A special technique produces very wide loop BWs in high-frequency PLLs (and hence, indirect (PLL) synthesizers), thereby achieving very low phase noise rivaling that of direct (MMD) synthesizers. A ...

Abstract: This work presents an 8.5–14 GHz dual-path sampling phase detection (SPD)/phase frequency detection (PFD) phase-locked loop (PLL) (DP-SPFDPLL), with extended frequency/phase detection ranges ...

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This article explains a simple method for designing loop compensation in current-mode controlled switch-mode power supplies. This control architecture is extensively used in power management solutions ...

A phase-locked loop (PLL) for analog signals generates an output with a phase that’s precisely matched to the phase of an input reference. Analog PLLs are widely used in high-frequency applications ...

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