A 2.4 GHz Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer With High-OSR ΔΣ Modulator and Nested PLL

Autor: SeongHwan Cho, Dongmin Park, Pyoungwon Park
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 47:2433-2443
ISSN: 1558-173X
0018-9200
Popis: This paper presents a nested-PLL architecture for a low-noise wide-bandwidth fractional-N frequency synthesizer. In order to reduce the quantization noise, operating frequency of ΔΣ modulator (DSM) is increased by using an intermediate output of feedback divider. A PLL which serves as an anti-alias filter is added to suppress noise aliasing caused by the divider. Prototype implemented in a 0.13 μm CMOS using ring VCOs achieves 26.3 dB of quantization noise suppression while consuming 15.2 mW and occupying 0.17 mm2.
Databáze: OpenAIRE