This paper proposes a fast-locking digital delay-locked loop (DLL) with multiphase outputs using mixed-mode-controlled delay line (MCDL). The proposed DLL uses a dual-loop technique to control various MOS capacitors and an MOS resistor in the MCDL to improve locking time and reduce static phase error. The chip was fabricated using a 0.35 μm standard CMOS process with a 3.3 V supply voltage. The...

This paper presents a time amplifier design that improves time resolution using an inverter chain delay in SR latches. Compared with the conventional design, the proposed time amplifier has better characteristics such as higher gain, wide range, and small die size. It is implemented using 0.13 μm standard CMOS technology and the experimental results agree well with the theory. key words: time a...

A phase-locked loop (PLL) and delay-locked loop (DLL) design with adaptively adjusting bandwidth enables optimal performance over a wide frequency range and across process, voltage, and temperature variations. A design methodology of such adaptive-bandwidth PLLs and DLLs is described. To assess the impact of each circuit parameter directly, we derive a discrete-time, open-loop dynamic model of ...

this paper proposes a new method for parameter estimation of distorted single phase signals, through an improved demodulation-based phase tracking incorporated with a frequency adaptation mechanism. the simulation results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method compared to the conventional sogi (second-order generalized integrator)-based approach, in spite of the dc-offset and harmon...

This paper describes the design of an All-Digital Phase Locked Loop (AD-PLL) for wireless applications in the WiMAX 3.3– 3.8 GHz bandwidth. The time/digital converter (TDC) sets the in-band noise and it may be responsible for the presence of spurious tones at the PLL output. The TDC is implemented as a delay-locked loop (DLL) to be insensitive to process spreads and it uses a lead-lag phase det...

—For positioning with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in urban canyon area, besides the weak signal power, the satellite signal may also be frequently sheltered and no power can be received. It is a great challenge for the GNSS receiver to keep positioning continuously. If the tracking loop in GNSS receivers can recover locking the signal soon after the signal appears again, it will ...

Delay-locked loop (DLL) and phase-locked loop (PLL) designs based upon self-biased techniques are presented. The DLL and PLL designs achieve process technology independence, fixed damping factor, fixed bandwidth to operating frequency ratio, broad frequency range, input phase offset cancellation, and, most importantly, low input tracking jitter. Both the damping factor and the bandwidth to oper...

Delay-locked loops are an attractive alternative to VCO-based phase-locked loops due to their simpler design and inherent stability [1-3]. The primary disadvantage of conventional DLLs is limited phase range, that limits their application to mesochronous environments. This dual DLL architecture combines several techniques to achieve unlimited phase shift, low jitter and large operating range. T...

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...