WO2006009159A1 - クロック生成回路および通信装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a clock generation circuit and a communication device using the same, and more particularly to a technique for reducing unnecessary radiation.
- a clock is used to drive a semiconductor device used in the terminal or to generate a high-frequency signal necessary for wireless communication.
- a generation circuit is used. The frequency of the output clock signal of this clock generation circuit has become higher with the recent increase in the speed of small information terminals. As a result, there is a problem that electromagnetic waves radiated from the clock generation circuit may cause malfunctions of peripheral circuits and other electronic devices or affect wireless communication.
- EMI electromagnetic interference
- the clock generation circuit power is obtained by frequency-modulating the clock signal to reduce the unwanted radiation.
- Patent Document 1 in order to spread the spectrum, the spectrum of the output clock signal is spread by giving fluctuation to the input clock signal of the PLL (Phase Looped Loop) circuit and the signal in the loop. Unnecessary radiation is reduced.
- Patent Document 2 unnecessary oscillation is reduced by changing the oscillation frequency by changing the frequency division ratio of the frequency divider of the PLL circuit.
- Patent Document 1 JP 2000-101424 A
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-7700
- the present invention aims to reduce the above-mentioned EMI by reducing unnecessary radiation by spreading the spectrum of the output clock signal, as in the technique described in the above-mentioned document. Power The method is different from the prior art.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a clock generation circuit capable of easily adjusting the amount of spread of a desired spectrum and reducing unnecessary radiation.
- a clock generation circuit includes a voltage-controlled oscillator and a jittered circuit that adds fluctuation to a bias current that drives the voltage-controlled oscillator.
- the oscillation frequency of the voltage-controlled oscillator changes depending on the value of the bias current that drives the voltage-controlled oscillator, even if the voltage control signal that is the input voltage of the voltage-controlled oscillator is constant, fluctuations are added to the bias current. As a result, fluctuations can be added to the oscillation frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator. Therefore, the oscillation frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator changes, and the spectrum of the output clock signal of the clock generation circuit can be spread to reduce unnecessary radiation.
- Another aspect of the present invention is also a clock generation circuit.
- This clock generation circuit detects a phase difference between the input clock signal and the divided output clock signal and outputs a phase difference detection signal, and generates an output clock signal based on the phase difference detection signal.
- a voltage controlled oscillator, and a jitter adding circuit for adding fluctuation to a bias current for driving the voltage controlled oscillator.
- the fluctuation added to the bias current by the jittered circuit may be an AC signal.
- the output clock signal is spread spectrum gently based on the AC signal, unnecessary radiation can be reduced more preferably.
- the frequency of the fluctuation added to the bias current by the jittered circuit may be a natural number multiple of the frequency of the input clock signal.
- the fluctuation component added to the output clock signal is canceled out with an average of one period of the input clock signal at the time of frequency division, and only the jitter component having the voltage controlled oscillator power is fed back. According to this aspect, since the fluctuation component does not affect the loop, the spectrum can be spread while the center frequency is fixed.
- the fluctuation added to the bias current by the jittered circuit may be controlled by a signal input from the outside.
- Yet another embodiment of the present invention is also a clock generation circuit.
- This clock generation circuit detects a phase difference between the input clock signal and the divided output clock signal and outputs a phase difference detection signal, and generates an output clock signal based on the phase difference detection signal.
- a jitter adding circuit for adding fluctuation to the phase difference detection signal.
- the frequency of fluctuation given to the phase difference detection signal by the jittered circuit may be a natural number multiple of the frequency of the input clock signal.
- phase difference detection signal is output from the phase comparator to the phase difference detection signal by a jittered circuit at any point on the path that is input to the voltage control circuit. It means that fluctuation is given.
- the fluctuation component directly given to the phase difference detection signal becomes 0 on average during one period at the time of frequency division and is canceled out, and only the jitter component generated by the voltage controlled oscillator is fed back. As a result, it is possible to spread the spectrum while fixing the center frequency without affecting the loop.
