Datasheet
Table Of Contents
- Features
- Applications
- General Description
- Functional Block Diagram
- Revision History
- Specifications
- Absolute Maximum Ratings
- Pin Configuration and Function Descriptions
- Typical Performance Characteristics
- Circuit Description
- Register Maps
- Register 0
- Register 1
- Register 2
- Register 3
- Register 4
- Initialization Sequence
- RF Synthesizer—A Worked Example
- Modulus
- Reference Doubler and Reference Divider
- 12-Bit Programmable Modulus
- Cycle Slip Reduction for Faster Lock Times
- Spurious Optimization and Fast lock
- Fast Lock Timer and Register Sequences
- Fast Lock—An Example
- Fast Lock—Loop Filter Topology
- Spur Mechanisms
- Spur Consistency and Fractional Spur Optimization
- Phase Resync
- Applications Information
- Outline Dimensions

Data Sheet ADF4150
Rev. A | Page 9 of 28
TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
Figure 4. RF Input Sensitivity; RF Output Enabled; Output Divide-by-1
Selected
Figure 5. RF Input Sensitivity; RF Output Disabled
Figure 6. RF Sensitivity; RF Output Enabled (RF Dividers-by-2/-4/-8/-16
Enabled)
Figure 7. Integer-N Phase Noise and Spur Performance; Low Noise Mode;
VCOOUT = 1750 MHz, REF
IN
= 100 MHz, PFD = 25 MHz, Loop Filter
Bandwidth= 50 kHz
Figure 8. Fractional-N Phase Noise and Spur Performance; Low Noise Mode;
VCOOUT = 1750 MHz, REF
IN
= 100 MHz, PFD = 25 MHz, Loop Filter
Bandwidth= 15 kHz, Channel Spacing = 200 kHz. FRAC = 26, MOD = 125
Figure 9. Fractional-N Phase Noise and Spur Performance; Low Spur Mode;
VCOOUT = 1750 MHz, REF
IN
= 100 MHz, PFD = 25 MHz, Loop Filter
Bandwidth= 50 kHz, Channel Spacing = 200 kHz. FRAC = 26, MOD = 125
0
–50
0 5.0
POWER (dBm)
FREQUENCY (GHz)
08226-042
–45
–40
–35
–30
–25
–20
–15
–10
–5
0.5
1.0 1.5
2.0 2.5
3.0
3.5 4.0
4.5
+25°C
+85°C
–40°C
10
–50
0 6
POWER (dBm)
FREQUENCY (MHz)
08226-043
–40
–30
–20
–10
0
1 2 3 4 5
+25°C
+85°C
–40°C
0
–40
0 4.0
POWER (dBm)
FREQUENCY (GHz)
08226-044
–35
–30
–25
–20
–15
–10
–5
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.02.5 3.5
+25°C
+85°C
–40°C
–180
–160
–140
–120
–100
–80
–60
POWER (dBc)
08226-045
1k 10k 100k 1M 10M
FREQUENCY (Hz)
1M 10M
100M 1G
10G
FREQUENC
Y (Hz)
–180
–160
–140
–120
–100
–80
–60
POWER (dBc)
08226-046
1k 10k 100k 1M 10M
FREQUENCY (Hz)
–180
–160
–140
–120
–100
–80
–60
POWER (dBc)
08226-047