been a while since I wrote reviews in metacritic, so I thought writing some would be good. Anyways, all could say of Josh Trank's "Chronicle" is that it's very original. He diminishes those first-person camera angle problems by switching viewpoints (from Andrew's camera to other cameras, iphones, and even from the news chopper) which is clever. The script is well written and although the movie's kinda short it has it's sense of intensity most 2 hour movies can't even show off.… Full Review »
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2013-14 (Freshman): Member of the league's All-Rookie Team... led all BIG EAST freshmen in rebounding... started 26 of 32 games played... two double-doubles... 10 games in double-figures and four games with 10 or more rebounds... ranked among BIG EAST leaders in conference games only in defensive rebounds (15th - 3.7 drpg) and rebounding (20th - 4.8 rpg)... scored nine points in both BIG EAST Tournament games against Georgetown and Creighton... nine rebounds, three points against Marquette... seven points and 10 rebounds against Georgetown... 13 points, eight boards, two assists, two blocked shots against Providence... 10 points at Villanova with three rebounds... 13 points and six rebounds against St. John's... 17 points, 12 rebounds at Butler... nine points, three boards against Creighton... 14 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals against Houston Baptist... 10 boards, eight points, four blocked shots against Chicago State... nine points, five boards against Florida Atlantic... 12 points against Arizona State with six boards... 14 points, three rebounds and two steals against Oregon State... nine points, seven boards against Texas... 14 points against Wichita State... named the first BIG EAST Rookie of the Week of the season... 13 points, five rebounds against Wright State... made collegiate debut with a 16-point, 11-rebound double-double against Grambling State... recorded the double-double with 11 points and 10 boards in the first half.
High School: Finished prep career at IMG Academy (Fla.) after three seasons at Chicago's Whitney Young High School... ranked among the nation's top 25 centers at No. 21 by Scout.com... ranked No. 27 among the nation's top centers by ESPN.com... averaged 10 points and seven rebounds in three varsity seasons at Whitney Young... played on the AAU circuit for the Mac Irvin Fire... coached by Tyrone Slaughter at Whitney Young.
Personal: Son of LaTanya Floyd and Thomas Hamilton... Thomas Hamilton played in 33 games over two NBA seasons for Boston and Houston... Communication and Media major.
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An Automatic Frequency Control (AFC) circuit for a mobile terminal employs a fractional-N Phase Locked Loop (PLL) to directly reduce errors in the synthesized frequency, such as due to component tolerances, temperature drift, and the like. The frequency error is detected by the average speed of rotation of the I,Q constellation. A corresponding offset is added to the tuning frequency selection word prior to encoding, such as in a ΔΣ modulator, to generate an effective non-integer PLL frequency division factor over a specified duration. The ΔΣ modulator may include dithering the different integer values by a pseudo-random number to minimize noise in the output frequency spectrum introduced by the fractional-N division. Component and parameter selection allow a high degree of resolution in frequency control of the fractional-N PLL. By directly controlling for the frequency error, a DAC and XTAL oscillator tuning circuit may be eliminated from the AFC circuit.
1. A method of automatically stabilizing an output frequency, comprising:
detecting the phase difference between a reference frequency and a divided output frequency;
generating said output frequency in response to said phase difference;
detecting a deviation from a desired, stable frequency in said output frequency;
dividing said output frequency by at least two distinct integer values over a specified duration, said integer values selected in response to said deviation in said output frequency, to generate said divided output frequency;
whereby said output frequency is controlled to reduce said deviation from said desired, stable frequency without altering said reference frequency.
2. The method of
3. The method of
4. The method of
5. A fractional-N phase locked loop, comprising:
a phase-frequency detector generating a control voltage in response to a reference frequency and a divided output frequency;
a voltage-controlled oscillator generating an output frequency in response to said control voltage;
a fractional-N frequency divider generating said divided output frequency from said output frequency, said divided output frequency differing from said output frequency by a non-integer factor over a specified duration; and
an error detector to detect deviation from a desired, stable frequency in said output frequency and to generate a control signal to control said fractional-N frequency divider to reduce said deviation without altering said reference frequency.
6. The fractional-N phase locked loop of
7. The fractional-N phase locked loop of
8. The fractional-N phase locked loop of
The present invention relates generally to the field of wireless communications and specifically to an improved automatic frequency control circuit and method.
