Fast locking single capacitor loop filter PLL with Early-late detector

Abstract

A novel structure of phase locked loop (PLL) which has small size and fast locking time with Early-late detector, Duty-rate modulator, and Lock status indicator (LSI) is proposed in this paper. The area of loop filter usually occupying the larger portion of the chip is minimized using a single small capacitor. While the conventional PLL with a single capacitor loop filter cannot work stably, the proposed PLL with two charge pumps works stably because the output voltage waveform of the proposed a single capacitor loop filter is the same as the output voltage waveform of the conventional 2nd-order loop filter. The two charge pumps are controlled by the Early-late detector which detects early-late status of UP and DN signals, and Duty-rate modulator which generates a steady duty-rate signal. Fast locking time is achieved using LSI. It has been simulated and proved by HSPICE in a CMOS 0.18 μ m 1.8V process.