UG-076
Evaluation Board User Guide
Rev. A | Page 14 of 16
The
PLL requires an external loop filter whose
components are tailored for different applications. The third-
order passive configuration shown in Figure 27 usually offers
the best performance for many applications and is the one
found on the evaluation board.
LF
VCO
CHARGE
PUMP
CP
BYPASS
C1
C2
C3
R1
R2
C
BP
= 220nF
AD9520
08746-
021
Figure 27. PLL Loop Filter
The default loop filter on the
evaluation board is
optimized for reference clock cleanup. It has a flat transfer
function with peaking <0.1 dB and loop bandwidths from
0.5 kHz to 10 kHz. In most of these applications, the phase
detector is run at 1 MHz or less.
In the example in the Quick Start Guide to the AD9520 PLL
section, the default loop filter shown in Table 2 results in a PLL
with a loop bandwidth of 2.2 kHz, 80° of phase margin, and
0.05 dB of peaking. The charge pump current for this example
is 1.2 mA.
For clock generation applications in which the reference clock is
relatively low jitter, the high loop bandwidth (BW) loop filter
shown in Table 2 is a better choice. Typical phase detector
frequencies for these applications are 10 MHz to 100 MHz,
and typical loop bandwidths for this loop filter are 50 kHz to
500 kHz, depending on the configuration.
These recommendations are not a substitute for using
™ to determine the best loop filter for a given appli-
cation.
is a free program that can help with the design
and exploration of the capabilities and features of the
including the design of the PLL loop filter. The Analog Devices
website has a sample
file that includes the
default loop filter titled:
AD9520EvalBoardExample_148p5MHz.clk.
Version 1.3 includes specific support for the
share
the same loop dynamics. Therefore,
Version 1.2
can also be used for modeling the
loop filter by selecting
the corresponding version of the
is available
Table 2 shows the correspondence between the components
shown in Figure 27 and those on the evaluation board, as well
as the default values.
Table 2.
Evaluation Board Default Loop Filter Values
Evaluation
Board Location
Clock Cleanup
(Default)
High
Loop BW
C1
C25
1500 pF
62 pF
R1
R5
2.1 kΩ
820 Ω
C2
C22
4.7 μF
240 nF
R2
R2
3 kΩ
390 Ω
C3
C31
2200 pF
33 pF