Vlsi, pll, charge pump, voltage level shifter, low power i. Cmos voltage reference design using variablevoltage. Charge pump linear technologyanalog devices charge pump. A multiband phase locked loop frequency synthesizer. Regulated charge pumps maintain a constant output with a varying voltage input. Pdf charge pump phaselocked loop with phasefrequency. Nonlinear dynamics of charge pump phase locked loops. A precise and high speed chargepump pll model based on. Design and analysis of low power cmos charge pump circuits. The cp converts the voltage fluctuation in the phase detector to.
A novel charge pump phase locked loop cp pll comprising of a modified dual edge sensitive phase frequency detector pfd has been proposed. Analysis of chargepump phaselocked loops citeseerx. The pll with current matching chargepump has been designed by 0. The charge pump based pll also provides flexible design. A phaselocked loop is a feedback system combining a voltage controlled oscillator vco and a. For the periodic signals it is possible to merge both, frequency and phase. In pll applications there is an up and down line that causes the voltage of the charge pump to go up or down. Introduction the cmos charge pump cp is an integral part in the phaselocked loops. Both he hold and capture ranges of pfd followed by charge pump type pll are only limited by the vco output frequency range. The phase detector produces pulses of variable width that activate the switches to either charge or discharge the capacitor cp in the case of the charge pump pfdcp combination.
However, the charge pump is usually followed by a passive loop filter that integrates the charge pump output current to a vco control voltage. A precise and high speed chargepump pll model based on systemcsystemcams 227 fig. Fractionaln pll frequency synthesizers based on a mixed matlab and cmex platform. Pll can be used for clock generation for a microprocessor, as a frequency synthesizer in a mobile, etc. In the voltageinverting configuration, the charge pump capacitor is charged to the input voltage during the first half of the switching cycle. Bandwidth is the frequency at which the pll begins to lose lock with the reference 3db. Charge pump make use of switching devices for controlling the connection of voltage to the capacitor. From the simulation results, it is shown that the vco control voltage is at least 0.
Can i replace a pll charge pump with an active lpf. Pll charge pump a charge pump is a kind of dc to dc converter that uses capacitors for energetic charge storage to raise or lower voltage. Negative feedback control system where f out tracks f in and rising edges of input clock align to rising edges of output clock mathematical model of frequency synthesizer in. This is one important reason that this type pll is so popular.
Two current sources and two switches frequency divider. The model of the cppll examined in this paper, presented by van paemel in 4, adopted a much different technique in its treatment of the charge pump action. Vco difficult to make high quality inductors onchip. The detailed study of simple pll architecture is discussed in section 1. But consists solely of active devices, so easy to integrate. Thoughts on chargepump phase noise 1 december, 1999 1999 james a. When the phaselocked loop was locked in a certain frequency, the output voltage of charge pump is demanded to be a fixed value, and any tiny change of which will result in apparent frequency offset. Power management charge pump dc to dc switching voltage regulator. First time, every time practical tips for phase locked. F pfd10 vco f pfd 50 mhz f pfd 50 mhz pfd n figure 14. It is inevitable to choose the loop filter values correctly, as. Predicting pll reference spur levels due to leakage.
A dualcompensated charge pump with reduced current mismatch. The application notes recommend using a charge pump on the output of the ic. The final expression merging the above equations into 9 is. Us6124741a accurate pll charge pump with matched updown. Charge pump clock generation pll for the data output block of the upgraded atlas pixel frontend in nm cmos a. This model incorporates the timevarying nature of the charge pump circuit, resulting in a set of nonlinear difference. Chargepump circuits are capable of high efficiencies, sometimes as high as 9095%, while being electrically simple circuits. Charge pump phaselocked loop with phasefrequency detector charge pump pll. Charge pump phase locked loop with phasefrequency detector cppll is an electrical circuit, widely used in digital systems for frequency synthesis and synchronization of the clock signals. In order to reduce phase offset, and decrease spurs tones in the pll output signals, the charge pump current mismatch has to be minimized. Presentation outline what is phase locked loop pll basic pll system problem of lock acquisition phasefrequency detector pfd charge pump pll application of pll. Charge pump, current mismatch, dual compensation, reference spur, pll 1 introduction.
Combining equations for all four cases we obtain a discrete time. The new structure has an increased loop gain and a faster transient response, although its filter time constant, loop vco sensitivity and pump current magnitude are same as those of the conventional cp pll. Stateoftheart in phaselocked loop filter integration. Many monolithic pll integrated circuits are available, which incorporate the needed frequency dividers and the phase detector. The discrete charge pump doubler was built using a tps61087 that switches at 1. In this thesis we would focus on the clock generation aspect of the pll. Main purpose of charge pump is to convert logic states of phase frequency detector into analogy signals suitable to control the vco 2. Figure 4 compares the calculated load regulation and measured load regulation as a function of the output current. A pll based on a charge pump is often preferred over other synthesizer alternatives, because it exhibits a wide capture range with no systematic phase offset and arguably provides one of the simplest and most effective design platforms 914.
