A comparative study between Fractional-N PLL and Flying-Adder PLL

• Published in: 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) pp. 237 - 240
• Main Authors: Liming Xiu, Chen-Wei Huang, Ping Gui
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Circuit synthesis; Clocks; Delta-sigma modulation; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; Microelectronics; Phase locked loops; Signal generators; Technological innovation; Voltage-controlled oscillators

Frequency synthesis is one of the most important and most actively researched subjects in the field of VLSI mixed-signal circuit design. Among the existing techniques in this area, Fractional-N architecture is a widely used one for generating frequencies which are not integer multiple of the input r...