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Frequency Synthesizers

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Integrated Frequency Synthesis for Convergent Wireless Solutions

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This chapter focuses on the implementation options of frequency synthesizers. It presents the range of architectures that can be used before focusing on the most popular one, the PLL. A detailed view of the most important PLL building blocks is then presented, paving the way for the enhancements that can be made on top of this architecture and that are presented in the next chapters.

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  1. Mohammed Ismail

    Present address: Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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  1. Notre Dame University - Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

    Jad G. Atallah

  2. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Mohammed Ismail

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Atallah, J.G., Ismail, M. (2012). Frequency Synthesizers. In: Integrated Frequency Synthesis for Convergent Wireless Solutions. Analog Circuits and Signal Processing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1466-7_5

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