analog delay circuit
Low-jitter clock multiplication: a comparison between PLLs and DLLs
van de Beek, R.C.H. Klumperink, E.A.M. Vaucher, C.S. Nauta, B.
Univ. of Twente, Enchede, Netherlands
This paper appears in: Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on [see also Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, IEEE Transactions on]
Publication Date: Aug. 2002
Volume: 49 , Issue: 8
On page(s): 555 - 566
ISSN: 1057-7130
INSPEC Accession Number:7478914
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TCSII.2002.806248
Posted online: 2002-12-16 09:58:56.0
Abstract
This paper shows that, for a given power budget, a practical phase-locked loop (PLL)-based clock multiplier generates less jitter than a delay-locked loop (DLL) equivalent. This is due to the fact that the delay cells in a PLL ring-oscillator can consume more power per cell than their counterparts in the DLL. We can show that this effect is stronger than the notorious jitter accumulation effect that occurs in the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) of a PLL. First, an analysis of the stochastic-output jitter of the architectures, due to the most important noise sources, is presented. Then, another important source of jitter in a DLL-based clock multiplier is treated, namely the stochastic mismatch in the delay cells which compose the DLL voltage-controlled delay line (VCDL). An analysis is presented that relates the stochastic spread of the delay of the cells to the output jitter of the clock multiplier. A circuit design technique, called impedance level scaling, is then presented which allows the designer to optimize the noise and mismatch behavior of a circuit, independently from other specifications such as speed and linearity. Applying this technique on a delay cell design yields a direct tradeoff between noise induced jitter and power usage, and between stochastic mismatch induced jitter and power usage.