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Adv. Radio Sci., 5, 313–320, 2007 www.adv-radio-sci.net/5/313/2007/ © Author(s) 2007. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Advances in Radio Science Phase noise and jitter modeling for fractional-N PLLs S. A. Osmany, F. Herzel, K. Schmalz, and W. Winkler IHP Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Abstract. We present an analytical phase noise model for fractional-N phase-locked loops (PLL) with emphasis on in- tegrated RF synthesizers in the GHz range. The noise of the crystal reference, the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), the loop filter, the charge pump, and the sigma-delta mod- ulator (SDM) is filtered by the PLL operation. We express the rms phase error (jitter) in terms of phase noise of the ref- erence, the VCO phase noise and the third-order loop filter parameters. In addition, we consider OFDM systems, where the PLL phase noise is reduced by digital signal processing after down-conversion of the RF signal to baseband. The rms phase error is discussed as a function of the loop parameters. Our model drastically simplifies the noise optimization of the PLL loop dynamics. 1 Introduction Frequency synthesizers are essential components in wire- less RF transceivers. A synthesizer provides a stable signal for frequency conversion, modulation and demodulation. A fractional-N PLL gives a greater flexibility than an integer- N PLL due to the higher frequency resolution (Perrot et al., 2002). The phase noise is the most important perfor- mance criterion of the synthesizer for its stringent require- ment in many applications, e.g., in OFDM based systems (Stott, 1998; Herzel et al., 2005). The problem with phase noise is exacerbated in high-frequency applications, since the oscillator phase noise at a given frequency offset typically increases in proportion to the carrier frequency. For this rea- son, the minimization of the phase noise in frequency syn- thesizers is of special interest in mm-wave application, e.g., in the 60 GHz band (Winkler et al., 2005). Many publica- tions on phase noise modeling of oscillators and PLLs have Correspondence to: S. A. Osmany ([email protected]) appeared during the last few years, e.g. Lee and Hajimiri (2000)–Rohde (2005). This paper is focussed on problems which are specific to integrated PLLs. They arise mainly from the low quality factor of the available passives as well as from the limited size of filter capacitors. Especially, the low quality factor of integrated inductances causes a high noise level of the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). This problem is exacerbated by the fact that variations of the de- vice parameters with process and temperature require a rela- tively large VCO tuning range affecting oscillator noise and loop filter noise. In integrated PLLs, the values of the in- tegrated capacitances are limited by chip area and, possibly, yield. This can make the filter noise comparable to the VCO noise, if the VCO gain is large. Another problem arises in RF synthesizers for mm-wave applications. The high oscil- lation frequency results in a large division factor enhancing the reference noise to a level comparable to the phase noise of integrated VCOs. The different dependencies of the noise contribution on the PLL dynamics results in a subtle trade-off for the loop bandwidth. This paper describes the phase noise spectrum of a PLL, where emphasis is placed on the high-pass filtering in OFDM systems due to the correction of the common phase error. 2 PLL phase noise sources In the literature, two types of phase noise are used, the two- sided power spectral density (PSD) of the phase and the single-sideband phase noise. For moderate and large fre- quency offsets, these quantities are almost equal (Herzel, 2004). For wideband systems, close-in phase noise is less relevant due to a large channel width and/or proper baseband filtering explained below. Therefore, we will not distinguish between the single-sideband phase noise and the two-sided power spectral density of the phase in the remainder of this paper. The phase noise S can be determined from the single- Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the URSI Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V.

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Adv. Radio Sci., 5, 313–320, 2007www.adv-radio-sci.net/5/313/2007/© Author(s) 2007. This work is licensedunder a Creative Commons License.

Advances inRadio Science

Phase noise and jitter modeling for fractional-N PLLs

S. A. Osmany, F. Herzel, K. Schmalz, and W. Winkler

IHP Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

Abstract. We present an analytical phase noise model forfractional-N phase-locked loops (PLL) with emphasis on in-tegrated RF synthesizers in the GHz range. The noise of thecrystal reference, the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO),the loop filter, the charge pump, and the sigma-delta mod-ulator (SDM) is filtered by the PLL operation. We expressthe rms phase error (jitter) in terms of phase noise of the ref-erence, the VCO phase noise and the third-order loop filterparameters. In addition, we consider OFDM systems, wherethe PLL phase noise is reduced by digital signal processingafter down-conversion of the RF signal to baseband. The rmsphase error is discussed as a function of the loop parameters.Our model drastically simplifies the noise optimization of thePLL loop dynamics.

