AD9550
1000
100
10
Output Dividers
The output divider section consists of three dividers: P0, P1, and P2.
The P0 divider (or VCO frequency prescaler) accepts the VCO
frequency and reduces it by an integer factor of 5 to 11, thereby
reducing the frequency to a range between 305 MHz and 810 MHz.
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The output of the P0 divider independently drives the P1 divider
and the P2 divider. The P1 divider establishes the frequency at
OUT1 and the P2 divider establishes the frequency at OUT2.
The P1 and P2 dividers are each programmable over a range of
1 to 1023, which results in a frequency at OUT1 or OUT2 that
is an integer submultiple of the frequency at the output of the
P0 divider.
MASK
1
0.1
0.01
0.1
1
10
100
1M
10M
JITTER FREQUENCY (kHz)
Output Driver Mode Control
Figure 25. Jitter Tolerance
Three mode control pins (OM0, OM1, and OM2) establish the
logic family and pin function of the output drivers. The logic
families include LVDS, LVPECL, and CMOS (see Table 10).
LOW DROPOUT (LDO) REGULATORS
The AD9550 is powered from a single 3.3 V supply and contains
on-chip LDO regulators for each function to eliminate the need
for external LDOs. To ensure optimal performance, each LDO
output should have a 0.47 μF capacitor connected between its
access pin and ground.
Table 10. Logic Family Assignment via the OMx Pins
Logic Family
Pin OMx
000
001
010
011
OUT1
LVPECL
LVPECL
LVDS
LVPECL
LVDS
OUT2
LVPECL
LVDS
LVPECL
CMOS
LVDS
AUTOMATIC POWER-ON RESET
The AD9550 has an internal power-on reset circuit (see Figure 26).
At power-up, an 800 pF capacitor momentarily holds a Logic 0 at
the active low input of the reset circuitry. This ensures that the
device is held in a reset state (~250 µs) until the capacitor charges
sufficiently via the 100 kΩ pull-up resistor and 200 kΩ series
resistor. Note that when using a low impedance source to drive
100
101
110
111
LVDS
CMOS
CMOS
CMOS
LVDS
CMOS
RESET
the
pin, be sure that the source is either tristate or Logic 0
Because both output drivers support the LVDS and LVPECL
logic families, each driver has two pins to handle the differential
signals associated with these two logic families. The OUT1 driver
at power-up; otherwise, the device may not calibrate properly.
VDD
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OUT1
uses the OUT1 and
pins, and the OUT2 driver uses the
pins. When the OMx pins select the CMOS
OUT1
100kΩ
OUT2
OUT2 and
logic family, the signal at the
of the signal at the OUT1 pin and the signal at the
200kΩ
RESET
CIRCUITRY
800pF
15
RESET
pin is a phase aligned replica
OUT2
pin is a
phase aligned replica of the signal at the OUT2 pin.
Figure 26. Power-On Reset
JITTER TOLERANCE
Provided an input reference signal is present at the REF pin, the
device automatically performs a VCO calibration during power-up.
If the input reference signal is not present, VCO calibration fails
and the PLL does not lock. As soon as an input reference signal
is present, the user must reset the device to initiate the automatic
VCO calibration process.
Jitter tolerance is the ability of the AD9550 to maintain lock in the
presence of sinusoidal jitter. The AD9550 meets the input jitter
tolerance mask per Telcordia GR-253-CORE (see Figure 25).
The acceptable jitter tolerance is the region above the mask.
Any change to the preset frequency selection pins requires the
user to reset the device. This is necessary to initiate the automatic
VCO calibration process.
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