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True Circuits Introduces the Low-jitter Digital Ultra+ PLL at the Design Automation Conference

True Circuits, Inc. (TCI), a leading provider of analog and mixed-signal intellectual property (IP) for the semiconductor, systems and electronics industries. At the 62 nd Design Automation Conference ...
EDN

The CS4350 PLL DAC Simplifies System Design

Typical Digital to Analog Converters (DACs) require a high-speed Master Clock to clock their digital filters and modulators, as well as some portions of their discrete time analog circuitry. This ...
Electronic Design

Digital PLL Perks Up Performance In T1-E1, Other TDM Apps

Thanks to a digital phase-locked loop (DPLL), the ZL30109 DS1/E1 System Synchronizer chip brings timing and synchronization to multitrunk DS1 and E1 transmission equipment. DPLLs typically use a DSP ...
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True Circuits Announces New and Improved Low-jitter Digital Ultra+ PLL that Offers Exceptional Performance, Features and Ease of Use

Los Altos, California, June 23, 2025 -- True Circuits, Inc. (TCI), a leading provider of analog and mixed-signal intellectual property (IP) for the semiconductor, systems and electronics industries ...
The Engineer

Revolution and Evolution in Frequency Synthesis: How PLL/VCO Technology Has Increased Performance, Decreased Size, and Simplified Design Cycle

Microwave frequency generation has posed significant challenges to engineers over the years, requiring in-depth knowledge of analog, digital, and radio frequency (RF) and microwave ...
Electronic Design

How to Design Very Wide Loop BW High-Performance PLL Frequency Synthesizers (Part 3)

A special technique produces very wide loop BWs in high-frequency PLLs (and hence, indirect (PLL) synthesizers), thereby achieving very low phase noise rivaling that of direct (MMD) synthesizers. A ...
EDN

PLL design kit features timing models, GDSII physical views

A new design kit enables system-on-chip (SoC) developers to efficiently incorporate clocking IP into their designs with full support for layout, simulation, and timing closure. Perceptia Devices, an ...
Electronics Weekly

ParthusCeva expands PLL design licensing website

Technology licensing firm ParthusCeva has expanded its website for phase locked loop (PLL) design, adding ‘ready-to-go’ PLLs and support for TSMC’s 0.13µm process. The site, PLLXpert Online, was ...
EurekAlert!

Combating fractional spurs in phase locked loops to improve wireless system performance in Beyond 5G

Two innovative design techniques lead to substantial improvements in performance in fractional-N phase locked loops (PLLs), report scientists from Tokyo Tech. The proposed methods are aimed to ...