Frequency synthesizers are used in everything from wireless and wireline communications to waveform generation, but until now circuit design expertise in this area has been scattered in numerous trade publications and papers. This one-stop resource gives circuit designers all the straight-from-the-lab techniques, procedures, and applications they need for their work in the field. Following an introduction to system architecture and behavioural analysis, the book provides an extensive treatment of circuit implementation, emphasizing analog synthesizers and direct digital synthesizers and their applications. Worked and simulated examples throughout provide professionals with field-tested analyses, design approaches, and problem-solving strategies.

Includes index

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Synthesizer architectures -- Ch. 3. System-level overview of PLL-based frequency synthesis -- Ch. 4. Introduction to digital IC design -- Ch. 5. CMOS logic and current mode logic -- Ch. 6. Dividers and phase-frequency detectors -- Ch. 7. Charge pumps and loop filters -- Ch. 8. Voltage-controlled oscillators -- Ch. 9. [Sigma][Delta] modulation for fractional-N synthesis -- Ch. 10. Direct digital synthesis -- Ch. 11. Direct modulation in frequency synthesizers -- App. A. A review of basic control theory -- App. B. A review of transistor models.

"This complete, one-stop resource offers hands-on expertise in the design of frequency synthesizers in high-speed integrated circuits with straight-from-the-lab techniques, procedures, and applications. It delivers a definitive introduction to system architecture and behavioral analysis. Moreover, the book provides detailed circuit implementation guidance for state-of-the-art synthesizer designs, emphasizing phase-locked loop-based analog synthesizers and direct digital synthesizers and their applications in CMOS and BiCMOS technologies."--BOOK JACKET.