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Phase-Locked Loops: Design, Simulation, and Applications

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This is a well written book and is the perfect source if you need to understand and design a PLL. If you are designing an analog PLL, Digital PLL or software PLL this book has what you need. The CD rom that comes with the book provides a quick and easy way to get started, design the PLL and simulate its operation. Many authors tend fill their books with formulas and obscure references and convey very little understanding. Authors that possess both an understanding of a subject and an ability to communicate well can make the subject both easy and enjoyable to learn. Best is such and author. I would recommend this book to anyone who either wants to learn about PLLs for the first time or enhance his understanding.

Even though the title says professional engineering, the presentation is at the Howard W. Sams hobbyist book level. There is nothing wrong with this, but be aware that this is a hobby book and not a university level text book.

Having said that, this book is very good for people who are more interested in getting results with simple PLL ICs and not in understanding what they are doing. It gives step by step procedures and has CAD programs that do all of the thinking for the operator.

This book is a good PLL primer. There is no complex mathematics that makes you dizzy. In addition, you can truly gain much insight from the attached PLL software developed by the author. You can see how PLL parameter affects the performance with step-by-step practice at the end of every chapter. As an engineer who wants to understand PLL, this book is a good choice.

I had to write a software simulation of a PLL, and I didn't know much at all about PLLs. Someone recommended this book to me. From it I learned what I needed, and successfully simulated a PLL in Mathcad to prove that I'd understood the design formulae, and then implemented it in software.
I really appreciated that the important stuff was in the text, unlike some books that leave the interesting cases to be solved by the reader.

I own both editions of this book.The 2003 edition of this Book is an effective design tool for SONET jitter filter design as it applies to reference clocks in transponders &SERDES.The digital PLL design discussion is most applicable to modern CDR/clock regenrator applications where there is not much info. available form IC vendors.The design software CD is quite useful for circuit design optimization over temperature.

This book does not provide much depth on PLL theory, but it is good for practicing engineers. It has good sections on digital and DSP designs for impementing PLL's. The sections on PLL theory is very rudimentary, and unless you already have studied PLL theory, you will be disappointed b these sections. That being said, the book is worth the investment if you need inspiration for implementing a PLL.

In this 5th edition, Best gives you a thorough education in the theory of designing phase locked loops. Written assuming about a year or two or prior undergraduation background in electrical engineering and elementary circuit theory.

The book is also useful to the experienced electrical engineer. For example, you are shown how to design higher order PLLs. Far beyond what a begineer might be expected to design or use.

Also of critical importance are the sections on how to do computer aided design. Using the enclosed CD. The graphics is a little primitive. But still a great timesaver, in how it lets you intuitively layout a circuit and see its theoretical performance.

I am studying Phase Lock Loop. I am current studying 3 books at the same time because I can verify the correctness of the book and get different point of view. The other two are by Phase Lock Basics by William F. Egan and Phaselock Techniques by Floyd M. Gardner.
I went through the formulas on page 32 and 33 to check the equations and I think there is quite a few mistakes in the fomulas. I verifed over and over again and it does not add up. I am 90% sure of what I am saying. I wonder if anyone ever analyze the fomulas step by step to verify them.