
1999 Jan 11
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Philips Semiconductors
Product specication
PLL with bandgap controlled VCO
74HCT9046A
PLL design example
The frequency synthesizer used in
the design example shown in Fig.34
has the following parameters:
Output frequency: 2 MHz to 3 MHz.
Frequency steps: 100 kHz.
Settling time: 1 ms.
Overshoot: <20%.
The open loop gain is:
H (s)
× G (s) = Kp × Kf × Ko × Kn
and the closed loop:
where:
Kp = phase comparator gain
Kf = low-pass filter transfer gain
Ko = Kv/s VCO gain
Kn = 1n divider ratio.
The programmable counter ratio Kn
can be found as follows:
The VCO is set by the values of R1,
R2 and C1; R2 = 10 k
(adjustable).
The values can be determined using
the information in Table 3.
With fc = 2.5 MHz and fL = 500 kHz
this gives the following values
(VCC = 5.0 V):
R1 = 30 k
.
R2 = 30 k
.
C1 = 100 pF.
The VCO gain is:
Φ
u
Φ
i
-------
K
p
K
f
×
K
o
×
K
n
×
1K
p
K
f
K
o
×
K
n
×
+
------------------------------------------------------
=
N
min
f
OUT
f
step
------------
2MHz
100 kHz
----------------------
20
==
=
N
max
f
OUT
f
step
------------
3MHz
100 kHz
----------------------
30
==
=
K
v
2f
L
2
π
×
V
CC
1.1
–
() 1.1
–
----------------------------------------------
1MHz
2.8
-----------------
2
π
×
2.24
10
6
×
rs
V
≈
==
The gain of the phase comparator
PC2 is:
Using PC2 with the passive filter as
shown in Fig.34 results in a high gain
loop with the same performance as a
loop with an active filter. Hence loop
filter equations as for a high gain loop
should be used. The current source
output of PC2 can be simulated then
with a fictive filter resistance:
The transfer functions of the filter is
given by:
Where:
τ1 = R3' × C2.
τ2 = R4 × C2.
The characteristic equation is:
This results in:
or:
This can be written as:
with the natural frequency
ω
n defined
as:
and the
damping value given as:
In Fig.35 the output frequency
response to a step of input frequency
is shown.
The overshoot and settling time
percentages are now used to
determine
ω
n. From Fig.35 it can be
K
p
5
4
π
×
------------
0.4V r
==
R3'
R
b
17
-------
=
K
f
1s
τ
2
+
s
τ
2
------------------
=
1K
p
K
f
×
K
o
×
K
n
×
+
1K
p
1s
τ
2
+
s
τ
1
------------------
K
v
s
------ K
n
0
=
+
s
2
sK
p Kv Kn
τ
2
τ
1
-----
K
p Kv Kn τ1
0
=
++
s
2
ζω
n s
ω
n
()
2
+
0
=
ω
n
K
p
K
v
K
n
×
τ
1
--------------------------------
=
ζ
0.5
τ
2
ω
n
×
=
seen that the damping ratio
ζ = 0.707
will produce an overshoot of less than
20% and settle to within 5% at
ω
nt = 5.
The required settling time is 1 ms.
This results in:
Rewriting the equation for natural
frequency results in:
The maximum overshoot occurs at
Nmax = 30; hence Kn = 130:
When C2 = 470 nF, it follows:
Hence the current source bias
resistance Rb = 17 × 2550 = 43 k.
With
ζ = 0.707 (0.5 × τ2 × ωn) it
follows:
For extra ripple suppression a
capacitor C3 can be connected in
parallel with R4, with an extra
τ
3 =R4 × C3.
For stability reasons
τ3 should be
<0.1τ2, hence C3 < 0.1C2, or
C3 = 39 nF.
ω
n
5
t
---
5
0.001
---------------
510
3
×
rs
==
=
τ
1
K
p
K
v
×
K
n
×
ω
n
()
2
--------------------------------
=
τ
1
0.4
2.24
×
10
6
×
5000
2
30
×
------------------------------------------
0.0012
==
R3'
τ
1
C2
--------
0.0012
470
10
9
–
×
----------------------------
2550
==
=
τ
2
0.707
0.5
5000
×
----------------------------
0.00028
==
R4
τ
2
C2
--------
0.00028
470
10
9
–
×
----------------------------
600
==
=