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Wideband phase-locked loop synthesizer using linear frequency variation direct digital synthesizer as reference oscillator

✍ Scribed by Kenji Itoh; Akio Lida; Yousuke Kanagawa


Book ID
102821421
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
769 KB
Volume
78
Category
Article
ISSN
8756-6621

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

A wideband phase‐locked loop (PLL) synthesizer is proposed in which a linear frequency variation direct digital synthesizer (LFDDS) is used as a reference oscillator and a frequency variation band can be widened up to the full tunable range of voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) by frequency hopping within the lock‐in range of PLL. A. theoretical study is made and experimental results are explained. At first, assuming continuous frequency variation of LFDDS, transient behavior of frequency difference between two input signals of phase comparator of PLL is determined. Next, the condition for frequency variation speed of LFDDS is derived so that phase locking can be obtained using the maximum value of this frequency difference. Then the quantized frequency variation of LFDDS is assumed, transient behavior of the frequency difference is determined, and its difference from the continuous variation is clarified. A 6‐GHz band PLL synthesizer is fabricated, and the theory's validity is confirmed through experiments. Using LFDDS, a frequency setting time for a PLL synthesizer increases less than 10 percent for five times wider operation bandwidth. Performing experiments in 79 6‐GHz band. we obtained an operation bandwidth of 23 percent and so frequency hopping can be performed. Moreover, a frequency setting time of 50 μs and spurious level of ‐55 dBc were obtained.