Automatic frequency control (AFC) is a fundamental process for radio communication devices. AFC typically includes one or more phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit(s), which generate a high frequency periodic signal from a low frequency reference signal. AFC is used to perform a wide variety of tasks in wireless communication system components, such as frequency synthesis, AM and FM detection, frequency multiplication, tone decoding, pulse synchronization of signals from noisy sources, and the like, with high frequency accuracy.
One conventional, representative application of AFC, described herein to explicate the present invention, is in conjunction with the downconversion of a received Radio Frequency (RF) signal, such as that produced by the transmitter at a base station, to the baseband frequency in a receiver, such as a wireless communication mobile terminal, for demodulation of the RF signal. The downconversion is accomplished by multiplying (mixing) the RF signal with a high frequency signal (often referred to in the art as a Local Oscillator (LO) frequency signal) to produce sum and difference components. The resulting analog I and Q signals of the difference component (representing the In-phase and Quadrature-phase components, respectively) may be digitized and processed by a baseband processor, such as an appropriately programmed Digital Signal Processor (DSP), to extract information symbols from the signal, as is well known in the art. The LO signal is typically the output of a phase locked loop, which typically uses a high quality crystal (XTAL) oscillator, the frequency of which is multiplied by a programmable factor by the phase locked loop (PLL) circuit.
The residual frequency offset between the actual RF signal and the desired RF frequency (due to the XTAL oscillator frequency error) is an error that should be eliminated or minimized to within an allowable tolerance. This frequency error can be determined in the baseband processor from the speed of rotation of the (I,Q) constellation. This frequency error (in digital representation) is typically converted to an analog voltage by a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) and applied to a frequency control circuit of the XTAL oscillator generating the PLL's reference frequency. In particular, the output voltage of the DAC may be applied to a Variable Capacitance diode (Varicap) through a series of decoupling resistors and capacitors to change the capacitance in the overall resonant circuit, and thereby change the frequency of oscillation slightly. This slight change in the XTAL oscillator circuit output frequency is multiplied by the PLL, resulting in a corresponding change in the local oscillator frequency. The difference between this altered LO frequency and the RF signal is again detected at the baseband processor, and the XTAL oscillator reference frequency again adjusted, in a closed-loop feedback manner. This frequency control loop is commonly referred to as Automatic Frequency Control (AFC).
The voltage level fed back to the XTAL oscillator tuning circuit is not, in general, a direct function of the detected frequency error. Each element in the XTAL oscillator tuning circuit introduces errors due to component tolerance, aging, reflow soldering effects, and the like; furthermore, many of these errors change non-linearly with temperature. Typically, the XTAL oscillator tuning circuit is extensively characterized at the factory, and control voltages to effect various frequency shifts are stored in look-up tables in the baseband processor. Additionally, the baseband processor may dynamically alter or add to the look-up table entries to reflect XTAL oscillator tuning circuit control voltages and associated temperatures and/or other operating characteristics, to build up a more robust error frequency control model over time.
The XTAL oscillator tuning circuit components and DAC add cost to the mobile terminal, consume printed circuit board space, and decrease reliability by providing additional failure points. The extensive characterization of the XTAL oscillator tuning circuit to create initial look-up table entries is time consuming and costly. Finally, the dynamic adaptation of the look-up table entries consumes limited processing resources and adds complexity to the radio control software.
The present invention relates to a method of automatically controlling an output frequency. The phase difference between a reference frequency and a divided output frequency is detected. The output frequency is generated in response to the phase difference, and error in the output frequency is detected. The output frequency is divided by at least two distinct integer values over a specified duration, the integer values selected in response to the error in the output frequency, to generate the divided output frequency. In this manner, the output frequency is controlled to reduce the error.
In another aspect, the present invention relates to a fractional-N phase locked loop. The fractional-N phase locked loop includes a phase-frequency detector generating a control voltage in response to a reference frequency and a divided output frequency. It also includes a voltage-controlled oscillator generating an output frequency in response to the control voltage. The fractional-N phase locked loop also includes a fractional-N frequency divider generating the divided output frequency from the output frequency, the divided output frequency differing from the output frequency by a non-integer factor over a specified duration. The fractional-N phase locked loop additionally includes an error detector to detect errors in the output frequency and to generate a control signal to control the fractional-N frequency divider to compensate for the error.
