Electronic Design

Low-Power PLL Targets Short-Range Automotive/Industrial Radar Apps

This article is part of the TechXchange: Automotive Radar. The primary goal of using radar in the automotive industry is to facilitate object detection for cars. Simple continuous-wave radar devices ...
Design-Reuse

Low power PLL for short-range mmwave industrial radar

The digitally calibrated charge-pump (CP) PLL can generate high-quality frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) signals for mmwave radars at low power consumption. The PLL is a critical building ...
EDN

Freebie PLL design tool debuts with PLL hardware

Norwood, Mass.—RF chip maker Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) is rolling out a new generation of its existing ADIsimPLL PLL (phased-locked loop) circuit design and evaluation tool, as well as two new PLL ...
EDN

Tracking PLL design through the decades, part 1

PLLs (phase-locked loops) are among the most commontypes of analog/mixed-signal circuits on today’sSOC (system-on-chip) ICs. PLLs are essential companionsto the digital-logic circuits and processorson ...
Electronic Design

Optimal Jitter Attenuation Starts With The Proper PLL Bandwidth

Clock signals provide reference timing to every integrated circuit and electrical system. Consumer applications typically use simple quartz crystals for reference clock generation. Other applications, ...