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ADF4153YRUZ

Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer

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ADF4153

Reference Spurs

Reference spurs are generally not a problem in fractional-N

synthesizers because the reference offset is far outside the

loop bandwidth. However, any reference feedthrough mechan-

ism that bypasses the loop can cause a problem. One such

mechanism is feedthrough of low levels of on-chip reference

switching noise out through the RFIN pin back to the VCO,

resulting in reference spur levels as high as –90 dBc. Care

should be taken in the PCB layout to ensure that the VCO

is well separated from the input reference to avoid a possible

feed-through path on the board.

SPUR CONSISTENCY

When jumping from Frequency A to Frequency B and then

back again using some fractional-N synthesizers, the spur levels

often differ each time Frequency A is programmed. However,

in the ADF4153, the spur levels on any particular channel are

always consistent.

PHASE RESYNC

The output of a fractional-N PLL can settle to any one of MOD

phase offsets with respect to the input reference, where MOD

is the fractional modulus. The phase resync feature in the

ADF4153 can be used to produce a consistent output phase

offset with respect to the input reference. This is necessary

in applications where the output phase and frequency are

important, such as digital beam-forming.

When phase resync is enabled, an internal timer generates sync

signals at intervals of tSYNC given by the following formula:

tSYNC = RESYNC × RESYNC_DELAY × tPFD

where tPFD is the PFD reference period.

RESYNC is the decimal value programmed in Bits DB[15…12]

of Register R2 and can be any integer in the range of 1 to 15. If

RESYNC is programmed to its default value of all zeros, then

the phase resync feature is disabled.

If phase resync is enabled, then RESYNC_DELAY must be

programmed to a value that is an integer multiple of the value

of MOD. RESYNC_DELAY is the decimal value programmed

into the MOD bits (DB[13…3] of Register R1 when load

control (Bit DB23 of Register R1) = 1.

When a new frequency is programmed, the second next sync

pulse after the LE rising edge is used to resynchronize the output

phase to the reference. The tSYNC time should be programmed to

a value that is at least as long as the worst-case lock time. Doing

so guarantees that the phase resync occurs after the last cycle

slip in the PLL settling transient.

In the example shown in Figure 17, the PFD reference is

25 MHz and MOD = 125 for a 200 kHz channel spacing.

tSYNC is set to 400 μs by programming RESYNC = 10 and

RESYNC_DELAY = 1000.

LE

tSYNC

SYNC

(INTERNAL)

LAST CYCLE SLIP

FREQUENCY

PHASE

PLL SETTLES TO

INCORRECT PHASE

PLL SETTLES TO

CORRECT PHASE

AFTER RESYNC

–100 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

TIME (µs)

Figure 17. Phase Resync Example

FILTER DESIGN—ADIsimPLL

A filter design and analysis program is available to help the user

implement PLL design. Visit www.analog.com/pll for a free

download of the ADIsimPLL software. The software designs,

simulates, and analyzes the entire PLL frequency domain and

time domain response. Various passive and active filter

architectures are allowed.

INTERFACING

The ADF4153 has a simple SPI®-compatible serial interface

for writing to the device. CLK, DATA, and LE control the data

transfer. When latch enable (LE) is high, the 22 bits that are

clocked into the input register on each rising edge of SCLK are

transferred to the appropriate latch. See Figure 2 for the timing

diagram and Table 5 for the register truth table.

The maximum allowable serial clock rate is 20 MHz.

ADuC812 Interface

Figure 18 shows the interface between the ADF4153 and the

ADuC812 MicroConverter®. Because the ADuC812 is based on

an 8051 core, this interface can be used with any 8051-based

micro-controller. The MicroConverter is set up for SPI master

mode with CPHA = 0. To initiate the operation, the I/O port

driving LE is brought low. Each latch of the ADF4153 needs a 24-

bit word, which is accomplished by writing three 8-bit bytes from

the MicroConverter to the device. After the third byte is written,

the LE input should be brought high to complete the transfer.

ADuC812

SCLOCK

MOSI

I/O PORTS

ADF4153

CLK

DATA

LE

MUXOUT

(LOCK DETECT)

Figure 18. ADuC812 to ADF4153 Interface

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