Modern mobile communication terminals use Phase Locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers to control the receive and transmit channel frequencies. The general architecture of a PLL-based Automatic Frequency Control (AFC) circuit for downconverting a received RF signal to baseband is depicted in
The operation of PLL 20 is well understood by those skilled in the art, and is only briefly described herein. The PLL 20 comprises a phase-frequency detector (PFD) 22 that includes a charge pump (CP) 23, a loop filter 24, a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) 26, and a frequency divider 28. In steady-state condition, the PLL 20 maintains a constant (in most cases zero) average phase difference at the input of the PFD 22. If a phase difference exists between the reference frequency input from the XTAL oscillator 30 (fREF) and divided VCO output frequency input (fOUT/N), the charge pump 23 issues net charge pulses at its output that get filtered by the loop filter 24. The resulting voltage is applied to the control voltage node of the VCO 26 to generate the desired output frequency (fOUT). The frequency divider 28 ensures that in the phase-locked condition:
As such, drifts in the reference frequency fREF translate directly to errors in the output frequency fOUT. For example, a typical reference frequency fREF at the XTAL oscillator 30 may be 20 MHz, with an accuracy of +/−20 parts per million (ppm), or +/−400 Hz. If the division ratio N of frequency divider 28 is 100, the resulting AFC output frequency fOUT is 2 GHz. However, the error of 400 Hz at the XTAL 30, is also multiplied by a factor of 100 in the PLL 20, resulting in an error in the AFC output frequency fOUT of up to +/−40 kHz. The GSM protocol (one wireless communication standard), specifies a channel width of 200 kHz, with an allowed error of +/−0.1 ppm, or +/−200 Hz. In transmit mode, therefore, the system 10 of
One common mode of error control is to compensate for the error by altering the reference frequency fREF of the XTAL oscillator 30 by closing the AFC loop through the DAC 36 and control circuit 38. As described above, the baseband processor 34, upon detecting a frequency error through the average speed of rotation of symbols in the I,Q constellation, may access a look-up table to obtain a digital representation of a control voltage VC. This digital value is output to a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) 36 for conversion to an analog control voltage. The control voltage VC is applied to a reference frequency correction circuit 38 (including one or more varicaps 40) that alters the effective capacitance seen by the XTAL oscillator 30, correspondingly altering the reference frequency fREF. The altered fREF will cause a phase error at PFD 22, and the PLL 20 will adjust the output frequency fOUT accordingly, as described above.
Since the frequency divider 28 and PFD 22 are typically implemented using digital circuitry, the output frequency fOUT can only assume integer multiples of the reference frequency fREF (see equation 1). This in turn limits the minimum frequency step at the VCO 26 output frequency to fREF. For a variety of reasons, including locking times, reference spur amplitudes and loop stability, fREF should be generally be chosen as high as possible. A common choice in integer-N synthesizers is therefore fREF=channel spacing.
In order to increase the frequency resolution of the PLL 20 to frequency increments below fREF, various methods for the implementation of fractional-N frequency synthesizers have been proposed. Generally, these methods make use of the fact that fast changes in the feedback division ratio N (such as once every period of fREF) can be averaged by the lowpass response of the PLL 20 itself. As an example, over a duration comprising ten reference cycles, if the division ratio is (N) during seven cycles, and (N+1) during the remaining three cycles, the average non-integer division ratio is (N+0.3). Traditionally, the periodic nature of the changes in the division ratio between N and (N+1) have led to spurious tones in the output spectrum of the PLL 20 that are difficult to suppress. Additionally, the smaller the output frequency step in the fractional-N PLL 20, the higher the number of spurs in the output spectrum. Recently, a number of innovative, all-digital methods have been proposed to implement the timing sequences of changes to the feedback division ratio N in such a way that the impact on the spurious response and phase noise behavior is minimized. One such method is the use of a digital ΔΣ modulator (indicated at 42 in
Generally, the digital ΔΣ modulator 42 functions as an encoder that encodes a fixed or relatively slowly varying number F (the desired tuning frequency, represented by n-bits) into a fast stream of output values Δ(z). Typically Δ(z) is represented only by a small number of output bits of the quantizer 44 (in the extreme case only 1-bit). The transfer function 46 of H(z) inside the oversampling ΔΣ loop is chosen such that quantization and dithering noise is shaped towards high frequencies as much as possible. Typically, the quantization noise power spectrum has a maximum at � the sampling frequency, which in the PLL 20 application may be conveniently chosen to be equal to the reference frequency fREF, although this is not necessary for proper operation. Dithering by a value generated from pseudo-random number generator 48 is generally necessary in cases where the input to the modulator is not moving sufficiently fast to suppress limit cycles in the quantizer output sequence. This is the case in the PLL 20 application, as the input F corresponds to a particular channel number (or frequency) that does not change often. The ΔΣ modulator 42 is designed for a certain modulus Q that can either be programmable or predetermined by design. In essence, the feedback amplifier 50 with a gain of Q provides a means of scaling the output sequence Δ(z) such that its average assumes the value F/Q. An explanation of the detailed operation of the ΔΣ modulator 42 can be found in J. C. Candy & G. C. Temes, Oversampling Methods for A/D and D/A Conversion, in Oversampling Delta-Sigma Data Converters: Theory, Design and Simulation, pp. 1-29, IEEE Press, J. Wiley & Sons, 1992, incorporated herein in its entirety.
