Nature

Radiation-Hardened Phase-Locked Loop Circuits

Radiation-hardened phase-locked loop (PLL) circuits represent a critical advancement in safeguarding electronic systems against the deleterious effects of ionising radiation. These circuits are ...
Electronic Design

National Semiconductor single-chip PLL and VCO boasts low phase noise

National Semiconductor Corporation (www.national.com) has introduced the LMX2531, a monolithic phase-locked loop and voltage-controlled oscillator (PLL + VCO) integrated circuit with a frequency range ...
EDN

Managing phase rotation in PLL synthesizers

Many RF systems, especially those related to the telecom market, need reference signals with accurate and stable frequencies. Single-chip PLLs (phase-lock loops), such as those that several IC ...
Electronic Design

Driving the VCO in High-Voltage, High-Frequency Phase-Locked Loops

A phase-locked loop (PLL) is a feedback system that combines a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and a phase detector in such a way that the oscillator signal tracks an applied frequency or ...
Design-Reuse

Analysis and Summary on Clock Generator Circuits and PLL Design

The demand for analog and mixed-signal-based integrated circuits (ICs) has surged due to the increasing reliance on electronic-based applications across industries. As the world transitions to more ...
EDN

Two gates and a microprocessor form digital PLL

You can use Microchip's low-cost PIC16F818 microprocessor and a pair of gates to construct a digital PLL that can clean noisy digital signals over a range of 4 to 40 kHz. Featuring programmable lock ...