The pll model structure in radio transmitters, an integer npll is used to synthesize new frequencies which are multiples of a reference frequency, with the same stability as the reference frequency. A charge pump is a kind of dc to dc converter that uses capacitors as energy storage elements to create either a higher or lower voltage power source. Zero charge pump mismatch current tracking pll architecture the pll architecture with the cp mismatch current reduction loop is shown in fig. The multiband pll frequency synthesizer uses a switched tuning voltage. Specifically, national models the phase detector noise contribution at a plls output as. Phase locked loop design and implementation a project report submitted by snehil verma 14700. Block diagram the basic structure of the pll can be understood from the block diagram. The new structure has an increased loop gain and a faster transient response, although its filter time constant, loop vco sensitivity and pump current magnitude are same as those of the conventional cppll. The phaselocked loop pll is one of the key building blocks in many communication systems. Design of phase locked loop circuits with experiments, by howard m. Charge pump, loop filter and vco for phase lock loop using. Choi this type of pll has very narrow locking range f hz k v rad k rad s v and f hz in pd vco p. Each of the blocks is discussed in the following sections.
Basically, the charge pump consists of a current source, a current sink and two switches. The charge pump output current in locked state due to mismatch is shown in figure 3. A zero chargepump mismatch current tracking loop for. Pll charge pump free download as powerpoint presentation. The loop filter is a complex impedance in parallel with the input capacitance of the vco, or in other words, a driving point immitance. For an automatic charge pump mismatch current calibrationwith respect to vco controlvoltage, we used an auxiliary loop based calibration method 12,18,19. The root locus for a typical loop transfer function is found as follows. Therefore, it is very important to design a charge pump circuit which can send a stable output voltage in cpplls plan. Please refer to for more detailed anal8 ysis about charge pump current mismatch. Initially the design of pll using the basic charge pump is completed in this paper. The spo can be calculated in both phase and time domain 98.
Figure 1 is a simplified block diagram showing the main components of a phase locked loop. Design and analysis of low power cmos charge pump circuits for phase locked loop s. The charge pump pll cppll is an extension of the basic pll requiring the addition of a charge pump between the phase detector and loopfilter. Outline filters charge pumps summary lecture 120 filters and charge pumps 6903 page 1202. For a pll using pfd and charge pump, the hold range is also only limited by the vco output frequency range. High performance charge pump phaselocked loop with low. K vco ms 1 where i p is the charge pump current, r 1 and c 1 the loop. The charge pump output voltage can now be estimated under varying load conditions. Design and analysis of charge pump for pll applications.
Thermal noise from large resistor charge pump noise. Design a pll for a specific loop bandwidth from pll to vco c 3 c 2 c 1 r 2 r 1 1c 3 c 2 r 2 510 r 1 510 0. Selfbiased pll phase detector, charge pump, loop filter, bias generator, and vco, feedback divider loop filter needs one resistor for stability once in lock, the vco generates output frequency n times larger than input reference the pll can be used to multiply and rebuffer an input clock without adding delay 11152015 w. The pll is a feedback system used to generate clock signal in microprocessors, and frequency multiplication fm etc. Dec 29, 2015 a charge pump is a widely used circuit in modern plls. The use of a charge pump naturally adds a pole at the origin in the loop transfer function of the pll. When vco op frequency is same to reference frequency then lock condition of pll is established. Charge pump clock generation pll for the data output block of. A novel chargepump phase locked loop cppll comprising of a modified dual edge sensitive phase frequency detector pfd has been proposed. Pll charge pump detector radio electrical circuits. A static phase offset reduction technique for multiplying. The art of electronics, by horowitz and hill, cambridge university press, 1989. Behavioural modelling and simulation of pll based integer. A phase locked loop is a feedback system combining a voltage controlled oscillator vco and a.
Pdf charge pump and loop filter for low power pll using. Phase locked loop operation a phase locked loop is a closed loop system with negative feedback. The modern phase frequency detector with charge pump and its advantages the phase frequency detector with charge pump combination offers several advantages over the voltage charge pump and has all but replaced it. Design and analysis of novel charge pump architecture for phase locked loop a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of technology in vlsi design and embedded systems by swanand vishnu solanke roll no. A charge pump ic converts, and optionally regulates, voltages using switching technology and capacitiveenergy storage elements.
