CN-0174

Circuit Note

Rev. A | Page 3 of 3

100MHz

POWER SUPPLY

5V

RFOUTA

CPOUT

VTUNE

RFOUT

RFOUTB

RFIN

15V

SIGNAL GENERATOR

R&S SMA100A

SPECTRUM ANALYZER

[R&S FSUP26]

ADF4156

BOARD

ACTIVE FILTER

BOARD

ADF5001

BOARD

SYNERGY VCO

BOARD

10MHz REFERENCE SYNCHRONIZATION

2-WAY SPLITTER

ZFRSC-183-S+

Figure 3. Measurement Circuit

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ADIsimPLL Design File for CN-0174

ADIsimPLL Design Tool

ADIsimPower Design Tool

Ardizzoni, John. “A Practical Guide to High-Speed Printed-

Circuit-Board Layout” Analog Dialogue, 39-09, September

2005.

Harney, Austin. “Designing High-Performance Phase-Locked

Loops with High voltage VCOs” Analog Dialogue, Dec.2009.

MT-031 Tutorial, Grounding Data Converters and Solving the

Mystery of “AGND” and “DGND”, Analog Devices.

MT-086 Tutorial, Fundamentals of Phase Locked Loops, Analog

Devices.

MT-101 Tutorial, Decoupling Techniques, Analog Devices.

Data Sheets and Evaluation Boards

ADF4156 Data Sheet

ADF4156 Evaluation Board

ADF5001 Data Sheet

ADF5001 Evaluation Board

OP184 Data Sheet

REVISION HISTORY

3/11—Rev. 0 to Rev. A

Changes to Figure 2 ..........................................................................2

10/10—Revision 0: Initial Version

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