1 Introduction

Frequency synthesizers are essential components in wire-less RF transceivers. A synthesizer provides a stable signalfor frequency conversion, modulation and demodulation. Afractional-N PLL gives a greater flexibility than an integer-N PLL due to the higher frequency resolution (Perrot etal., 2002). The phase noise is the most important perfor-mance criterion of the synthesizer for its stringent require-ment in many applications, e.g., in OFDM based systems(Stott, 1998; Herzel et al., 2005). The problem with phasenoise is exacerbated in high-frequency applications, since theoscillator phase noise at a given frequency offset typicallyincreases in proportion to the carrier frequency. For this rea-son, the minimization of the phase noise in frequency syn-thesizers is of special interest in mm-wave application, e.g.,in the 60 GHz band (Winkler et al., 2005). Many publica-tions on phase noise modeling of oscillators and PLLs have

Correspondence to:S. A. Osmany([email protected])

appeared during the last few years, e.g.Lee and Hajimiri(2000)–Rohde(2005). This paper is focussed on problemswhich are specific to integrated PLLs. They arise mainlyfrom the low quality factor of the available passives as wellas from the limited size of filter capacitors. Especially, thelow quality factor of integrated inductances causes a highnoise level of the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). Thisproblem is exacerbated by the fact that variations of the de-vice parameters with process and temperature require a rela-tively large VCO tuning range affecting oscillator noise andloop filter noise. In integrated PLLs, the values of the in-tegrated capacitances are limited by chip area and, possibly,yield. This can make the filter noise comparable to the VCOnoise, if the VCO gain is large. Another problem arises inRF synthesizers for mm-wave applications. The high oscil-lation frequency results in a large division factor enhancingthe reference noise to a level comparable to the phase noiseof integrated VCOs. The different dependencies of the noisecontribution on the PLL dynamics results in a subtle trade-offfor the loop bandwidth.

This paper describes the phase noise spectrum of a PLL,where emphasis is placed on the high-pass filtering in OFDMsystems due to the correction of the common phase error.

2 PLL phase noise sources

In the literature, two types of phase noise are used, the two-sided power spectral density (PSD) of the phase and thesingle-sideband phase noise. For moderate and large fre-quency offsets, these quantities are almost equal (Herzel,2004). For wideband systems, close-in phase noise is lessrelevant due to a large channel width and/or proper basebandfiltering explained below. Therefore, we will not distinguishbetween the single-sideband phase noise and the two-sidedpower spectral density of the phase in the remainder of thispaper. The phase noiseS can be determined from the single-

Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the URSI Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V.

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The output voltage of a PLL can be described as

Vout(t) = V0 cos[ω0t + φout(t)] , (2)

whereV0 is the amplitude,f0 = ω0/(2π) is the oscillationfrequency, andφout(t) is the excess phase. The dominatingnoise sources in our type of PLL are the VCO and the ref-erence. But also the low-pass filter (LPF) and charge pump(CP), if not properly designed, may significantly contributeto the overall phase noise. The problem is critical for in-tegrated PLLs due to the relatively small capacitances andthe large VCO gain. In fractional-N PLLs, another importantnoise source may significantly contribute to the overall phasenoise, namely, quantization noise of the6−1 modulator. Inthis paper, we will include the following five noise sources:

– reference noise,

– VCO noise,

– loop filter noise,

– charge pump noise,

– 6 − 1 quantization noise.

These are typically the dominant noise contributions in in-tegrated fractional-N RF synthesizers for the GHz range(Uang, 2004; Valero-Lopez, 2004). Digital noise is disre-garded in this paper.

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3 Linearized PLL model

Fig. 2 shows the linearized model of a PLL, where thePFD/CP gain is modeled byICP/2π [A/rad], the loop fil-ter transimpedance is denoted asF(s), and the VCO gain isKVCO/s. N is the divider ratio of the PLL. Note that the VCOgainKVCO=dω/dVctrl refers to the angular frequency and isgiven in units of rad/s/V. The closed-loop transfer functionreads

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In order to suppress reference spurs, an additional low-passfilter is often included as shown in Fig.4, resulting in a third-order loop filter. The current throughZ2 causes a voltage

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In the following five sections, the noise sources mentionedin Sect.2 will be analytically described in the framework ofthe linear PLL model. The transfer functions of the noisesources to the PLL output will be calculated.

4 Reference noise

A low-noise reference is crucial for a good PLL performance.The phase noise contribution of the reference oscillator as afunction of the frequency offsetf is modeled by

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Note that the reference noise is low-pass filtered and ampli-fied by the divider ratio. Although the phase noise of thereference is typically lower than that of the VCO by manyorders of magnitude, it may become comparable to the VCOnoise, if a large division factor is employed. For instance, thevalue of N=1024 inWinkler et al.(2005) corresponds to anincrease of the phase noise by about 60 dB as it appears atthe PLL output. Figure6 shows the reference noise for typi-cal crystal oscillators (long dashed). Using the noise transferfunction (dashed) we obtain the corresponding phase noisecontribution (dot-dashed). Comparison with the total phasenoise (solid) shows that at offsets below 1 kHz the referencenoise dominates.

