On-Chip Single Tone Pseudo-Noise Generator for Analog IP Noise Tolerance Measurement

Masaaki SODA, Yoji BANDO, Satoshi TAKAYA, Toru OHKAWA, Toshiharu TAKARAMOTO, Toshio YAMADA, Shigetaka KUMASHIRO, Tohru MOGAMI, Makoto NAGATA

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A single tone pseudo-noise generator with a harmonic-eliminated waveform is proposed for measuring noise tolerance of analog IPs. In the waveform, the harmonics up to the thirteenth are eliminated by combining seven rectangular waves with 22.5-degree spacing phases. The proposed waveform includes only high region frequency harmonic components, which are easily suppressed by a low-order filter. This characteristic enables simple circuit implementation for a sine wave generator. In the circuit, the harmonic eliminated waveform generator is combined with a current controlled oscillator and a frequency adjustment circuit. The single tone pseudo-noise generator can generate power line noise from 20 MHz to 220 MHz with 1 MHz steps. The SFDR of 40 dB is obtained at the noise frequency of 100 MHz. The circuit enables the measurement of frequency response characteristics measurements such as PSRR.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E94-C No.6 pp.1024-1031
Publication Date
2011/06/01
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Online ISSN
1745-1353
DOI
10.1587/transele.E94.C.1024
Type of Manuscript
Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Analog Circuits and Related SoC Integration Technologies)
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