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http://dx.doi.org/10.17661/jkiiect.2018.11.3.283

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

Han, Dae-Hyun (Department of Electronic Dongeui University)
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The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology / v.11, no.3, 2018 , pp. 283-289 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Phase noise; Phase-Locked Loop (PLL); Reference Spurs; Sample-Hold Capacitor; Unipolar Charge Pump;
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