• DocumentCode
    724794
  • Title

    Phase noise and spur performance limits for fractional-N frequency synthesizers

  • Author

    Kennedy, Michael Peter ; Hongjia Mo ; Donnelly, Yann

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng.-Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    24-25 June 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    The output phase noise of a fractional-N frequency synthesizer comprises two components: intrinsic noise in the controlled oscillator itself, and extrinsic noise caused by unwanted modulation at its control input. The extrinsic noise contains both stochastic and deterministic components. This paper considers strategies to minimize the extrinsic noise component by addressing deterministic nonlinear dynamical mechanisms.
  • Keywords
    circuit noise; frequency synthesizers; nonlinear dynamical systems; oscillators; phase noise; controlled oscillator; fractional-N frequency synthesizers; intrinsic noise minimization; nonlinear dynamical mechanism; phase noise limits; spur performance limits; Detectors; Frequency synthesizers; Phase frequency detector; Phase noise; Quantization (signal); Synthesizers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC), 2015 26th Irish
  • Conference_Location
    Carlow
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSC.2015.7163783
  • Filename
    7163783
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=724794