Clock generation is an essential part of wireless or wireline communication modules. To facilitate recent advancements in wireline-like communication and in-sensor computing modules at relatively lower data rates, ultra-low power, and accurate clock generation are of the utmost importance. This paper presents a unique implementation of integrating sub-sampling phase locked loop, which alleviates the usage of additional gain elements in the PLL and reduces the noise injection in the system. In this design, the ring oscillator-based PLL can operate a wide frequency range of 100-250MHz while consuming 0.03mm2 of area and 131.8μW of power at 250MHz. The area-normalized figure of merit (FOM) of the integrating SSPLL is found to be -236, while showing a reference spur of -43.2dB.
@article{arxiv.2410.16310,
title = {A 0.03${mm}^2$ 100-250MHz Charge-Pump or Amplifier-Less Integrating Sub-Sampling PLL for Ultra-low Power Communication and Computing},
author = {Yudhajit Ray and Archisman Ghosh and Shreyas Sen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.16310},
year = {2024}
}