Electronic Design

Smaller PLL Synthesizers Become Design-Friendlier

Phase-locked-loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers are signal sources often employed in many types of electronic equipment. They show up as clock sources in high-frequency instruments and as local ...
EDN

Z Meter on a Chip? Impedance Meter Phase Detectors

Let's continue our discussion of the subsystems in the impedance meter that we've been discussing in the previous posts (see “Related Posts” at the end of page 3). We now move on to the next to last ...
Electronics Weekly

TI adds phase detector and PLL to precision RF synthesiser

Texas Instruments has introduced a wideband frequency synthesiser with integrated low phase-noise voltage-controlled oscillator. The device combines a low noise phase-locked loop (PLL) and a phase ...
Design-Reuse

Unlock and Load: Characterizing Today's PLLs

The phase-locked loop (PLL) has become one of the most versatile tools in the communication sector. PLLs are at the heart of circuits and devices ranging from clock recovery blocks in data ...
Design-Reuse

Analysis and Summary on Clock Generator Circuits and PLL Design

The demand for analog and mixed-signal-based integrated circuits (ICs) has surged due to the increasing reliance on electronic-based applications across industries. As the world transitions to more ...
EDN

4-GHZ PLL Synthesizer

Analog Devices announced the release of a PLL synthesizer that offers leading phase noise performance. An upgrade to the widely used 4-GHz ADF4153 fractional-N PLL, the new, pin- and ...
Electronic Design

RF Synthesizer Integrates DDS and PLL Functions

Direct digital synthesis (DDS) and phased locked loop (PLL) capabilities are built into the AD9956 AgileRF synthesizer for low-power applications in marine, military, radar and satellite ...