Research Article

480 MHz 10-tap Clock Generator Using Edge-Combiner DLL for USB 2.0 Applications

Table 1

Comparison table.

ItemUnitProposed clock generatorConventional PLL in Figure 2

Structure2 ECDLL + 1 DLL1 PLL
FrequencyMHz480480
Locking-timeμs3.510.0
Output jitterps0.82.0
Technologynm9090
PowermW1.33.8
Areaμm2200 × 225200 × 500