Title
A 3.2-GHz Down-Spread Spectrum Clock Generator Using a Nested Fractional Topology
Abstract
A high-speed triangular-modulated spread-spectrum clock generator using a fractional phase-locked loop is presented. The fractional division is implemented by a nested fractional topology, which is constructed from a dual-modulus divide-by-(N–1/16)/N divider to divide the VCO outputs as a first division period and a fractional control circuit to establish a second division period to cause the overall fractional division. The dual-modulus divider introduces a delay-locked-loop network to achieve phase compensation. Operating at the frequency of 3.2 GHz, the measured peak power reduction is around 16 dB for a deviation of 0.37% and a frequency modulation of 33 kHz. The circuit occupies 1.4 × 1.4 mm2 in a 0.18-μm CMOS process and consumes 52 mW.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1093/ietfec/e91-a.2.497
IEICE Transactions
Keywords
DocType
Volume
dual-modulus divider,down-spread spectrum clock generator,overall fractional division,division period,fractional division,nested fractional topology,frequency modulation,n divider,fractional phase-locked loop,fractional control circuit,dual-modulus divide-by,delay locked loop,delay lock loop,spread spectrum,phase lock loop
Journal
E91-A
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0916-8508
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
2
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ching-Yuan Yang122736.15
Chih-Hsiang Chang210310.91
Wen-Ger Wong3191.68