Patent ID: 7308066

Claim:
A clock recovery circuit, which is capable of automatically adjusting frequency range of a VCO in the clock recovery circuit, the clock recovery circuit comprising: a main VCO for generating a main oscillation clock; a phase detector for receiving an input signal and the main oscillation clock and generating a phase error signal; a main loop filter for receiving the phase error signal and generating a fine control voltage; an auxiliary VCO for generating an auxiliary oscillation clock; an auxiliary frequency detector for receiving the main oscillation clock and the auxiliary oscillation clock and generating an auxiliary frequency error signal; and an auxiliary loop filter for receiving the auxiliary frequency error signal and generating a coarse control voltage; wherein the main VCO generates the main oscillation clock according to the fine control voltage and the coarse control voltage, and the auxiliary VCO generates the auxiliary oscillation clock according to a reference fine control voltage and the coarse control voltage.