The output sequence of the ΔΣ modulator 42 is summed together with the integer portion of the desired fractional division ratio N, supplied by the baseband processor 34, to form a sequence of momentary integer division ratios N(z)=N+Δ(z) that are applied to the feedback divider 28 in the PLL 20. In a similar fashion to an integer PLL 20 as described above, the fractional-N PLL 20 will stabilize at an average zero phase error at the input to the PFD 22 and thereby generate the VCO 26 output frequency:
f OUT =f REF*(N+F/Q). (2)
In general, fREF=fXTAL/R, where fXTAL is the output frequency of the XTAL oscillator 30. However, in most cases R=1 is chosen for the benefit of improved noise shaping. Since the modulus Q of the ΔΣ modulator is an un-restricted design parameter, the frequency step size at the VCO output (fREF/Q) can be chosen by design or programmed dynamically.
The AFC circuit 10 of
According to the present invention, the frequency correction feedback path comprising the DAC 36 and reference frequency correction circuit 38 may be omitted entirely, and frequency error control corrected directly by the fractional-N PLL 20. The present invention exploits the fact that the frequency resolution fREF/Q of modern fractional-N PLLs 20 can be chosen almost arbitrarily low by providing a large enough fractional modulus Q, without compromising either the switching speed or the spurious performance of the AFC output signal.
One implementation of the present invention is depicted in FIG. 2. In the AFC circuit 11, similar to the prior art implementation shown in
The baseband processor 34 dynamically generates the parameters (N, F, ΔF). In the AFC circuit 11 of
One embodiment of the present invention as outlined above implements equation 4 by use of an adder 52. The adder 52 takes the sum of the channel-setting fractional word (F) and the error-correcting AFC word (ΔF) and applies it to the input of the ΔΣ modulator 42. One of skill in the art will readily recognize, however, that the sum F+ΔF could alternatively be calculated within the baseband processor 34. Additionally, the use of the ΔΣ modulator 42 as a separate component, and the external summation of N+Δ(z) are particular design choices that do not limit the scope of the present invention.
As a quantitative example of the present invention, consider a mobile terminal transmission at 2 GHz, using a XTAL oscillator 30 with a frequency of 20 MHz+/−20 ppm, or 400 Hz, as in the example above. Compliance with the GSM protocol dictates a maximum frequency error of 0.1 ppm, or 200 Hz for a 2 GHz transmission. To achieve this frequency from the 20 MHz XTAL oscillator 30, the fractional division ratio of the frequency divider 28 in the PLL 20 must be ≈100. In this example, for convenience of implementation of the ΔΣ modulator 42, Q may be chosen as 220=1,048,576. The minimum uncorrected frequency increment at the PLL 20 output is then 20 MHz/220=19.07348 Hz. Assuming the GSM channel spacing of 200 kHz, the increment in the fractional portion of the division ratio F from one channel to the next is ROUND (200 kHz/19.07348 Hz)=10,486. The frequency error correction word ΔF as determined from the AFC algorithm is then added to this number and updated as necessary to minimize the frequency error.
Although the present invention has been described herein with respect to particular features, aspects and embodiments thereof, it will be apparent that numerous variations, modifications, and other embodiments are possible within the broad scope of the present invention, and accordingly, all variations, modifications and embodiments are to be regarded as being within the scope of the invention. The present embodiments are therefore to be construed in all aspects as illustrative and not restrictive and all changes coming within the meaning and equivalency range of the appended claims are intended to be embraced therein.
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