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PSS convergence problem of Frequency Divider (Read 3165 times)
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PSS convergence problem of Frequency Divider
Oct 06th, 2004, 10:16pm
 
Dear All:
       I'm simulating the phase noise contribution of a divider. I found that the divide ratio should be the 2^n (ex. 2,4,8....).
       I've never get pss convergence when the divider ration is 40/44  ??? . Is the settings  or the limitation of pss algorithm?

Regards,   Ray
                 
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Re: PSS convergence problem of Frequency Divider
Reply #1 - Oct 7th, 2004, 12:50am
 
To apply PSS the circuit must have a periodic solution and the period must reasonable relative to the frequency of the drive signals. For this reason, fractional dividers are usually not appropriate for PSS. Particularly the newer delta-sigma dividers. Here the period is very long relative to the input clock frequency.

However, there is another way. You can characterize the phase noise of the individual stages and use these to predict total phase noise. This process is described in "Predicting the phase noise and jitter of PLL-based frequency synthesizers" in http://www.designers-guide.com/Analysis/.

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