A Fractional Spur-Free ADPLL with Loop-Gain Calibration and Phase-Noise Cancellation for GSM/GPRS/EDGE

This paper presents a 3.2-to-4GHz fractional spur-free ADPLL. The ADPLL is fabricated in a 0.13 mum CMOS process and packaged in QFN76. Fractional spurs are filtered by accurate digital loop-gain calibration and digital phase-noise cancellation. The ADPLL is designed to minimize the switching noise while taking advantage of digital scaling.