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Design and noise analysis of a fully-differential charge pump for phase-locked loops

Gong Zhichao, Lu Lei, Liao Youchun and Tang Zhangwen

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Abstract: A fully-differential charge pump (FDCP) with perfect current matching and low output current noise is realized for phase-locked loops (PLLs). An easily stable common-mode feedback (CMFB) circuit which can handle high input voltage swing is proposed. Current mismatch and current noise contribution from the CMFB circuit is minimized. In order to optimize PLL phase noise, the output current noise of the FDCP is analyzed in detail and calculated with the sampling principle. The calculation result agrees well with the simulation. Based on the noise analysis, many methods to lower output current noise of the FDCP are discussed. The fully-differential charge pump is integrated into a 1–2 GHz frequency synthesizer and fabricated in an SMIC CMOS 0.18 μm process. The measured output reference spur is –64 dBc to –69 dBc. The in-band and out-band phase noise is –95 dBc/Hz at 3 kHz frequency offset and –123 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz frequency offset respectively.

Key words: fully-differential charge pump mismatch noise common-mode feedback phase-locked loop

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    Received: 18 August 2015 Revised: 18 May 2009 Online: Published: 01 October 2009

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      Gong Zhichao, Lu Lei, Liao Youchun, Tang Zhangwen. Design and noise analysis of a fully-differential charge pump for phase-locked loops[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2009, 30(10): 105013. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/10/105013 Gong Z C, Lu L, Liao Y C, Tang Z W. Design and noise analysis of a fully-differential charge pump for phase-locked loops[J]. J. Semicond., 2009, 30(10): 105013. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/10/105013.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Gong Zhichao, Lu Lei, Liao Youchun, Tang Zhangwen. Design and noise analysis of a fully-differential charge pump for phase-locked loops[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2009, 30(10): 105013. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/10/105013

      Gong Z C, Lu L, Liao Y C, Tang Z W. Design and noise analysis of a fully-differential charge pump for phase-locked loops[J]. J. Semicond., 2009, 30(10): 105013. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/10/105013.
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      Design and noise analysis of a fully-differential charge pump for phase-locked loops

      doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/10/105013
      • Received Date: 2015-08-18
      • Accepted Date: 2009-04-04
      • Revised Date: 2009-05-18
      • Published Date: 2009-09-28

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