PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16298803
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["331", "172000"]

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed relating to rapidly downshifting the output frequency of an oscillator. In some embodiments, the oscillator is configured to operate in a closed-loop mode in which negative feedback is used to maintain a particular output frequency (e.g., in a phase-locked loop (PLL)). In some embodiments, the negative feedback loop is configured to maintain the output of the oscillator at a particular frequency based on a reference clock signal and the output of the oscillator. The nature of a negative feedback loop may render rapid frequency changes difficult, e.g., because of corrections by the loop. Therefore, in some embodiments, the loop is configured to switch to an open-loop mode in which a control input to the oscillator is fixed. In some embodiments, the loop switches to open-loop mode in response to a trigger signal and control circuitry forces the oscillator to a new target frequency.

Claim (Index 18):
The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 14 , wherein, in the open-loop mode, the feedback circuitry is configured to output the one or more control signals at one or more predetermined values.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44776
- Patent Class: 331.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15146374', '13577480', '15840163', '15384861', '11155245']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7661263042075456
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5063343960380761
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7401471133905987
- Mean Citation Score: 193.049228
- Max Citation Score: 274.92322
- Similarity Product: 205.297963319788

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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