Synthesisers widen frequency ranges for mmWave designs

The microwave wideband synthesisers consist of a phase-locked loop (PLL) with fully integrated voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), low-dropout regulators (LDOs), and tracking filter technology.

They feature the industry’s lowest jitter (36fs at 10GHz) and facilitate the implementation of high-resolution fractional-N or integer-N PLL frequency synthesiders when used with an external loop filter and an external reference source.

Compact, at 7mm × 7mm, the synthesisers offer the bandwidth, smaller board space footprint, increased reliability, low noise, and increased clocking range and flexibility to complement a wide range of RF applications such as wireless infrastructure equipment (multicarrier global system for mobile communication (MC-GSM; 5G), test equipment and instrumentation, clock generation, and aerospace and defence-based designs.

For development, the devices are supported by corresponding evaluation boards and an SDP-S Controller Board, also available from Mouser.