• DocumentCode
    1349272
  • Title

    Fractional- N Phase-Locked-Loop-Based Frequency Synthesis: A Tutorial

  • Author

    Su, Pin-En ; Pamarti, Sudhakar

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    56
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    881
  • Lastpage
    885
  • Abstract
    The fundamentals and state of the art in fractional-N phase-locked-loop (PLL)-based frequency synthesis are reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed on delta-sigma fractional-N PLLs and quantization noise and fractional spur suppression techniques for wide-bandwidth applications.
  • Keywords
    delta-sigma modulation; digital phase locked loops; frequency synthesizers; delta-sigma fractional-N PLL; fractional spur suppression techniques; fractional-N phase-locked-loop; frequency synthesis; quantization noise; Delta-sigma $(Delta{-}Sigma)$ modulators; frequency synthesizers; phase-locked loops (PLLs);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1549-7747
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCSII.2009.2035258
  • Filename
    5345790