PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15924584
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["331", "002000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of locking a locked loop quickly, including receiving an input signal having an input frequency, and generating an intermediate signal having an intermediate frequency intended to be equal to a geometric mean of the input frequency and a desired frequency, but not equal. Results of division of the desired output frequency by the intermediate frequency are estimated, producing a first divider value. A first locked loop utilizing a controllable oscillator is activated. A divider value of the first locked loop is set to the first divider value, and the intermediate signal is provided to the first locked loop, so that when the first locked loop reaches lock, the controllable oscillator produces the desired frequency. When the first locked loop reaches lock, a second locked loop that utilizes the controllable oscillator is activated, the first locked loop is deactivated, and generation of the intermediate signal is ceased.

Claim (Index 4):
The circuit of  claim 3 , further comprising control circuitry configured, in a startup phase, to:\n switch on the FLL portion and the oscillator; wait for the FLL to lock such that the frequency of the FLL output signal generated by the CCO is equal to the desired output frequency; and when the FLL locks, couple the PLL to the CCO and switch off the FLL and the oscillator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.75
- Patent Class: 331.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15251570', '15718715', '15471483', '11854917', '12981619']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7490203050495409
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5295636598825909
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7270746405328459
- Mean Citation Score: 296.9770680000001
- Max Citation Score: 336.89383
- Similarity Product: 236.8995988385415

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

Dataset: test