摘要 |
An all digital PLL system generates an analog oscillator signal at intermediate frequencies to achieve averaged oscillator frequencies at an extremely high frequency resolution. The PLL system includes a digitally controlled oscillator ( 10 ) with a digital control input and an analog signal output, and a feedback loop with a digital loop filter ( 16 ) for generating a digital control signal for the digitally controlled oscillator ( 10 ). The digital loop filter ( 16 ) has a first output providing an integer part (n<SUB>int</SUB>) of the digital control signal and a second output providing a fractional part (n<SUB>SigmaDelta</SUB>) of the digital control signal. A sigma-delta modulator ( 14 ) has an input connected to the second output of the digital loop filter ( 16 ) and an output providing a one-bit digital output signal (SigmaDelta), and a digital adder ( 12 ) has a first input connected to the first output of the digital loop filter ( 16 ), a second input connected to the output of the sigma-delta modulator ( 14 ), and an output connected to the digital control input of the digitally controlled oscillator ( 10 ). The output of the sigma-delta modulator ( 14 ) modulates the least significant bits from the first output of the digital loop filter ( 16 ).
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