A 74fs-Jitter, −59dBc-Spur Fractional-N DPLL Using a Supply-Resilient Time-Amplifying Dual-Ramp DTC

Conference Paper (2026)
Author(s)

Rishabh Gurbaxani (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Cicero S. Vaucher (NXP Semiconductors, TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Masoud Babaie (TU Delft - QCD/Babaie Lab, TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Research Group
Electronics
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSCC49663.2026.11409328 Final published version
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Publication Year
2026
Language
English
Research Group
Electronics
Pages (from-to)
208-210
Publisher
IEEE
ISBN (electronic)
9798331589363
Event
2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2026 (2026-02-15 - 2026-02-19), San Francisco, United States
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Abstract

This work presents a fractional-N digital PLL that employs a supply-resilient, time-amplifying dual-ramp DTC, which offers 8× time amplification and maintains its linearity under supply variations. Additionally, a DTC code-randomization technique is included to enhance the DTC gain-calibration accuracy and convergence speed at near-integer channels. The PLL achieves <-59dBc fractional spurs and 74fs rms jitter for a stable supply and 88.5fs rms jitter for a 29mVrms, 10MHz-bandwidth supply noise.

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