Experimental confirmation of wandering spurs in a commercial fractional-n frequency synthesizer with a MASH 1-1-1 divider controller

Authors

Dawei Mai, University College Dublin
Xiaolin Li, University College Dublin
Michael Peter Kennedy, University College DublinFollow

Abstract

Fractional-N frequency synthesizers can exhibit a phenomenon called wandering spurs which is undesirable in many applications. This paper presents experimental confirmation of the behavior in a fractional-N frequency synthesizer with a MASH 1-1-1-based divider controller.

Publication Title

30th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2019

Recommended Citation

Mai, D., Li, X., & Kennedy, M. (2019). Experimental confirmation of wandering spurs in a commercial fractional-n frequency synthesizer with a MASH 1-1-1 divider controller. 30th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2019 https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSC.2019.8904956