- the clock generation circuit includes a voltage controlled oscillator, a jitter adding circuit for adding fluctuation to a bias current for driving the voltage controlled oscillator, and a terminal for adjusting the fluctuation amount of the jittered circuit.
- the fluctuation amount can be adjusted by an external force, it is possible to perform spread spectrum appropriately according to the device in which the clock generation circuit is used, and to reduce unnecessary radiation.
- a control terminal for stopping the operation of the jittered circuit may be provided.
- the current consumption can be reduced by applying a signal from the outside to this control terminal and stopping the jittered circuit.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a clock generation circuit according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing an example of a configuration of a voltage controlled oscillator and a jittered circuit.
- FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (c) are diagrams showing time waveforms of respective voltages and currents in the jitter adding circuit.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the bias current dependence of the oscillation control voltage Vosc and oscillation frequency fosc of a voltage controlled oscillator.
- FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (e) are diagrams showing time waveforms of current, voltage and frequency of the clock generation circuit.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a clock generation circuit according to a second embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone terminal equipped with the clock generation circuit of FIG. 1 or FIG.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing another configuration of a mobile phone terminal equipped with the clock generation circuit of FIG. 1 or FIG. 6. Explanation of symbols
- phase comparator 10 phase comparator, 12 charge pump circuit, 14 low pass filter, 16 voltage controlled oscillator, 18 frequency divider, 20 jitter circuit, 22 oscillator, 24 current source, 100 clock generation circuit, CKIN human power clock signal , CKOUT Output clock signal.
- the clock generation circuit is a PLL circuit that generates an output clock signal CKOUT based on an input clock signal CKIN.
- This clock generation circuit is It is mounted on a communication device such as a terminal and used to generate a reference frequency for high-frequency signals necessary for communication.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a mobile phone terminal 200 equipped with a clock generation circuit according to an embodiment described below.
- the cellular phone terminal 200 includes an antenna 202, a duplexer 204, a low noise amplifier 206, a power amplifier 208, a high frequency IC 210, a baseband IC 212, and a temperature compensated crystal oscillator (hereinafter referred to as TCXO) 214.
- TCXO temperature compensated crystal oscillator
- TCX0214 generates a reference clock signal CLK of mobile phone terminal 200 and outputs it to each block of mobile phone terminal 200.
- the baseband IC 212 is a chip that comprehensively controls the mobile phone terminal 200 as a whole, such as W—CDMA (Wideband—Code Division Multiple Access) and GSM (Global System for Mobile communications). Depending on the equation, signal processing such as data modulation and demodulation is performed.
- Baseband IC 212 includes PLL 218.
- the PLL 218 generates a periodic signal obtained by multiplying the frequency of the reference clock signal CLK output from the TCX0214 as an input clock signal, and uses it as a clock signal in the baseband IC 212 or the like.
- the high frequency IC 210 includes a PLL 216, a mixer (not shown), and the like.
- the PLL 216 generates a signal obtained by multiplying the frequency by using the reference clock signal CLK output from the TCX02 14 as an input signal.
- a mixer (not shown) performs mixing using the local frequency signal generated by the PLL 216 and frequency conversion (up-conversion or down-conversion).
- High frequency IC 210 performs IZ Q modulation based on the IZQ signal output from baseband IC 212, further converts the frequency to a local frequency power transmission band frequency, and outputs the result to power amplifier 208.
- the power amplifier 208 amplifies the high frequency signal output from the high frequency IC 210 according to the distance from the base station.
- the high-frequency signal amplified by the high-frequency IC 210 is input to the antenna 202 via the duplexer 204 and transmitted to the base station apparatus.
- the duplexer 204 outputs the high frequency signal received by the antenna 202 to the low noise amplifier 206.
- the low noise amplifier 206 amplifies the received signal and outputs it to the high frequency IC 210.
