John S. Austin

Fully integrated CMOS phase-locked loop with 15 to 240 MHz locking range and /spl plusmn/50 ps jitter

Phase-locked loops (PLL) are widely used for clock-phase synchronization, frequency synthesis and clock distribution. It is highly desirable that the standard digital CMOS process be used in the PLL design because process modifications increase product cost. Other desirable features include insensitivity to noise and a fully integrated design. The PLL design reported in this paper has all the above features. A standard digital CMOS process is used to produce a fully differential structure that is immune to substrate and supply noise. The PLL function includes multiplication of frequency and synchronization of input and output clock phases. The architecture is unique because resistors are not needed for PLL loop stabilization.