Mayank
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Hi, I am designing an analog charge-pump PLL with Ring Oscillator and i am kinda stuck at 1 point... To start with--> INTEGER PLL Specs :-- Max Power Dissipation --> 3mW Osc Freq --> 1GHz Technology --> 65nm Loop Division Factor --> 1000 Fref --> 1 MHz VCO1 performance --> -43.11dBc @ 10kHz , -97.5 dBc @ 1MHz -- @ 1mA current / 1.5 V supply VCO2 performance --> -60.11 dBc @ 10kHz, -114.4dBc @ 1MHz -- @ 5mA current / 1.5 V supply VCO2 performance is close to a LC Oscillator -- in almost all aspects other than area.
The problem that i am facing is that because of low fref, i have to keep PLL bandwidth Low( <= 100kHz [Gardner's limit for CT approx.] )....At such Low BW coupled with high Loop Division Ratio, VCO Noise dominates both the in-band and out-of-band phase noise of the PLL & is making it violate the Noise Spec when i use VCO1 ...VCO2 however just satisfies the requirements with (that too with 100MHz/V VCO Gain --> difficult to get it in Ring Oscis but somehow i can achieve it) but exceeds my current spec....
Fractional PLL Specs :-- Max Power Dissipation --> 3mW Osc Freq --> 1GHz Technology --> 65nm Loop Division Factor --> 100 (reduced from 1000 to 100) Fref --> 9.6 MHz (also increased) VCO1 performance --> -43.11dBc @ 10kHz , -97.5 dBc @ 1MHz -- @ 1mA current / 1.5 V supply VCO2 performance --> -60.11 dBc @ 10kHz, -114.4dBc @ 1MHz -- @ 5mA current / 1.5 V supply VCO2 performance , i feel, is close to a LC Oscillator -- in almost all aspects other than area. S-D Modulator ---> 20-bit , 4th Order MASH 2-2 The problem that i face in fractional implementation is that even though Gardner's limit says PLL BW is relaxed upto 1MHz, but i am not able to enjoy that much BW, because S-D Modulator Quantization Noise starts dominating even the VCO1 Noise after say, 100 kHz...So i am back to 100kHz limit + quantization Noise of S-D Mod.
Need Help..... Am i committing some mistake as in that these specs should be easy to achieve and i am stuck up unnecessarily &?? Is my VCO Design normal or bad ??
regards, Mayank.
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