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Aspects of low phase noise impulse generator designs for subsampling phase-locked loops
Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/124702 Aspects of low phase noise impulse generator designs for subsampling phase-locked loops Rolfe, Devon Meyer, Petrie Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. UCTD Phase-locked loops Sub-sampling phase locked loop Step Recovery Diodes Electric generators -- Designs Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2022. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The sub-sampling phase locked loop (SSPLL) is a variant of the traditional phase locked loop (PLL) that relies on sampling a high frequency output signal to compare with a low frequency, low phase noise reference signal. Central to the SSPLL system is an impulse generator, which drives the sampling of the output signal. Step Recovery Diodes (SRDs) and Non-linear Transmission Lines (NLTLs) have been used in impulse generators for SSPLL systems. Both these approaches to impulse generation can introduce new sources of phase noise. This thesis aims to discover the primary sources of phase noise in both SRD- and NLTL-based impulse generators in order to improve the overall phase noise of the output of the SSPLL frequency synthesiser. To this end, this thesis will investigate the theory of operation and modelling of both the SRD and the NLTL circuit components. Impulse generator circuits based on these components will be described, and literature on noise susceptibility of these circuits will be presented. Finally, a case study is put forward to demonstrate the theory. It was found that SRD impulse generators are susceptible to shot noise due to the high currents needed to drive SRDs, as well as AM/PM conversion noise when poorly matched. NLTL impulse generators, on the other hand, were found to generate less additional phase noise, but are also limited in their power handling capabilities. In many cases, NLTL based impulse generators will allow for reduced phase noise in frequency synthesis. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar Masters 2022-03-02T06:34:37Z 2022-04-29T09:27:21Z 2022-03-02T06:34:37Z 2022-04-29T09:27:21Z 2022-04 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124702 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 68 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Phase-locked loops Sub-sampling phase locked loop Step Recovery Diodes Electric generators -- Designs Rolfe, Devon Aspects of low phase noise impulse generator designs for subsampling phase-locked loops |
| title | Aspects of low phase noise impulse generator designs for subsampling phase-locked loops |
| title_full | Aspects of low phase noise impulse generator designs for subsampling phase-locked loops |
| title_fullStr | Aspects of low phase noise impulse generator designs for subsampling phase-locked loops |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aspects of low phase noise impulse generator designs for subsampling phase-locked loops |
| title_short | Aspects of low phase noise impulse generator designs for subsampling phase-locked loops |
| title_sort | aspects of low phase noise impulse generator designs for subsampling phase locked loops |
| topic | UCTD Phase-locked loops Sub-sampling phase locked loop Step Recovery Diodes Electric generators -- Designs |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124702 |
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