The phasefrequency detector and charge pump are usually integrated on the pll chip. Kratyuk et al design procedure for alldigital plls based on a charge pump pll analogy 249 fig. A low mismatch symmetric charge pump for the application in. Chargepump based phaselocked loops cpll are widely used as clock. A pll typically consists of 4 main components the phase. Pll ics 57 chingyuan yang ee, nchu compensated type ii pll i e i p. Charge pump circuit and phase locked loop circuit using the charge pump circuit us5734279a en 19961107. Noise tolerant designs large loop bandwidths quick design time low power. Charge pumps offer highefficiency and compact solutions for applications with generally lowoutput current requirements. Twostage charge pump is to minimize the current mismatch and keeps the constant current across a. Analysis and design of charge pumps for telecommunication.
An analysis and performance evaluation of a passive filter. During this period, pfd will deactivate both signals. Phase detector ii is called a phasefrequency detector because it produces an output with positive average value when there is a positive di. Thirdorder pll there is still one residual problem that we have overlooked. As the name implies, the output signal locks onto an incoming reference signal. The continuoustime average currenttovoltage transfer function of the charge pump loop filter is modeled as a discretetime charge differencetovoltage transfer function, enabling the use of a. Designing of charge pump for fastlocking and lowpower pll. Crawford 1 chargepump noise model for plls ive spent a few moments here contemplating the form of the phase noise model being used by national semiconductor and others. A design procedure for alldigital phaselocked loops based on a. Chargepump phaselocked loopa tutorialpart i ee times.
Spur reduction in wideband plls by random positioning of. Fully monolithic phasedlocked loops plls are essential building blocks. Pll design using cadence virtuoso pll simulation in cadence pll design in cadence phase locked loop pdf phase locked loop pll analog pll digital pll soft pll phase locked loop block diagram phase. Nonlinear dynamics of charge pump phaselocked loops.
This property improves the ability of the pll to acquire lock. Charge pump is one of the important parts of pll which converts. Pll acts as a lowpass filter with respect to the reference. Modelling of this circuit is complicated by the charge pump action, which essentially makes the circuit timevariant. For the cppll, a charge pump cp is used to generate a charge. In this paper, twostage charge pump is proposed for high performance phaselocked loop pll. Ideally, charge pump current pulse width is equal to time difference. Cmos charge pump circuits used for generating a high voltage from a low supply voltage are used in ics, such as flash memories, smart power, dynamic. Pll design procedure zdesign vco for frequency range of interest and obtain k vco. Why are reference and divided vco signals sawtooth waves.
Chargepump pll limitations of pll using pdnarrow locking range iit can be shown pll locking range is roughly on the order of. Linear technologyanalog devices family of charge pumps offers the widest selection of simple and compact inductorless dc to dc converter designs. Types of charge pumps conventional tristage low power consumption, moderate speed, moderate clock skew low power frequency synthesizers, digital clock generators current steering static current consumption, high speed, moderate clock skew high speed pll 100mhz, translation loop, digital clock generators. Applied charge pump saturation effects in radio pll frequency. Pdf study of recent charge pump circuits in phase locked loop. Noise analysis of phase locked loops and system tradeoffs. Combining 2 and 3, the joint pfd and tdc transfer func tion p2d can be. E student 2assistant professor sg 1,2department of vlsi design 2department of electrical electronics engineering 1,2kalaignar karunanidhi institute of technology, coimbatore, india. The loop filter, converting the chargepump current into the analog voltage vcon. Combining 2 and 3, the joint pfd and tdc transfer function p2d can be obtained as. In this paper, a charge pump circuit with low current mismatch characteristic that was designed with a standard 0. Keywords charge pump cp, power delay product pdp, phase frequency detector pfd, phase locked loop pll, voltage controlled oscillator vco.
Outline filters charge pumps summary lecture 120 filters and charge pumps. The pll frequency synthesizer has become one of the basic building blocks in modern communications systems. What is phase locked loop pll pll is an electronic module circuit that locks the phase of the output to. An extremely common phase detector is the charge pu mp. The chargepump circuit, converting the digital signals u and d into a current, which can have three discrete values. Stability phase locked loop design fundamentals application note, rev. A dualcompensated charge pump with reduced current. Charge pump, loop filter and vco for phase lock loop using 0. Charge pump and loop filter for low power pll using nm cmos technology article pdf available in journal of physics conference series 10491. Now, you perform the pll calculations for the typical loopfilter configuration in figure. Using distributed pfd and charge pumps can cause the total size of the charge pump switches to be larger than the single. Pll has vast application in the area of electronics and communication. When combined with chargepump circuit provides integrating zero thus leading to zero static phase error, theoretically. A specific embodiment fig 23 uses a threestate phase detector 3pd which is used for the analysis going forward.
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