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TK7872.P38G372005 621.3815(cid:1)364—dc22 2004065041 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica. 10987654321 To Benjamin CONTENTS PREFACE xvii NOTATION xix 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Salient Properties of PLLs / 2 1.1.1 Bandwidth / 2 1.1.2 Linearity / 3 1.2 Organization of the Book / 3 1.3 Annotated Bibliography / 3 1.3.1 Books / 3 1.3.2 Reprint Volumes / 4 1.3.3 Journal Special Issues / 5 2 TRANSFERFUNCTIONSOFANALOGPLLs 6 2.1 Basic Transfer Functions / 6 2.1.1 Transfer Functions of Individual Elements / 7 2.1.2 Combined Transfer Functions / 8 2.1.3 Characteristic Equation / 9 2.1.4 Nomenclature, Coefficients, and Units / 9 2.2 Second-Order PLLs / 10 2.2.1 Loop Filters / 10 2.2.2 Order and Type / 12 vii viii CONTENTS 2.2.3 Loop Parameters / 12 2.2.4 Frequency Response / 15 2.3 Other Loop Types and Orders / 20 2.3.1 General Definition of Loop Gain K / 20 2.3.2 Examples of Type 1 PLLs / 22 2.3.3 Examples of Type 2 PLLs / 24 2.3.4 Higher-Type PLLs / 28 Reference / 28 3 GRAPHICALAIDS 29 3.1 Root-Locus Plots / 30 3.1.1 Description of Root-Locus Plots / 30 3.1.2 Stability Criterion / 33 3.1.3 Root Loci of Type 1 PLLs / 33 3.1.4 Root Loci of Type 2 PLLs / 33 3.1.5 Root Loci of Type 3 PLLs / 34 3.1.6 Root Loci of Higher-Order PLLs / 35 3.1.7 Effect of Loop Delay on Root Locus / 38 3.2 Bode Plots / 38 3.2.1 Presentation Options / 38 3.2.2 Stability / 39 3.2.3 Bode Plots of Type 1 PLLs / 40 3.2.4 Bode Plots of Type 2 PLLs / 43 3.2.5 Bode Plots of Type 3 PLLs / 48 3.3 Nyquist Diagrams / 49 3.4 Nichols Charts / 49 3.4.1 Stability Criterion / 49 3.4.2 M-Contours / 50 3.4.3 Examples of Nichols Charts / 50 3.5 Closed-Loop Frequency-Response Curves / 52 Appendix 3A: Salient Features of Root Loci / 52 3A.1 Branches of Root Loci / 53 3A.2 Locus on the Real Axis / 53 3A.3 Locus Intersections with Axes / 54 Appendix 3B: Formats of the Open-Loop Transfer Function G(s) / 56 3B.1 Proportional-Plus-Integral Section / 56 3B.2 High-Frequency Section / 60 3B.3 Calculations / 60 CONTENTS ix Appendix 3C: Closed-Loop Frequency Responses / 61 3C.1 Frequency-Response Formulas / 61 3C.2 Example Frequency-Response Graphs / 61 References / 64 4 DIGITALPLLs:TRANSFERFUNCTIONSAND RELATEDTOOLS 65 4.1 Distinctive Properties of Digital PLLs / 65 4.2 Digital Transfer Function / 66 4.2.1 Configuration of a Digital PLL / 66 4.2.2 Difference Equations / 67 4.2.3 z-Transforms of the Loop Elements / 69 4.2.4 Loop Filter / 70 4.2.5 Loop Transfer Functions / 71 4.2.6 Poles and Zeros / 71 4.3 Loop Stability / 73 4.3.1 Type 1 DPLLs / 73 4.3.2 Type 2 DPLLs / 73 4.3.3 Type 3 DPLLs / 74 4.4 Root-Locus Plots / 74 4.4.1 Root Loci of Type 1 DPLLs / 75 4.4.2 Root Loci of Type 2 DPLLs / 75 4.4.3 Root Loci of Type 3 DPLLs / 78 4.5 DPLL Frequency Responses: Formulation / 79 4.6 Bode Plots and Nichols Charts / 80 4.6.1 Basis