• DocumentCode
    440453
  • Title

    Chaos-based high-EMC spread-spectrum clock generator

  • Author

    De Michele, Luca Antonio ; Pareschi, Fabio ; Rovatti, Riccardo ; Setti, Gianluca

  • Author_Institution
    ARCES, Bologna Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    28 Aug.-2 Sept. 2005
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes a spread-spectrum clock generator which is meant to respect EMC norm compliance from standard regulations. This is obtained through a frequency modulation driven by a chaotic signal, i.e. through the injection of a chaos-based jitter, so to avoid strict periodicity in the clock and thus high peaks in its power spectral density. The circuit has been designed in 0.35 μm technology; measurements from prototypes show EMC improvement of approximately 18dB with respect to the reference case.
  • Keywords
    chaos; clocks; integrated circuit design; timing circuits; timing jitter; 0.35 micron; EMC norm compliance; chaos-based jitter; chaotic signal; electromagnetic compatible timing signals; frequency modulation; power spectral density; reference frequency; spread-spectrum clock generator; Chaos; Circuits; Clocks; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic interference; Frequency modulation; Pulse measurements; Signal design; Signal generators; Spread spectrum communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuit Theory and Design, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9066-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECCTD.2005.1522936
  • Filename
    1522936