Title :
Performance analysis of a unique microwave frequency synthesizer
Author :
Li, Wei ; Vandewege, Jan
Author_Institution :
Dept. Inf. Technol., Univ. of Gent, Belgium
Abstract :
This paper describes briefly an elegant implementation of a microwave frequency synthesizer, which can deliver good phase noise and spurious performance along with an octave tuning range and fine tuning steps. The frequency synthesizer has 1 MHz loop bandwidth, which guarantees fast frequency setting, and a phase noise of -80 dBc at 10 kHz. More discussions focus on the performance analysis of this synthesizer, including phase noise and spurious signal analysis. Practical design considerations are emphasized
Keywords :
circuit noise; circuit tuning; frequency synthesizers; microwave circuits; phase noise; 1 MHz; fast frequency setting; fine tuning steps; microwave frequency synthesizer; octave tuning range; performance analysis; phase noise performance; spurious performance; spurious signal analysis; Bandwidth; Frequency synthesizers; Microwave frequencies; Performance analysis; Phase detection; Phase frequency detector; Phase noise; Signal resolution; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2000. IEEE APCCAS 2000. The 2000 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tianjin
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6253-5
DOI :
10.1109/APCCAS.2000.913430