of Bode Plots / 80 4.6.2 Bode Stability Criteria / 81 4.6.3 Bode Plots of Example DPLLs / 81 4.6.4 Nichols Chart Example / 83 4.7 Time-Continuous Approximation for a DPLL / 85 4.8 Frequency-Response Examples / 86 4.8.1 Effect of Delay / 86 4.8.2 Effect of Bandwidth / 87 4.9 Lowpass Filters in the Loop / 88 4.9.1 Infinite Impulse Response Lowpass Filter / 88 4.9.2 Finite Impulse Response Lowpass Filter / 90 Appendix 4A: Stability of Digital Phaselock Loops / 91 4A.1 Type 1 DPLL / 92 4A.2 Type 2 DPLL / 93 Reference / 96 x CONTENTS 5 TRACKING 97 5.1 Linear Tracking / 97 5.1.1 Steady-State Phase Errors / 98 5.1.2 Transient Response / 100 5.1.3 Response to Sinusoidal Angle Modulation / 109 5.2 Nonlinear Tracking: Lock Limits / 112 5.2.1 Phase-Detector Nonlinearity / 112 5.2.2 Steady-State Limits / 112 5.2.3 Transient Limits / 114 5.2.4 Modulation Limits / 118 References / 121 6 EFFECTSOFADDITIVENOISE 123 6.1 Linear Operation / 123 6.1.1 Noise Model of a Phase Detector / 123 6.1.2 Noise Transfer Function / 129 6.1.3 Noise Bandwidth / 129 6.1.4 Signal-to-Noise Ratio in a PLL / 131 6.1.5 Optimality / 132 6.2 Nonlinear Operation / 132 6.2.1 Observed Behavior / 133 6.2.2 Nonlinear Analysis of Phase Error / 135 6.2.3 Probability Density and Variance / 136 6.2.4 Cycle Slips / 137 6.2.5 Experimental and Simulation Results / 138 6.2.6 Approximate Analyses / 138 6.2.7 Miscellaneous Features / 139 References / 141 7 EFFECTSOFPHASENOISE 143 7.1 Properties of Phase Noise / 144 7.1.1 Oscillator Model / 144 7.1.2 Neglect of Amplitude Noise / 144 7.1.3 Variance / 144 7.1.4 Nonstationarity / 144 7.2 Spectra of Phase Noise / 146 7.2.1 Theoretical Spectrum W (f) / 146 vo 7.2.2 Normalized Spectrum L((cid:1)f) / 147 7.2.3 RF Spectra W (f) and P (f) / 147 RF RF 7.2.4 Phase-Noise Spectrum W (f) / 149 φ CONTENTS xi 7.2.5 Frequency-Noise Spectrum W (f) / 152 ω 7.2.6 Example Phase-Noise Spectrum / 152 7.3 Properties of Phase-Noise Spectra / 153 7.3.1 Typical Continuous Spectra / 154 7.3.2 Meaning of W (f) / 155 φ 7.3.3 Interpretation of Spectral Displays / 156 7.3.4 Relationship Between W (f) and L((cid:1)f) / 157 φ 7.4 Propagation of Phase Noise / 159 7.4.1 Phase-Noise Propagation in Auxiliary Devices / 159 7.4.2 Phase-Noise Propagation in PLLs / 161 7.5 Integrated Phase Noise in PLLs / 162 7.5.1 Basic Formulas / 162 7.5.2 Excessive Phase Noise / 163 7.5.3 Effect on Coherent Demodulation / 163 7.5.4 Bandwidth Trade-off / 163 7.5.5 Integration / 164 7.5.6 A Paradox / 165 7.5.7 Integration of Spectral Lines / 166 7.5.8 Phase-Noise Specifications / 166 7.6 Timing Jitter / 167 Appendix 7A: Analysis of Interference in a Hard Limiter / 168 Appendix 7B: Integrals of Untracked Phase Noise / 169 7B.1 Integration Procedures / 169 7B.2 Results of Integrations / 169 7B.3 Discussion / 171 Appendix 7C: Numerical Integration of PLL Phase Noise / 171 7C.1 Definition and Application of Integrated Phase