SNAS680E December 2015 – August 2022 LMX2582
PRODUCTION DATA
Once the spur is identified and understood, there will likely be a desire to try to minimize them. 8-2 gives some common methods.
SPUR TYPE | WAYS TO REDUCE | TRADE-OFF | |
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OSCin |
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Phase Detector |
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fOUT % fOSC | Use an OSCin signal with low amplitude and high slew rate (like LVDS) | ||
fVCO% fOSC |
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fVCO% fPD | Avoid this spur by shifting the phase detector frequency (with the programmable input multiplier or R divider) or shifting the VCO frequency. This spur is better at higher VCO frequency. | ||
Integer Boundary | Methods for PLL Dominated Spurs
| Reducing the loop bandwidth may degrade the total integrated noise if the bandwidth is too narrow. | |
Methods for VCO Dominated Spurs
| Reducing the phase detector may degrade the phase noise and also reduce the capacitance at the Vtune pin. | ||
Primary Fractional |
| Decreasing the loop bandwidth too much may degrade in-band phase noise. Also, larger unequivalent fractions only sometimes work | |
Sub-Fractional |
| Dithering and larger fractions may increase phase noise. MASH_SEED can be set between values 0 and Fden, which changes the sub-fractional spur behavior. This is a deterministic relationship and there will be one seed value that will give best result for this spur. |