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 ...
Electronic Design

How to Design Very Wide Loop BW High-Performance PLL Frequency Synthesizers (Part 1)

This is Part 1 of a three-part series. As modern wireless communications systems (mainly superheterodyne radio transceivers) are now required to deliver higher performance than ever before, they’re ...
EDN

Enhanced PLL circuit design tool can cut design cycles by 80%

Norwood, Mass. — Analog Devices Inc. said that its latest version of its PLL circuit design and evaluation tool helps designers cut design cycles by up to 80 percent. The ADIsimPLL version 2.7 ...
EDN

PLL design kit features timing models, GDSII physical views

A new design kit enables system-on-chip (SoC) developers to efficiently incorporate clocking IP into their designs with full support for layout, simulation, and timing closure. Perceptia Devices, an ...
Design-Reuse

Low power PLL for short-range mmwave industrial radar

The digitally calibrated charge-pump (CP) PLL can generate high-quality frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) signals for mmwave radars at low power consumption. The PLL is a critical building ...
Design-Reuse

Creating a Frequency Plan for a System using a PLL

How do you ensure that every part of a system receives the clock it needs—without wasting power or sacrificing performance? The answer lies in creating a well-structured frequency plan built around a ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Can You Afford To Waste Time On Your Next Design Project?

Let’s be honest: engineers are asked to perform miracles every day, and they almost always deliver. They are challenged to invent the future in the form of newly sophisticated, powerful and highly ...