- the high frequency IC 210 receives the output signal of the low noise amplifier 206 and Convert wave number to local frequency, demodulate to IZQ, and output to baseband IC212
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a foldable mobile phone terminal 200.
- the mobile phone terminal 200 includes a first casing 200a on which the liquid crystal panel 232 is mounted and a second casing 200b on which the baseband IC 212 is mounted.
- a liquid crystal panel 232 and a liquid crystal panel driver 230 are mounted on the first casing 200a.
- the first housing 200a and the second housing 200b each include a receiver IC 224 and a transceiver IC 220. Since the first casing 200a and the second casing 200b are connected via a hinge portion, the number of data wirings is limited.
- the transceiver IC 220 and the receiver IC 224 are functional ICs that perform parallel-serial conversion and transfer data between the first casing 200a and the second casing 200b with a small number of wires.
- the first housing 200a and the second housing 200b may be connected by a rotation mechanism.
- the transceiver IC 220 receives a data signal or a clock signal output from the baseband IC 212.
- the clock frequency of the signal output from the baseband IC 212 is 13 MHz.
- the transino IC 220 includes a PLL 222 that multiplies the clock signal output from the baseband IC 212.
- Transceiver IC 220 uses the clock signal of about 200 MHz generated by PLL 222 to perform parallel-serial conversion on the data signal output from the baseband IC, and transmits it to receiver IC 224.
- the resino IC 224 performs serial-parallel conversion on the data output from the transino IC 220 and outputs the converted data to the liquid crystal panel driver 230.
- the liquid crystal panel driver 230 displays data on the liquid crystal panel 232 based on this data.
- a 200 MHz clock signal force generated by the PL L222 inside the transceiver 220 causes unnecessary radiation of the hinge part force. There is a case. Even in such a case, it is preferable to perform spread spectrum in order to reduce EMI.
- clock generation that can be suitably used as PLL 218 inside baseband IC 212 of mobile phone terminal 200 in FIG. 7 or PLL 222 inside transino IC 220 of mobile phone terminal 200 in FIG. The circuit will be described.
- FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a clock generation circuit 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the clock generation circuit 100 includes an input terminal 102 and an output terminal 104. Signals input to or output from each pin are input clock signal CKIN and output clock signal CK OUT! The frequency of the input clock signal CKIN and the output clock signal CKOUT is the input clock frequency ⁇ and the output clock frequency fOUT, respectively.
- the clock generation circuit 100 includes a PLL circuit 60 and a jittered circuit 20.
- the PLL circuit 60 includes a phase comparator 10, a charge pump circuit 12, a low-pass filter 14, a voltage controlled oscillator 16, and a frequency divider 18.
- phase comparator 10 An input clock signal CKIN and a feedback signal Sig3 obtained by dividing the output clock signal CKOUT are input to the phase comparator 10, and the two signals are compared in accordance with the phase difference between the two signals. Outputs phase difference detection signal Sigl, either up or down. This phase difference detection signal Sigl is input to the charge pump circuit 12.
- the charge pump circuit 12 generates a charge pump signal Sig2 by charging / discharging the capacitor in accordance with the up / down of the phase difference detection signal Sigl, and outputs it to the low-pass filter 14.
- the low-pass filter 14 is a so-called loop filter, which smoothes the charge pump signal Sig2 to remove unnecessary high-frequency components and outputs an oscillation control signal Vosc given a predetermined loop time constant.
- the oscillation control signal Vosc is input.
- the voltage controlled oscillator 16 oscillates at a frequency corresponding to the voltage of the oscillation control signal Vosc, and generates an output clock signal CKOUT.
- the output clock signal CKOUT is divided by the frequency divider 18 and input to the phase comparator 10 as the feedback signal Sig3.
- the frequency of the feedback signal Sig3 is given by f OUTZN using the frequency division ratio N of the frequency divider 18.
