Hi everybody
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I have several questions related to Phase lock loop. I already implemented a layout for a charge pump phase lock loop. It is working fine. I really want to do the process variation on it for my master thesis and however I am stuck now....
The first question is how to get the simulation result on DC gain. I know how to calculate the DC gain with analytical results (get the transfer function and make the s = 0). What I want to do is to vary a capacitor or resistor's value and get the experimental results on DC gain using Hspice and see if the DC gain is changing in the direction predicted by the analytical results. However, I do not know what to measure to get the DC gain with hspice. I mean I do not know what value I should measure to get the DC gain. I tried to give a DC reference signal, but that does not seem right.
The second thing is that I want to find some analytical results giving the relationship between the any transistor sizing and the any loop characteristics. For example, the charge pump's currency is related to the transistor size. I think the currency is also related to the loop's locking time, locking range, etc. If I can get some analytical results on that, that will be very wonderful! Of course, the loop characteristic has to be some thing that I can measure from hspice simulation results.
Now I just have the equation for the first order xor pll from my text book. That is a super simple topology and even does not have charge pump. I cannot use that since it is not the same as my topology and the topology is too simple - my advisor said.
Could any body give me some hints on the analytical results of this type for a traditional phase lock loop? Any reference or any ideas? Thank a lot a lot if anybody can help me out.
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Thank you very much again!
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