Research Article

Design of an All-Digital Synchronized Frequency Multiplier Based on a Dual-Loop (D/FLL) Architecture

Table 2

Performance comparison for the proposed architecture with existing all-digital designs.

ParameterProposed architecture[15][16]

TechnologyEP2C35F672C6 Altera-FPGAEP2C35F672C6 Altera-FPGAEP2C35F672C6 Altera-FPGA
Area330 LEs105 LEs177 LEs
Power consumptiona (static, dynamic)155.02 mW, 4.38 mW155.59 mW, 7.86 mW155 mW, 13.31 mW
Measured RMS jitter28.74 ps14.82 ps15.09 ps
Measured peak-to-peak jitter258.1 ps333.26 ps526.49 ps
Maximum output frequency440 MHz280 MHz330 MHz
Frequency resolutionFine tunning frequency step = 0.168 MHzCoarse tunning frequency step = 12.47 MHzCoarse tunning frequency step = 6.25 MHz
Multiplication factor64816
PortabilityYesYesNo
Phase trackingYesNoNo

aUsing Altera PowerPlay power analyzer tool.