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Leakage Current through control volatge in LC oscillator
Jan 20th, 2013, 9:55pm
 
Hi,

Due to asymmetrical waveform in LC oscillator, I found a low frequency leakage current though control voltage. This leakage current causes reference spurs in PLL loop. Please help me to get rid of this problem.

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Reply #1 - Jan 21st, 2013, 12:02am
 
hello,
Could you provide some more details like control voltage waveform,due to asymmetry in VCO two voltages, you will have even harmonics on the control voltages which intern gives spurs at even multiples of carrier frequency (of course which is not a big problem due to lower BW of the loop). Coming to dc component (as you pointed out 'low frequency') which might cause reference spurs at reference frequency, but this can't happen with a good design. So check you schematic, is there any schematic entry error or some thing else....

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Reply #2 - Jan 21st, 2013, 12:59am
 
Hi raj,

Actually in LC loop, due to asymmetrical waveform there is no proper charging and discharging of control voltage and thus a certain amount of charge sustains at tuning voltage which will cause some increase in voltage at the reference frequency.

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Reply #3 - Jan 21st, 2013, 1:13am
 
Hello,
How can you say "there is no proper charging and discharging of control voltage". Looks like some strange problem and can't be root cause if there is no waveforms. So please show me control voltage waveform and vco output's.

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Reply #4 - Jan 22nd, 2013, 11:09am
 
schematics, simulation results and data?

mind reading does not work well...
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Reply #5 - Jan 22nd, 2013, 11:37am
 
Dear looselectron,

what's your opinion on this ripple on the control voltage, i think i wont be a problem as i posted earlier, but i don't know how to observe in simulation just because while designing VCO i would rather connect a voltage source at the control voltage so no ripple at the same time in the PLL locking simulations again due to filtering nature. So i am surprised who he observed this effect.

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Reply #6 - Jan 24th, 2013, 3:30pm
 
raja.cedt wrote on Jan 22nd, 2013, 11:37am:
Dear looselectron,

what's your opinion on this ripple on the control voltage, i think i wont be a problem as i posted earlier, but i don't know how to observe in simulation just because while designing VCO i would rather connect a voltage source at the control voltage so no ripple at the same time in the PLL locking simulations again due to filtering nature. So i am surprised who he observed this effect.

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Raj.


Raj - I think more information is needed before you can say anything. A lot of PLL simulations are faulty due to errors in math resolution and similar.

I usually will do the PLL part by part (like you describe with the VCO control voltage fixed and open loop) and then when all of thats good do closed loop simulations at the behavioral level (Matlab-Simulink or Verilog AMS)

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Reply #7 - Jan 30th, 2013, 2:08am
 
Hi all,

Sorry for the late response.
Actually I am not facing any problem in the VCO level but while using this vco in top level it creates the problem.
For your assistance I am attaching the a test circuit diagram and plot of vtune. The thing to look here is that, I have fixed the control voltage at 0.5 V but while low pass filtering it I found that control voltage settles at the 0.63 V, it means some low frequency (or dc) current flow into the vco.
I think now you got my problem. Thanks.

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Re: Leakage Current through control volatge in LC oscillator
Reply #8 - Jan 30th, 2013, 2:38pm
 
Is this leakage current seen in simulation?
Or in silicon?

If it is simulation, then you should
be able to find the path (KCL the currents)

You have a large number of reverse biased diodes
in your design that could be leaking. A diode does not have zero current when reverse biased.

See:

http://electronicdesign.com/analog/academic-simplifications-produce-meaningless-...

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