Phase-Locked Loop Engineering Handbook for Integrated Circuits

Appendix A: Letter Symbols

A v

opamp gain

B

3-dB bandwidth

B FFT

equivalent FFT bandwidth

B pll

3-dB bandwidth of the closed-loop PLL

B rcv

receiver bandwidth

B sa

spectrum analyzer bandwidth

c

speed of light

C o

controlled output in control-systems theory

C o/R i

closed-loop transfer function used in feedback and control systems

f

frequency

F

noise figure

F rcv

receiver noise figure

f c

frequency of the carrier

f d

maximum frequency deviation in frequency-modulation theory

f di

deviation of the instantaneous frequency

f IF

intermediate frequency

f in

input frequency

f int

frequency of intercept with white phase noise.

f l

corner frequency of flicker noise

f m

frequency of modulation (sideband, offset, Fourier, baseband)

f n

natural frequency

f op

operating frequency of a radar system

f out

output frequency of the PLL

f 3p

frequency of 3-dB point

f ref

reference frequency in a PLL

f syn

output frequency of the synthesizer

f v

frequency value at the relative power level L( f i) used in Bode plot models of phase noise

f x

0-dB magnitude crossover frequency

f z

frequency location of the zero in a PLL

G

gain

G(s)H(s)

open-loop transfer function used in feedback and control systems

G(f)

forward transfer function used in feedback and control systems

G n

amplifier gain

G pll

gain constant of a PLL

H(f)

feedback transfer function used in feedback and control systems

I P

charge pump current

k

Boltzmann's constant

K cco

transfer function of a...

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