- the jitter-added circuit 20 is a circuit for generating a bias current Ic of the voltage controlled oscillator 16 and applying fluctuations, and includes a current source 24 and an oscillator 22.
- the jittered Karo circuit 20 has a function of changing the frequency of the output clock signal CKOUT by changing the bias current Ic of the voltage controlled oscillator 16.
- the oscillator 22 generates a sine wave voltage Vx having a frequency n times the natural number of the input clock signal CKIN.
- the location where the oscillator 22 is used is limited, and when the frequency division ratio N of the frequency divider 18 is large, the frequency is low, so that the problem of EMI due to the oscillator 22 does not occur. If the amplitude is reduced, the influence is further reduced.
- the current source 24 generates a bias current Ic corresponding to the sine wave voltage Vx output from the oscillator 22. A sinusoidal fluctuation is added to the bias current Ic, and the voltage controlled oscillator 16 is driven based on the bias current Ic.
- FIG. 2 shows an exemplary configuration of the voltage controlled oscillator 16 and the jitter adding circuit 20.
- 3A to 3C show time waveforms of voltages and currents in the jitter adding circuit 20.
- the jittered circuit 20 includes a voltage source 40 and a voltage / current conversion circuit 50.
- the voltage source 40 includes an error amplifier 30, resistors Rl and R2, and a constant voltage source 32.
- the oscillator 22 generates a sine wave voltage Vx.
- the output voltage Vz of the voltage source 40 is input to the voltage / current conversion circuit 50.
- the current given by VzZR3 flows through the resistor R3. Since the transistor pair Ml and M2 constitute a current mirror and the transistor pair M3 and M4 also constitute a current mirror, the bias current Ic flowing through the transistor M4 is a current proportional to the output voltage Vz of the voltage source 40.
- the jittered circuit 20 generates a noise current Ic having a sinusoidal fluctuation shown in FIG. In terms of time, this bias current fluctuates in a sine wave pattern with a maximum value of Ic2 and a minimum of Ic3 centered on the current value Icl.
- the transistor M4 of the jittered circuit 20 is connected to the gate and source of the transistor M5 of the voltage controlled oscillator 16 and the gates of the transistors M6 to M7, and draws the noise current Ic to draw the voltage controlled oscillator 16 Drive. Further, the oscillation control signal Vosc is input to the input terminal 106 of the voltage controlled oscillator 16, and a current lose corresponding to the oscillation control signal Vosc flows through the transistor M12.
- the voltage controlled oscillator 16 is configured using a general ring oscillator.
- Transistors M8, M9, M10, and Mil constitute an inverter, and a ring oscillator is configured by connecting an odd number of inverters in series. In the figure, the middle inverter is shown for simplicity!
- the oscillation frequency of this ring oscillator is controlled by the current flowing through transistors M6 to M7. Since these transistors M6 to M7 are connected in a current mirror form to the transistor M5, the bias current Ic and oscillation generated by the jitter circuit 20 A current dependent on the current lb, which is the sum of the current lose determined by the control voltage Vosc, flows. As a result, the oscillation frequency of the ring oscillator can be controlled by the bias current Ic.
- FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the oscillation control voltage Vosc and the oscillation frequency fosc of the voltage controlled oscillator 16 configured as described above.
- the horizontal axis is the oscillation control voltage Vosc
- the vertical axis is the oscillation frequency fosc
- the bias current Ic is shown as a parameter.
- the bias current Ic is fixed and the oscillation frequency fosc is changed by changing the oscillation control voltage Vosc.
- the amount of fluctuation that should be given to the bias current Ic to obtain the diffusion amount ⁇ fs can be estimated from FIG. Since the amplitude of the fluctuation of the bias current Ic is determined by the amplitude Ax of the oscillator 22 and the resistance values Rl and R2 as described above, the desired diffusion amount Afs can be obtained by adjusting these values.
- 5A to 5E show time waveforms of the current, voltage, and frequency of the clock generation circuit 100.
