Electropages

C-band oscillator with exceptional phase noise for next-gen RADAR and SATCOM

This new C-band oscillator is engineered to satisfy the stringent demands of modern RADAR, SATCOM, and test and measurement applications by delivering a signal with superior spectral purity. The ...
Electronic Design

Phase-Noise Modeling, Simulation, and Propagation in Phase-Locked Loops (Part 1) | Electronic Design

Some brief theory and typical measurements of phase noise. Standard analysis of PLL phase noise used by most CAD applications. How to produce the lowest phase noise at a PLL output. A standard design ...
EDN

Good behavioral model simulation: key to predicting first-order PLL synthesizer performance (Part 1 of 2)

In this article, the phase noise of a closed-loop, phase-locked loop (PLL) synthesizer is simulated using Agilent RF Design Environment (RFDE) and Advanced Design System (ADS) tools. The critical ...
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

Assess Power-Supply Noise Rejection in Low-Jitter PLL Clock Generators

This article discusses the effects of power-supply noise interference on PLL-based clock generators, and describes several measurement techniques for evaluating the resulting deterministic jitter (DJ) ...