A Stability-Secured Loop Bandwidth Controllable Frequency Synthesizer for Multi-Band Mobile DTV Tuners

A broadband radio frequency synthesizer for multi-band, multi-standard mobile DTV tuners is proposed, it’s loop bandwidth can be calibrated to optimize integrated phase noise performance without the problem of phase noise peaking. For this purpose, we proposed a new third-order scalable loop filter and a scalable charge pump circuit to minimize the variation in phase margin during calibration. The prototype phase-lock loop is fabricated in 180nm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor shows that it effectively prevents phase noise peaking from growing while the loop bandwidth increases by up to three times.