- Tp represents the period of the input clock signal CKIN and is the inverse of the input clock frequency fIN!
- FIG. 5 (a) shows the oscillation control voltage Vosc when the voltage controlled oscillator 16 is driven by a constant current source whose current value is fixed at Icl without using the jittered circuit 20. Since the frequency fOUT of the output clock signal CKOUT follows the relationship shown in Fig. 4, when the oscillation control voltage Vosc shown in Fig. 5 (a) is input to the voltage controlled oscillator 16, the time wave shown in Fig. 5 (b) Shape is obtained. In this case, the output clock frequency f OUT is locked to the frequency fo and includes a very small jitter ⁇ f that cannot be removed by the PLL circuit 60.
- the current Ic shown in FIG. 5 (c) is generated by the V, or jittered circuit 20, and this current is used as the bias current of the voltage controlled oscillator 16.
- the bias current Ic is fluctuated by a sine wave with the same frequency fIN as the input clock signal CKIN.
- the center value is Icl and fluctuates up to Ic2 and minimum Ic3.
- the frequency fOUT of the output clock signal CKOUT is as shown in Fig. 5 (d) according to the relationship shown in Fig. 4. It fluctuates in time centering on the frequency fo, and has a spectrum spread amount A fs. This fluctuation is a periodic signal that increases and decreases with the period Tp in terms of time.
- the jitter component ⁇ ⁇ shown in FIG. 5 (b) is a very small value because it is a frequency fluctuation when the phase is locked by the PLL circuit 60
- FIG. 5 (d) A fs shown is generated by positively changing the bias current Ic of the voltage controlled oscillator 16, and is larger than ⁇ .
- a fs lMHz
- the jitter component ⁇ f is! Only a few hundred kHz! /
- the fluctuation frequency component Afs given to the bias current Ic by the jittered circuit 20 is canceled when the period of the period Tp is averaged. Therefore, the average output clock frequency fOUT in the period T p is substantially equal to the output clock frequency fo before adding the fluctuation shown in FIG. 5 (b).
- the output clock signal CKOUT is divided into 1ZN by the frequency divider 18. This is nothing but integration or averaging of the output clock frequency fOUT in time, and the fluctuation frequency component A fs is cancelled.
- the Fig. 5 (e) is a diagram showing the frequency fFB of the feedback signal Sig3 divided by the frequency divider 18. Absent.
- the output clock signal CKOUT is spectrum spread without affecting the loop with the frequency width A fs around the frequency fo. Unnecessary radiation can be reduced. [0058]
- the spread amount A fs of the spectrum is determined by the amplitude of the fluctuation added to the bias current Ic by the jitter circuit 20, so that the desired value is determined by the amplitude A of the sine wave generated by the oscillator 22 and the resistors Rl and R2. Can be easily adjusted to the value of.
- the frequency of fluctuation applied to the bias current Ic is a natural number multiple of the frequency fIN of the input clock signal CKIN, it is canceled when the frequency is divided by the frequency divider 18, and the phase comparator 10 At the time of phase comparison, the effect of added jitter can be made almost zero.
- the jittered circuit 20 may be excluded.
- the spectrum diffusion amount only needs to be taken into consideration for the voltage-controlled oscillator 16 and the jittered circuit 20, it can be estimated without performing a loop simulation, and the design period can be shortened.
- the spectrum of the output clock signal is spread, so that unnecessary radiation from other circuit forces operating using the output clock signal CKOUT is also reduced. Furthermore, since unnecessary radiation from the propagation path of the output clock signal CKOUT is also reduced, unnecessary radiation from the entire system including the clock generation circuit 100 can be reduced.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the clock generation circuit 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the same or equivalent components as those already described are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.
- the power of performing spectrum spread by changing the bias current of the voltage controlled oscillator 16 In the clock generation circuit 100 according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. Spread spectrum is performed by adding jitter to the oscillation control signal Vosc input to the voltage controlled oscillator 16.
