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 16):
The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 14 , wherein the circuit further comprises:\n asynchronous shift circuitry configured to generate an auxiliary control signal in response to the trigger signal, wherein the oscillator is configured to generate the output clock signal at the second frequency to have a fraction of a frequency indicated by the one or more control signals, wherein the fraction is specified by the auxiliary control signal.

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): 0.7676506903795615
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4953550233611073
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7404211236777161
- Mean Citation Score: 193.049228
- Max Citation Score: 274.92322
- Similarity Product: 245.3588914406896

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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