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An Optimized Loop Bandwidth Technique for the 5GHz Wide band PLL Frequency Synthesizer Design

This thesis presents a wide tuning, low phase noise CMOS integer-N frequency synthesizer with 1.8V power supply. The frequency synthesizer is designed using the TSMC 0.18£gm CMOS 1P6M technology. The proposed frequency synthesizer consists of a phase-frequency detector, a charge pump, a low-pass loop filter, a voltage control oscillator, an auto-band selection (ABS), an optimum-band selection (OBS), and a pulse-swallow divider. In system design, we present the new architecture for voltage-controlled oscillator with switched capacitors technique with a lowered VCO gain (KVCO) to achieve wide tuning range and low phase noise in order to cover the desired operating frequency bands and to accommodate process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variations. The ABS accomplishes the efficient search for a VCO discrete tuning curve among a group of frequency sub-bands. It is apparent to reduce the calibration time by adopting the binary search algorithm to select the calibration word. However, the variation of Kvco across different channels can still be large after the execution of ABS. There might be many sub-bands covering the desired frequency. Hence the sub-band which is selected by ABS could not be an optimum choice for the minimum Kvco variation. The OBS is proposed to implement an algorithm in order to find the optimum solution which has the minimum Kvco variation and covers the desired frequency. The Kvco variation is quantified by OBS and using this value to adjust the charge pump current. Therefore, Loop bandwidth and stability were maintained across the operating range by using optimum-band selection(OBS) and a programmable charge pump.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0215111-161152
Date15 February 2011
CreatorsYang, Sheng-Hsiang
ContributorsShiann-Rong Kuang, Chia-Ling Wei, Ko-Chi Kuo, Chia-Hsiung Kao
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0215111-161152
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