- the clock generation circuit 100 includes the jitter-added calo circuit 20 at the subsequent stage of the low-pass filter 14.
- the jitter adding circuit 20 includes an adder 70 and an oscillator 72.
- the oscillator 72 outputs a jitter component Sig4 having a frequency that is a natural number multiple of the frequency of the input clock signal CKIN.
- the adder 70 adds the oscillation control signal Vosc output from the low-pass filter 14 and the jitter component Sig4 output from the oscillator 72. Addition
- the subsequent oscillation control signal Vosc ′ is output to the voltage controlled oscillator 16.
- the voltage controlled oscillator 16 outputs an output clock signal CKOUT having a frequency based on the oscillation control signal Vosc ′ to which the jitter component is added.
- the jittered circuit 20 may be provided before the low-pass filter 14.
- clock generation circuit 100 fluctuation is applied to oscillation control signal Vosc on the path output from phase comparator 10 and input to voltage controlled oscillator 16.
- the frequency of the fluctuation component given to the oscillation control signal Vosc is a natural number multiple of the frequency of the input clock signal CKIN. Only the jitter component generated at 16 is fed back. As a result, it is possible to spread the spectrum while fixing the center frequency without affecting the loop.
- the voltage source 40, the voltage-current conversion circuit 50, and the like shown in FIG. 2 can be replaced by other circuits having equivalent functions.
- the jittered circuit 20 only needs to be configured so as to give fluctuation to the noise current Ic of the voltage controlled oscillator 16.
- the PLL circuit 60 may be configured not to use the charge pump circuit 12 of FIG. 1, or may be a PLL circuit that outputs the input frequency multiplied by ⁇ .
- the frequency and amplitude of fluctuation applied to the noise current Ic are not limited to the force S fixed inside the jittered calorie circuit 20.
- the spectrum spread amount ⁇ fs needs to be changed depending on the modulation method and output power.
- it is desirable that the amount of spread of the spectrum can be adjusted by a circuit that integrally controls the set terminal, such as a baseband IC. Therefore, a terminal for inputting a control signal for adjusting the fluctuation amount and frequency of the jitter circuit 20 can be provided, and the fluctuation frequency and amplitude can be positively changed based on the control signal of an external force. ,.
- the operation of the external power jitter-carrying circuit 20 may be stopped. Therefore, a terminal for inputting a stop signal for stopping the operation of the jitter adding circuit is provided, and the current consumption can be reduced by stopping the operation based on the stop signal.
- the amplitude Ax of the oscillator 22 is controlled, or the resistors Rl and R2 used in the jittered circuit 20 are variable resistors. Can be easily realized. Further, it will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the current value of the current source can be changed by a signal given by an external force by other methods.
- the force applied by the oscillator 22 with a sinusoidal fluctuation is not limited to this, and other AC signals such as a triangular wave may be used in addition to the sinusoidal fluctuation. Even in this case, it is desirable that the frequency be a natural number multiple of the input clock frequency ⁇ , and the fluctuation component should be zero when one period Tp of the input clock signal CKIN is averaged.
- the input clock signal is used as it is. May be generated.
- the circuit since it is not necessary to have an oscillator inside the jitter adding circuit 20, the circuit can be simplified.
- the fluctuation signal generated by the oscillator 22 may be given from the outside.
- a clock signal that is a natural number multiple of the input clock signal may be used in other blocks, so the circuit can be simplified by using this clock signal. You can do it.
- the selection described above may be performed using another type of transistor such as a bipolar transistor or the like described with reference to the MOSFET.
- the design specifications required for the clock generation circuit and the semiconductor used It may be determined by the manufacturing process.
- clock generation circuit 100 all elements constituting clock generation circuit 100 are integrally integrated. May be formed on another integrated circuit, or a part thereof may be formed of a discrete component. Which part should be integrated can be determined by cost, occupied area, etc.
- the present invention can be applied to all clock generation circuits that need to reduce unnecessary radiation.
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