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A PLL with an Unipolar Charge Pump and a Loop Filter consisting of Sample-Hold Capacitor and FVCO-sampled Feedforward Filter

샘플-홀드 커패시터와 전압제어발진기 신호에 동작하는 피드포워드 루프필터를 가진 단방향 전하펌프를 가진 위상고정루프

  • Received : 2018.05.08
  • Accepted : 2018.06.11
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

A PLL with an unipolar charge pump and a loop filter consisting of sample-hold capacitor and Fvco-sampled feedforward loop filter. The proposed PLL not only reduces the chip area by replacing the resistance to a switch and a small capacitor but also reduces the variation of ${\Delta}VLPF$ and ${\Delta}{\Delta}VLPF$ to 1/6 and 1/5 respectively. The variation of ${\Delta}VLPF$ is related to the phase noise of VCO output and that of ${\Delta}{\Delta}VLPF$ is proportional to reference spurs. It has been simulated and verified with a 1.8V $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS process and shown a good phase noise characteristics. We plan to fabricate chip based on the simulations and check performance.

샘플-홀드 커패시터와 전압제어발진기 신호에 동작하는 피드포워드 루프필터를 가진 단방향 전하펌프를 가진 위상고정루프를 제안하였다. 제안된 위상고정루프는 기존의 2차 RC 필터에 비해서 저항 대신에 스위치와 작은 작은 크기의 커패시터를 사용하여 칩 크기를 줄일 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 전압제어발진기의 위상잡음에 영향을 미치는 ${\Delta}VLPF$의 변화량과, 기준신호 의사잡음에 영향을 미치는 ${\Delta}{\Delta}VLPF$의 변화량을 각각 1/5과 1/6로 줄였다. 제안된 위상고정루프는 1.8V $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정을 이용하여 시뮬레이션을 통해 위상잡음 특성이 개선된 동작을 확인하였다. 향후 시뮬레이션을 바탕으로 칩을 제작하여 성능을 검정할 계획이다.

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