The performance of analogue phase-locked loops (PLLs) has steadily improved with operating frequencies extending to 8GHz and beyond. Recently, digital PLLs based on direct digital synthesis (DDS) have ...

The desire to integrate more gateshas driven two advances in CMOS-processingtechnology, enabling the integrationof practical inductors in genericCMOS-logic processes. The first, theuse of CMP ...

Norwood, Mass.—RF chip maker Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) is rolling out a new generation of its existing ADIsimPLL PLL (phased-locked loop) circuit design and evaluation tool, as well as two new PLL ...

Phase-locked-loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers are signal sources often employed in many types of electronic equipment. They show up as clock sources in high-frequency instruments and as local ...

An important task for a digital communications receiver is to remove any frequency/phase offsets that might exist between the transmitter and receiver oscillators. Designers typically implement a ...

Clock signals provide reference timing to every integrated circuit and electrical system. Consumer applications typically use simple quartz crystals for reference clock generation. Other applications, ...

Microwave frequency generation has posed significant challenges to engineers over the years, requiring in-depth knowledge of analog, digital, and radio frequency (RF) and microwave ...