| US 7,580,495 B2 | ||
| Mixer-based phase control | ||
| Alan Fiedler, Mountain View, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to SLT Logic LLC, Boston, Mass. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 30, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/172,419. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0230618 A1, Oct. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 375—371 | 20 Claims |

| 1. A phase control circuit, comprising:
a signal generator sub-circuit that generates a set of phase reference signals having phase angles generally distributed over
a phase angle adjustment range;
a controller sub-circuit that produces weighting signals that assign relative priority for each of the phase reference signals,
wherein the controller sub-circuit includes at least one incremental adjustment input and is adapted to: maintain the weighting
signals in a generally steady state when receiving signaling on the at least one incremental adjustment input that represents
no adjustment; and
adjust relative intensities of the weighting signals based on incremental adjustment signaling at the adjustment input; and
a mixer sub-circuit operably coupled to the set of phase reference signals and to the weighting signals to collectively control
a mix of the set of phase reference signals, wherein the mixer sub-circuit is adapted to produce an output signal having a
phase angle that is based on the mix of the set of phase reference signals.
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