Analytical model and behavioral simulation approach for a ΣΔ fractional-N synthesizer employing a sample-hold element

Marco Cassia; Peter Jivan Shah; Erik Bruun

doi:10.1109/TCSII.2003.819138

Analytical model and behavioral simulation approach for a ΣΔ fractional-N synthesizer employing a sample-hold element

Marco Cassia, Peter Jivan Shah, Erik Bruun

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A previously unknown intrinsic nonlinearity of standard SigmaDelta fractional-N synthesizers is identified. A general analytical model for SigmaDelta fractional-N phased-locked loops (PLLs) that includes the effect of the nonlinearity is derived and an improvement to the synthesizer topology is discussed. Also, a new methodology for behavioral simulation is presented: the proposed methodology is based on an object-oriented event-driven approach and offers the possibility to perform very fast and accurate simulations, and the theoretical models developed validate the simulation results. We show a GSM example to demonstrate the applicability of the simulation methodology to real study cases.

Original language	English
Journal	IEEE transactions on circuits and systems - 2, Analog and digital signal processing
Volume	50
Issue number	11
Pages (from-to)	850-859
ISSN	1057-7130
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2003.819138
Publication status	Published - 2003

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nonlinearities
phase noise
phase-locked loops
simulation
sigma-delta modulation
Linear systems

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Analytical model and behavioral simulation approach for a ΣΔ fractional-N synthesizer employing a sample-hold element. / Cassia, Marco; Shah, Peter Jivan; Bruun, Erik.

In: IEEE transactions on circuits and systems - 2, Analog and digital signal processing, Vol. 50, No. 11, 2003, p. 850-859.

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Analytical model and behavioral simulation approach for a ΣΔ fractional-N synthesizer employing a sample-hold element

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