July 2005

ASM5I9658

rev 0.2

3.3V 1:10 LVCMOS PLL Clock Generator

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Notice: The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

supply filter schemes discussed in this section should be

adequate to eliminate power supply noise related

problems in most designs.

Using the ASM5I9658 in zero-delay applications

Nested clock trees are typical applications for the

ASM5I9658. Designs using the ASM5I9658, as LVCMOS

PLL fanout buffer with zero insertion delay will show

significantly lower clock skew than clock distributions

developed from CMOS fanout buffers. The external

feedback option of the ASM59658 clock driver allows for

its use as a zero delay buffer. The PLL aligns the

feedback clock output edge with the clock input reference

edge resulting a near zero delay through the device (the

propagation delay through the device is virtually

eliminated). The maximum insertion delay of the device in

zero-delay applications is measured between the

reference clock input and any output. This effective delay

consists of the static phase offset, I/O jitter (phase or

long-term jitter), feedback path delay and the output-to-

output skew error relative to the feedback output.

Calculation of part-to-part skew

The ASM5I9658 zero delay buffer supports applications

where critical clock signal timing can be maintained

across several devices. If the reference clock inputs of

two or more ASM5I9658 are connected together, the

maximum overall timing uncertainty from the common

PCLK input to any output is:

This

maximum

timing

uncertainty

consist

of

4

components: static phase offset, output skew, feedback

board trace delay and I/O (phase) jitter:

Figure 4. ASM5I9658 max device-to-device skew

Due to the statistical nature of I/O jitter a RMS value (1σ)

is specified. I/O jitter numbers for other confidence factors

(CF) can be derived from Table 8.

Table 8: Confidence Factor CF

CF

Probability of clock edge within the

distribution

± 1σ

0.68268948

± 2σ

0.95449988

± 3σ

0.99730007

± 4σ

0.99993663

± 5σ

0.99999943

± 6σ

0.99999999

The feedback trace delay is determined by the board

layout and can be used to fine-tune the effective delay

through each device. In the following example calculation

a I/O jitter confidence factor of 99.7% (±3σ) is assumed,

resulting in a worst case timing uncertainty from input to

any output of -214 pS to 224 pS relative to PCLK

MHz):

Due to the frequency dependence of the I/O jitter, Figure

5. can be used for a more precise timing performance

analysis.

Figure 5. Maximum I/O Jitter versus frequency