A fast switching PLL frequency synthesizer with an on-chip passive discrete-time loop filter in 0.25-μm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 855-865

  Zhang, Benyong ^a,b   Allen, Phillip E ^a   Huard, Jeff M ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS; Frequency synthesizer; Phase locked loop (PLL); Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FILTERS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PHASE NOISE;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0037704393     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.811874     Document Type: Article

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