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5 VCO noise

Oscillator phase noise has been the subject of numerous pa-pers. The optimization of the VCO phase noise is beyondthe scope of this paper. For low-noise microwave oscillatordesign we refer to the extensive literature cited, e.g., inRo-hde(2005). The phase noise of a free running oscillator ismodeled by

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6 Loop filter noise

We model the noisy loop filter by a noise current in parallelwith a noise-less admittance as shown in Fig.9. The two-sided power spectral density of noise currentin can be ex-pressed as

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wherekB is Boltzmann’s constant,T the absolute tempera-ture, andYFIL is the complex admittance of the filter fromthe charge pump output to ground. Equation (18) is thewell-known Nyquist equation, generalized to a passive two-pole described by a complex admittance. For a second-orderloop filterYFIL(s) equals the inverse transimpedance 1/F (s),but for a third-order filter this is no longer the case. Wefind for this caseYFIL(s)=1/Z1+1/Z2, whereZ1 and Z2are given by (7) and (8). We assume|ZFIL | << ZCP

out and|ZFIL | <<ZVCO

in . This implies that the total filter noise cur-rent flows through the filter impedance. Using the filter tran-simpedance (6), we obtain a noise voltage PSD at the VCOinput. Exploiting the VCO phase noise transfer function, weobtain the noise spectrum at the output given by

SoutFIL(s) = SFIL(s) |F(s)|2

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Note that the noise transfer function for the loop filter has aband-pass characteristics. Figure10 shows the filter contri-bution for the integrated PLL. In the region around the PLLbandwidth, the filter noise may significantly contribute tothe overall phase noise due to the small filter capacitances.Its contribution can be much reduced by adding an external

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capacitor which is, however, not always desirable for low-cost integrated solutions.

7 Charge pump noise

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PLL output phase according to the VCO noise transfer func-tion. As a result, we obtain the noise spectrum at the PLLoutput

SoutCP = SCP |F(s)|2

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Figure12 shows the contribution of the charge pump to thetotal PLL phase noise. Flicker noise contribution is disre-garded here. The PLL bandwidth is proportional to the prod-uct of the charge pump currentICP and the filter resistanceR1. Consequently, if a certain PLL bandwidth is required,the charge pump current noise must be carefully traded offwith the noise produced by the filter resistanceR1.

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8 Sigma-delta quantization noise

In a fractional-N synthesizer, the integer divider value isdithered dynamically to achieve fractional values. A classicalfractional-N architecture uses an accumulator to peform thedithering operation. But in this case, a periodic error signalcreates spurious tones in the synthesizer output. A better ap-proach is to use a sigma-delta modulator rather than a singleaccumulator to perform the dithering operation. This resultsin a much better spurious performance. But the sigma-deltamodulator adds quantization noise. For the PLL noise analy-sis, we model the SDM by a divider value and a sigma-delanoise spectrum as shown in Fig.13. The quantization noisespectrum for a m-th order MASH type sigma-delta modula-tor is given byMiller (1991),

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φoutSDM

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2 . (25)

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9 PLL phase noise spectrum and jitter

In a PLL the phase noise of the reference is low-pass filtered,while the VCO noise is high-pass filtered and the filter noiseis bandpass-filtered. The charge pump noise and sigma deltaquantization noise is low-pass filtered in the PLL. This re-sults in the total phase error

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contributions of the five previously discussed noise sourcesreferred to the PLL output. The rms phase error, sometimescalled absolute phase jitter, is given by

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10 Modeling of RF synthesizers for OFDM

A low pll jitter is especially important for OFDM systems,where phase noise may easily destroy the orthogonality ofthe different subcarriers. A strong correlation between therms phase error and the bit-error rate of an OFDM systemhas been demonstrated inHerzel et al.(2005). In OFDMsystems, different signals are used at frequencies separatedin frequency by the sub-carrier spacing1fcarrier. The inverseof that

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HOFDM(f ) = 1 − sinc2(f Tu) , (31)

where the sinc function is defined bysinc(x)= sin(πx)/(πx). The resulting improved phasenoise spectrum reads

SOFDM,eff(f ) = SoutPLL(f )|1 − sinc2(f Tu)| . (32)

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11 Conclusions

We have presented analytical expressions for the phase noisespectrum of phase-locked loops. We have included whitenoise of the reference, the VCO, the loop filter and the chargepump, and the6 − 1 quantization noise. The filter noisewas described on the basis of the Nyquist equation general-ized to complex resistances. It may contribute significantly tothe overall noise, especially for low capacitance values usedin fully integrated frequency synthesizers. The reduction ofphase noise and jitter due to correction of the common phaseerror by digital baseband processing in OFDM systems wasalso included in the model. If the carrier spacing is largerthan the loop bandwidth, the correction of the common phaseerror results in a significant reduction of the rms phase jitter.

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