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Philips Semiconductors
Product specification
NE/SA568A
150MHz phase-locked loop
1996 Feb 1
3
C1
R
FC1
C2
C8
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C13
C12
C11
C9
R
FC2
V
CC
V
OUT
V
IN
C10
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
V
CC2
GND1
GND2
GND1
TCAP1
TCAP2
V
CC1
REFBYP
PNPBYP
INPBYP
LF1
OUTFILT
LF2
LF3
LF4
FREQADJ
V
OUT
TCADJ2
TCADJ1
V
IN
SR01039
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
Figure 3. Test Circuit for AC Parameters
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The NE568A is a high-performance phase-locked loop (PLL). The
circuit consists of conventional PLL elements, with special circuitry
for linearized demodulated output, and high-frequency performance.
The process used has NPN transistors with f
T
> 6GHz. The high
gain and bandwidth of these transistors make careful attention to
layout and bypass critical for optimum performance. The
performance of the PLL cannot be evaluated independent of the
layout. The use of the application layout in this data sheet and
surface-mount capacitors are highly recommended as a starting
point.
The input to the PLL is through a limiting amplifier with a gain of 200.
The input of this amplifier is differential (Pins 10 and 11). For
single-ended applications, the input must be coupled through a
DC-blocking capacitor with low impedance at the frequency of
interest. The single-ended input is normally applied to Pin 11 with
Pin 10 AC-bypassed with a low-impedance capacitor. The input
impedance is characteristically slightly above 500
. Impedance
match is not necessary, but loading the signal source should be
avoided. When the source is 50 or 75
, a DC-blocking capacitor is
usually all that is needed.
Input amplification is low enough to assure reasonable response
time in the case of large signals, but high enough for good AM
rejection. After amplification, the input signal drives one port of a
multiplier-cell phase detector. The other port is driven by the
current-controlled oscillator (ICO). The output of the phase
comparator is a voltage proportional to the phase difference of the
input and ICO signals. The error signal is filtered with a low-pass
filter to provide a DC-correction voltage, and this voltage is
converted to a current which is applied to the ICO, shifting the
frequency in the direction which causes the input and ICO to have a
90
°
phase relationship.
The oscillator is a current-controlled multivibrator. The current
control affects the charge/discharge rate of the timing capacitor. It is
voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), because the output of the phase
comparator and the loop filter is a voltage. To control the frequency
of an integrated ICO multivibrator, the control signal must be
conditioned by a voltage-to-current converter. In the NE568A,
special circuitry predistorts the control signal to make the change in
frequency a linear function over a large control-current range.
The free-running frequency of the oscillator depends on the value of
the timing capacitor connected between Pins 4 and 5. The value of
the timing capacitor depends on internal resistive components and
current sources. When R
2
= 1.2k
and R
4
= 0
, a very close
approximation of the correct capacitor value is:
0.0014
f
O
where
C *
C
2
C
STRAY
C *
F
The temperature-compensation resistor, R
4
, affects the actual value
of capacitance. This equation is normalized to 70MHz. See 10 for
correction factors.
The loop filter determines the dynamic characteristics of the loop. In
most PLLs, the phase detector outputs are internally connected to
the ICO inputs. The NE568A was designed with filter output to input
connections from Pins 20 (
φ
DET) to 17 (ICO), and Pins 19 (
φ
DET)
to 18 (ICO) external. This allows the use of both series and shunt
loop-filter elements. The loop constratints are:
K
O
0.12V Radian (Phase Detector Constant)
K
O
4.2
10
9
Radians
V
–sec
(ICO Constant) at 70MHz
The loop filter determines the general characteristics of the loop.
Capacitors C
9
, C
10
, and resistor R
1
, control the transient output of
the phase detector. Capacitor C
9
suppresses 70MHz feedthrough
by interaction with 100
load resistors internal to the phase
detector.