
PS2500 2.2 GHz Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer
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Philsar Semiconductor Inc.
146 Colonnade Road S.
Nepean, Ontario, Canada
K2E 7Y1
Tel: 613-274-0922
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PMP-001-DS2 V1.2
• The resulting main VCO frequency is 902.453
• Step size is 76.3 Hz
Case 2: Assuming a desired frequency FVCO_main of 917.7786 MHz and a crystal frequency of 19.2 MHz
with operation of the synthesizer in 10-bit mode.
Since the maximum internal reference frequency Fdiv_ref is 25 MHz, the crystal frequency does not require
the internal division to be greater than 1, giving us a Fdiv_ref of 19.2 MHz
1. Therefore, using:
Nfractional = FVCO_main / Fdiv_ref
= 917.7786 x 19.2
= 47.80139
The value to be programmed in the Main Divider Register is:
Nreg = Round [Nfractional] - 32
= Round [47.80139] - 32
= 48 - 32
= 16
= 0 0001 0000 (binary)
With the modulator in 10-bit mode, the value to be programmed in the Main Dividend Registers is:
dividend = Round (divider x (Nfractional - Nreg - 32))
= Round (1024 x (47.80139 - 16 - 32))
= Round (1024 x (-0.19861))
= Round (-203.38133)
= -203 (decimal)
= 11 0011 0101 (binary)
Where 11 0011 0101 is loaded in the Main Dividend MSB Register.
Summarizing,
• Main Divider Register = 0 0001 0000
• Main Dividend MSB Register =11 0011 0101
• The resulting VCO frequency is 917.7938 MHz
• Step size is 18.75 kHz
1.
The frequency step size for this case is 19.2 MHz divided by 2
10 giving 18.75 kHz.