西安电子科技大学学报 ›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 186-192.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2016.02.032

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

应用于低压锁相环的高性能可编程电荷泵

梁亮;朱樟明;杨银堂   

  1. (西安电子科技大学 微电子学院,陕西 西安  710071)
  • 收稿日期:2015-05-14 出版日期:2016-04-20 发布日期:2016-05-27
  • 通讯作者: 梁亮
  • 作者简介:梁亮(1984-),男,西安电子科技大学博士研究生,E-mail:leo_1116@126.com.
  • 基金资助:

    国家863计划资助项目(2013AA014103);国家自然科学基金资助项目(61234002,61322405,61306044,61376033);电子元器件可靠性物理及其应用技术重点实验室开放基金资助项目(ZHD201302)

High-performance programmable charge pump for low voltage PLLs

LIANG Liang;ZHU Zhangming;YANG Yintang   

  1. (School of Microelectronics, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2015-05-14 Online:2016-04-20 Published:2016-05-27
  • Contact: LIANG Liang

摘要:

提出了一种应用于低压锁相环的输出电流可编程电荷泵.该电荷泵由两个子电荷泵电路组成.每个子电荷泵都采用了反馈控制和复制偏置技术来保证输出的充/放电电流有接近理想的匹配性.利用电流求和结构,两子电荷泵在宽输出电压范围内输出电流的变化被相互补偿,从而得到相对恒定的总电流.该电荷泵可以编程输出从50μA到1.55mA变化的电流,并以50μA为最小步进.在0.1V到1.05V的宽输出电压范围内,基于0.13μm CMOS工艺的后仿真结果显示输出电流的失配率和变化率被分别限制在0.15%和5%以内.精确的匹配特性极大地减小了锁相环的静态相位误差和参考杂散,同时恒定的输出电流有利于稳定锁相环的动态特性,所以该电荷泵能满足低压宽带锁相环的应用要求.

关键词: 电荷泵, 输出电流匹配, 输出电流可编程, 锁相环

Abstract:

This paper proposes a charge pump with a programmable output current for low voltage phase-locked loops (PLLs). It consists of two sub-units both of which leverage replica bias and feedback control techniques to achieve perfect match between charging and discharging currents. With the help of the current summing structure, the output current variation in each sub charge pump can be compensated by the other. Thus, their sum current remains relatively constant in a wide output voltage range. The charge pump can be programmed to output a 50μA~1.55mA current, with a 50μA minimum step. It is designed in a 0.13μm CMOS process and the post-layout simulation demonstrates the total current mismatch and variation rates are limited in 0.15% and 5%, over the output voltage range of 0.1~1.05V. Such precise matching greatly suppresses the reference spur and static phase error, and the good current constancy is favorable for dynamic design. Both features render our design suitable for low voltage PLLs.

Key words: charge pump, output current matching, programmable output current, phase-locked loop