A 160MHz-to-2GHz low jitter fast lock all-digital DLL with phase tracking technique

Abstract

An all-digital delay-locked loop (ADDLL) is proposed for wide range, fast lock, low jitter and high process-voltage-temperature (PVT) tolerance. The proposed phase tracking generator (PTG) produces two tracking rising and falling phases in only 2 cycles for fast lock and wide-range. The digital phase interpolator (DPI) and the control block are adopted to calibrate the phase offsets and random jitters while maintaining the closedloop property that allow for tracking of PVT variations. The wide-range ADDLL operates from 160MHz to 2GHz. The measured peak-to-peak jitters are 6.89ps and 16.67ps at 2GHz and 160MHz. This chip is fabricated in TSMC 90nm CMOS technology with an active area of 0.205mm 2 .