Software Technology for Wireless communication: Device and method

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR)

An input receiver is used to receive input signals with a carrier frequency. A delay circuit generates delayed signals by delaying the input signals. In the end the clock generator creates the clock signal, which has the frequency of a clock determined by the input and delayed signals.

1. Field

This article is about the technology that can recover an oscillation signal.

2. Related art description

Ultra-low power wireless transceivers may be utilized in low-power wireless communications fields, such as wireless sensor nodes, data telemetry, etc. In these areas, the size of the battery is restricted and exchangeability restricted. A frequency synthesizer such as an asynchronous phase-locked loop or a voltage-controlled oscillator, may be the most crucial element of low-power wireless communication.

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