CY7C9915
PRELIMINARY
3.3V Programmable Skew Clock Buffer
Features
Functional Description
• All output pair skew <100 ps (typical)
• Input Frequency Range: 3.75 MHz to 150 MHz
• Output Frequency Range: 3.75 MHz to 150 MHz
• User-selectable output functions
— Selectable skew to 18 ns
The CY7C9915 RoboClock is a 150-MHz Low-voltage
Programmable Skew Clock Buffer that offers user-selectable
control over system clock functions. This multiple-output clock
driver provides the system integrator with functions necessary
to optimize the timing of high-performance computer systems.
Eight individual drivers, arranged as four pairs of user-control-
lable outputs, can each drive terminated transmission lines
with impedances as low as 50Ω while delivering minimal and
specified output skews and full-swing logic levels (LVTTL).
— Inverted and non-inverted
— Operation at 1⁄2 and 1⁄4 input frequency
Each output can be hardwired to one of nine delay or function
configurations. Delay increments of 0.42 to 1.6 ns are deter-
mined by the operating frequency with outputs able to skew up
to ±6 time units from their nominal “zero” skew position. The
completely integrated PLL allows external load and trans-
mission line delay effects to be canceled. When this “zero
delay” capability of the LVPSCB is combined with the
selectable output skew functions, the user can create
output-to-output delays of up to ±12 time units.
— Operation at 2x and 4x input frequency (input as low
as 3.75 MHz)
• Zero input-to-output delay
• 3.3V power supply
• ± 3.0% Output Duty Cycle Distortion
• LVTTL outputs drive 50Ω terminated lines
• Low operating current
Divide-by-two and divide-by-four output functions are provided
for additional flexibility in designing complex clock systems.
When combined with the internal PLL, these divide functions
allow distribution of a low-frequency clock that can be multi-
plied by two or four at the clock destination. This facility
minimizes clock distribution difficulty while allowing maximum
system clock speed and flexibility.
• 32-pin PLCC package
• Jitter < 100ps peak-to-peak (< 15 ps RMS)
Block Diagram
Pin Configuration
TEST
PHASE
FB
VCO AND
TIME UNIT
FREQ
DET
FILTER
REF
GENERATOR
1
4
3
32
2
31 30
29
3F1
4F0
4F1
5
6
7
2F0
GND
1F1
FS
28
27
4Q0
4Q1
4F0
4F1
VCCQ
VCCN4
4Q1
4Q0
GND
8
9
10
11
12
13
1F0
VCCN1
1Q0
1Q1
GND
26
25
24
23
22
21
SELECT
INPUTS
(THREE
LEVEL)
CY7C9915
SKEW
SELECT
MATRIX
3Q0
3Q1
3F0
3F1
GND
GND
17
14 15
18
19 20
16
2Q0
2Q1
2F0
2F1
1Q0
1Q1
1F0
1F1
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
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3901 North First Street
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San Jose, CA 95134
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408-943-2600
Document #: 38-07687 Rev. *A
Revised April 29, 2005