Research Article

Semidigital PLL Design for Low-Cost Low-Power Clock Generation

Table 1

ADPLL versus conventional PLL.

ADPLLConventional PLL

PowerFair (depends on tech)Good
ReconfigurabilityGoodPoor
ScalabilityGoodPoor
ILeak ImmunityGoodPoor
Linear BW controlFairGood
Design complexityHighFair
Tech. dependencyHighFair