Noise suppression in injection-locked ring oscillators

作者:Chen J*; Hu A; Fan Y; Bashirullah R
来源:Electronics Letters, 2012, 48(6): 323-U82.
DOI:10.1049/el.2012.0236

摘要

Presented is a study of the optimal injection frequency using a time-domain model as a technique to improve the noise suppression in injection-locked ring oscillators. It is found that offsetting the injection signal frequency by roughly half of the one-sided lock range relative to the free-running oscillator frequency can lead to higher noise-suppression bandwidth and lower phase noise. Applied to a five-stage ring oscillator, the model shows good agreement with simulations, which indicate that the optimal injection frequency increases the noise-suppression bandwidth by up to 5 x, and lowers the phase noise by 15 dB.

  • 出版日期2012-3-15

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