Jitter Cleaner and Clock Generator with
6 Differential or 13 LVCMOS Outputs
Data Sheet
AD9524
FEATURES
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
Output frequency: <1 MHz to 1 GHz
Start-up frequency accuracy: < 100 ppm (determined by
VCXO reference accuracy)
OSC
REFA,
AD9524
REFA
OUT0,
REFB,
Zero delay operation
PLL1
PLL2
OUT0
Input-to-output edge timing: < 150 ps
6 outputs: configurable LVPECL, LVDS, HSTL, and LVCMOS
6 dedicated output dividers with jitter-free adjustable delay
Adjustable delay: 63 resolution steps of ½ period of VCO
output divider
REFB
OUT1,
OUT1
REF_TEST
SCLK/SCL
SDIO/SDA
SDO
CONTROL
INTERFACE
(SPI AND I C)
OUT4,
OUT4
Output-to-output skew: < 50 ps
2
ZERO
DELAY
Duty-cycle correction for odd divider settings
Automatic synchronization of all outputs on power-up
Absolute output jitter: <200 fs at 122.88 MHz
Integration range: 12 kHz to 20 MHz
Distribution phase noise floor: −160 dBc/Hz
Digital lock detect
Nonvolatile EEPROM stores configuration settings
SPI- and I²C-compatible serial control port
Dual PLL architecture
OUT5,
OUT5
6-CLOCK
DISTRIBUTION
EEPROM
ZD_IN, ZD_IN
Figure 1.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The AD9524 provides a low power, multi-output, clock
PLL1
distribution function with low jitter performance, along with an
on-chip PLL and VCO. The on-chip VCO tunes from 3.6 GHz to
4.0 GHz.
Low bandwidth for reference input clock cleanup with
external VCXO
Phase detector rate of 300 kHz to 75 MHz
Redundant reference inputs
Auto and manual reference switchover modes
Revertive and nonrevertive switching
Loss of reference detection with holdover mode
Low noise LVCMOS output from VCXO used for RF/IF
synthesizers
The AD9524 is defined to support the clock requirements for
long term evolution (LTE) and multicarrier GSM base station
designs. It relies on an external VCXO to provide the reference
jitter cleanup to achieve the restrictive low phase noise require-
ments necessary for acceptable data converter SNR performance.
The input receivers, oscillator, and zero delay receiver provide
both single-ended and differential operation. When connected
to a recovered system reference clock and a VCXO, the device
generates six low noise outputs with a range of 1 MHz to 1 GHz,
and one dedicated buffered output from the input PLL (PLL1).
The frequency and phase of one clock output relative to another
clock output can be varied by means of a divider phase select
function that serves as a jitter-free coarse timing adjustment in
increments that are equal to one-half the period of the signal
coming out of the VCO.
PLL2
Phase detector rate of up to 250 MHz
Integrated low noise VCO
APPLICATIONS
LTE and multicarrier GSM base stations
Wireless and broadband infrastructure
Medical instrumentation
Clocking high speed ADCs, DACs, DDSs, DDCs, DUCs, MxFEs
Low jitter, low phase noise clock distribution
Clock generation and translation for SONET, 10Ge, 10G FC,
and other 10 Gbps protocols
An in-package EEPROM can be programmed through the serial
interface to store user defined register settings for power-up and
chip reset.
Forward error correction (G.710)
High performance wireless transceivers
ATE and high performance instrumentation
Rev. D
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