Noise / 172 7C.2 Data Formats / 172 7C.3 Data Adjustments / 173 7C.4 Data Filtering / 174 7C.5 Numerical Integration / 174 Appendix 7D: Integration of Discrete Lines in the Phase-Noise Spectrum / 175 Appendix 7E: Timing Jitter / 177 7E.1 Jitter Definitions / 177 7E.2 Jitter in PLLs / 179 References / 180 xii CONTENTS 8 ACQUISITIONOFPHASELOCK 183 8.1 Characterization / 183 8.2 Phase Acquisition / 184 8.2.1 First-Order Loop / 184 8.2.2 Hang-up / 186 8.2.3 Lock-in / 186 8.2.4 Aided Phase Acquisition / 188 8.3 Frequency Acquisition / 189 8.3.1 Frequency Pull-in / 189 8.3.2 Frequency Sweeping / 195 8.3.3 Discriminator-Aided Frequency Acquisition / 199 8.3.4 Implementation of Frequency Discriminators / 203 8.4 Diverse Matters / 204 8.4.1 Lock Indicators / 204 8.4.2 Wide-Bandwidth Methods / 205 8.4.3 Memory / 206 References / 206 9 OSCILLATORS 209 9.1 Desired Properties / 209 9.2 Classes of Oscillators / 210 9.3 Phase Noise in Oscillators: Simplified Approach / 210 9.3.1 Leeson’s Model / 210 9.3.2 Guides for Oscillator Design / 212 9.3.3 Example Phase-Noise Spectra / 213 9.3.4 Shortcomings of Leeson’s Model / 214 9.4 Classifications of Oscillators / 215 9.5 Phase Noise in Oscillators: Advanced Analysis / 217 9.5.1 Impulse Sensitivity Function / 218 9.5.2 Nonlinear Analyses for Phase Noise / 219 9.6 Other Disturbances / 221 9.7 Types of Oscillator Tuning / 223 9.7.1 Continuous-Tuning Oscillators / 223 9.7.2 Discrete-Tuning Oscillators / 224 9.8 Tuning of Analog VCOs / 226 9.8.1 Tuning Curve / 227 9.8.2 Tuning Methods / 228 9.8.3 Speed of Tuning / 231 References / 232 CONTENTS xiii 10 PHASEDETECTORS 237 10.1 Multiplier Phase Detectors / 237 10.1.1 Switching Phase Detectors: Principles / 238 10.1.2 Switching Phase Detectors: Examples / 240 10.1.3 Hybrid-Transformer PD / 244 10.1.4 Nonsinusoidal s-Curves / 245 10.2 Sequential Phase Detectors / 246 10.3 Phase/Frequency Detector / 248 10.3.1 PFD Configuration / 248 10.3.2 Delay in PFD / 250 10.3.3 PFD State Diagram / 251 10.3.4 PFD s-Curve / 252 10.3.5 Frequency Detection in a PFD / 253 10.3.6 Effects of Delay in a PFD / 254 10.3.7 Extra or Missed Transitions / 255 10.3.8 Lock Indicator for a PFD / 256 10.4 Behavior of Phase Detectors in Noise / 256 10.4.1 Bandpass Limiters / 256 10.4.2 Phase-Detector Noise Threshold / 258 10.4.3 s-Curve Shape in Noise / 259 10.4.4 Jitter Dependence on s-Curve Shape / 260 10.5 Two-Phase (Complex) Phase Detectors / 260 Appendix 10A: Phase Modulation Due to Phase-Detector Ripple / 262 10A.1 Ripple Model / 262 10A.2 Basis of Analysis / 263 10A.3 Ripple Examples / 263 10A.4 Ripple Filters / 264 References / 265 11 LOOPFILTERS 267 11.1 Active vs. Passive Loop Filters / 267 11.2 DC Offset / 268 11.3 Transient Overload / 269 11.3.1 Overload from PD Ripple / 269 11.3.2 Overload During Acquisition / 269 12 CHARGE-PUMPPHASELOCKLOOPS 271 12.1 Model of a Charge Pump / 271 12.2 Loop Filter / 273