A 2.9–4.0-GHz Fractional-N Digital PLL With Bang-Bang Phase Detector and 560- Integrated Jitter at 4.5-mW Power

D Tasca, M Zanuso, G Marzin… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a ΔΣ fractional-N digital PLL based on a single-bit TDC. A digital-to-
time converter, placed in the feedback path, cancels out the quantization noise introduced …

Recent advances in high-performance frequency synthesizer design

S Levantino - 2022 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Whether employed as local oscillators in wireless communications or radar systems, or as
clock generators in data converters, high-performance frequency synthesizers are essential …

A 20 Mb/s phase modulator based on a 3.6 GHz digital PLL with− 36 dB EVM at 5 mW power

G Marzin, S Levantino, C Samori… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a low-power high-bit-rate phase modulator based on a digital PLL with
single-bit TDC and two-point injection scheme. At high bit rates, this scheme requires a …

Noise analysis and minimization in bang-bang digital PLLs

M Zanuso, D Tasca, S Levantino… - … on Circuits and …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In digital bang-bang phase-locked loops (BBPLLs), both the hard nonlinearity of the phase
detector and the frequency granularity of the digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) can give …

Linearized analysis of a digital bang-bang PLL and its validity limits applied to jitter transfer and jitter generation

N Da Dalt - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last few years, several digital implementations of phase-locked loops (PLLs) have
emerged, in some cases outperforming analog ones. Some of these PLLs use a bang-bang …

A comprehensive phase noise analysis of bang-bang digital PLLs

L Avallone, M Mercandelli, A Santiccioli… - … on Circuits and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work introduces an accurate linearized model and phase noise spectral analysis of
digital bang-bang PLLs, that includes both the reference and the digitally-controlled …

A bang bang phase-locked loop using automatic loop gain control and loop latency reduction techniques

TK Kuan, SI Liu - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a digital bang-bang phase-locked loop (DBPLL) that employs automatic
loop gain control and loop latency reduction techniques to enhance the jitter performance …

A 0.3–1.4 GHz all-digital fractional-N PLL with adaptive loop gain controller

DS Kim, H Song, T Kim, S Kim… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 0.3–1.4 GHz all-digital phase locked loop (ADPLL) with an adaptive loop gain controller
(ALGC), a 1/8-resolution fractional divider and a frequency search block is presented. The …

Design methodology for phase-locked loops using binary (bang-bang) phase detectors

H Xu, AA Abidi - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a linearized analysis of bang-bang phase-locked loops (PLLs) in the frequency
domain that is complete and self-consistent. It enables the manual design of frequency …

Analysis and design of low-jitter digital bang-bang phase-locked loops

G Marucci, S Levantino, P Maffezzoni… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital phase-locked loops based on bang-bang phase detectors are attractive candidates
for low-jitter clock-frequency multiplication. Unfortunately, the coarse quantization of phase …