Hi,
In order to avoid a dead zone in a phase detector there is a current
pulse in both the up and the down source. The net result when locked
is zero but the noise is still there. Therefor the moved charge in
lock should be as low as possible. The up and down currents must be as
short as possible. Therefor a well designed PFD will out perform a
EXOR. I allways designed for the shortest pulses. For the nmos current
source I used 100ps but the pmos dictated to go to 300ps.
Henk
Op 10 mrt 2010, om 19:36 heeft [email protected] het volgende geschreven:
Hi Ulrich,
I think in our design the spec is limited by the ~-100dBc noise at
100Hz
offset of the 100MHz VCXO.
Please note that the ADF4002 actually improves that noise by about
15dB
from the datasheet spec (or the unit we tested was that much better
than the
one shown in the datasheet).
Also, the ADF4002 allows different Current settings for the PFD, this
affects phase noise as well. Fine-tuning of these settings and the
loop filter
reduced the noise further. We use a 10MHz PFD output, so that should
be
optimal for phase noise.
So in short, we improve the inherent close-in PN performance of the
VCXO
significantly. Would an Exor gate have resulted in better
performance? Maybe.
But the 10MHz spur on the VCXO EFC pin from the EXOR output may
cause much
higher spur levels at 10, 20, 30MHz etc on the VCXO output. And you
would
have to contend with counter noise (10:1 divider), and there would
not have
been flexibility in frequency, as well as a PLL Lock indicator..
bye,
Said
In a message dated 3/10/2010 07:19:14 Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Let me put forward the question in another way: Had you to lock a
100 MHz
VCXO to a 10 MHz reference, what other chip had you used that you
believe
is
the better performer? Please no injection locking or even stranger,
just
plain PLL.
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