Inventors:
George E. Von Dolteren, Jr. - Palm Bay FL
Assignee:
Intersil Americas Inc. - Irvine CA
International Classification:
H03L 700
US Classification:
331 25, 331 12, 331 16, 375376, 327107, 327159, 327156
Abstract:
A reduced phase noise multiplication, digitally controlled frequency synthesizer employs a subsampling digitizer to downconvert (perform âconstructive aliasingâ of) the synthesizers output frequency to baseband for precision tuning of the synthesizers output frequency in a digitally controlled phase locked loop. The use of a digitally controlled phase locked loop allows the stepsize of the synthesizer output frequency to be controlled in very small (e. g. , sub-Hertz) increments. Since the phase locked loop uses all digital components for tuning control, no additional frequency division by the loop is required. This means that only the value of the subharmonic ratio ânâ of the subsampling clock to the analog-to-digital converter will determine multiplicative phase noise error.