Overview
Main description
The Definitive Introduction to Phase-Locked Loops,
Complete with Software for Designing Wireless Circuits!
The Sixth Edition of Roland Best's classic Phase-Locked Loops has been updated to equip you with today's definitive introduction to PLL design, complete with powerful PLL design and simulation software written by the author.
Filled with all the latest PLL advances, this celebrated sourcebook now includes new chapters on frequency synthesis…CAD for PLLs…mixed-signal PLLs…all-digital PLLs…and software PLLs_plus a new collection of sample communications applications. An essential tool for achieving cutting-edge PLL design, the Sixth Edition of Phase-Locked Loops features:
- A wealth of easy-to-use methods for designing phase-locked loops
- Over 200 detailed illustrations
- New to this edition: new chapters on frequency synthesis, including fractional-N PLL frequency synthesizers using sigma-delta modulators; CAD for PLLs, mixed-signal PLLs, all-digital PLLs, and software PLLs; new PLL communications applications, including an overview on digital modulation techniques
Inside this Updated PLL Design Guide
• Introduction to PLLs • Mixed-Signal PLL Components • Mixed-Signal PLL Analysis • PLL Performance in the Presence of Noise • Design Procedure for Mixed-Signal PLLs • Mixed-Signal PLL Applications • Higher Order Loops • CAD and Simulation of Mixed-Signal PLLs • All-Digital PLLs (ADPLLs) • CAD and Simulation of ADPLLs • The Software PLL (SPLL) • The PLL in Communications • State-of-the-Art Commercial PLL Integrated Circuits • Appendices: The Pull-In Process • The Laplace Transform • Digital Filter Basics • Measuring PLL Parameters
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to PLLsChapter 2: Mixed-Signal PLL Building BlocksChapter 3: Mixed-Signal PLL AnalysisChapter 4: PLL Performance in the Presence of NoiseChapter 5: Design Procedure for Mixed-Signal PLLsChapter 6: Mixed-Signal PLL Applications Part 1: Integer-N Frequency SynthesizersChapter 7: Mixed-Signal PLL Applications Part 2: Fractional-N Frequency SynthesizersChapter 8: Mixed-Signal PLL Applications Part 3: Miscellaneous ApplicationsChapter 9: Higher-Order LoopsChapter 10: Computer-Aided Design and Simulation of Mixed-Signal PLLsChapter 11: All-Digital PLLs (ADPLLs)Chapter 12: Computer-Aided Design and Simulation of ADPLLsChapter 13: The Software PLL (SPLL)Chapter 14: The PLL in CommunicationsChapter 15: Searching PLL Integrated CircuitsAppendix A: The Pull-in ProcessAppendix B: The Laplace TransformAppendix C: Digital Filter BasicsAppendix D: Measuring PLL ParametersReferencesIndex
Author comments
Dr. Roland E. Best (Zurich, Switzerland) is the founder of Best Engineering and world-renowned authority of phase locked loops, circuit design, and microprocessor applications. Dr. Best has worked for Sandoz A.G. and the IBM Research Laboratory in Zurich.
