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M48T59, M48T59Y, M48T59V*
Calibrating the Clock
The M48T59/Y/V is driven by a quartz-controlled
oscillator with a nominal frequency of 32,768 Hz.
The devices are tested not to exceed 35 PPM
(parts per million) oscillator frequency error at
25°C, which equates to about ±1.53 minutes per
month. With the calibration bits properly set, the
accuracy of each M48T59/Y/V improves to better
than +1/–2 PPM at 25°C.
The oscillation rate of any crystal changes with
chips compensate for crystal frequency and tem-
perature shift error with cumbersome “trim” capac-
itors. The M48T59/Y/V design, however, employs
periodic counter correction. The calibration circuit
adds or subtracts counts from the oscillator divider
circuit at the divide by 256 stage, as shown in
Fig-blanked (subtracted, negative calibration) or split
(added, positive calibration) depends upon the
value loaded into the five-bit Calibration byte found
in the Control Register. Adding counts speeds the
clock up, subtracting counts slows the clock down.
The Calibration Byte occupies the five lower order
bits (D4-D0) in the Control register (1FF8h). These
bits can be set to represent any value between 0
and 31 in binary form. Bit D5 is the Sign Bit; '1' in-
dicates positive calibration, '0' indicates negative
calibration. Calibration occurs within a 64 minute
cycle. The first 62 minutes in the cycle may, once
per minute, have one second either shortened by
128 or lengthened by 256 oscillator cycles. If a bi-
nary '1' is loaded into the register, only the first 2
minutes in the 64 minute cycle will be modified; if
a binary 6 is loaded, the first 12 will be affected,
and so on.
Therefore, each calibration step has the effect of
adding 512 or subtracting 256 oscillator cycles; for
every 125,829,120 actual oscillator cycles, that is
+4.068 or –2.034 PPM of adjustment per calibra-
tion step in the calibration register. Assuming that
the oscillator is in fact running at exactly 32,768
Hz, each of the 31 increments in the Calibration
Byte would represent +10.7 or –5.35 seconds per
month which corresponds to a total range of +5.5
or –2.75 minutes per month.
Two methods are available for ascertaining how
much calibration a given M48T59/Y/V may re-
quire. The first involves simply setting the clock,
letting it run for a month and comparing it to a
known accurate reference (like WWV broadcasts).
While that may seem crude, it allows the designer
to give the end user the ability to calibrate his clock
as his environment may require, even after the fi-
nal product is packaged in a non-user serviceable
enclosure. All the designer has to do is provide a
simple utility that accesses the Calibration Byte.
The second approach is better suited to a manu-
facturing environment, and involves the use of the
IRQ/FT pin. The pin will toggle at 512 Hz when the
Stop Bit (D7 of 1FF9h) is '0,' the FT Bit (D6 of
1FFCh) is '1,' the AFE Bit (D7 of 1FF6h) is '0,' and
the Watchdog Steering Bit (D7 of 1FF7h) is '1' or
the Watchdog Register is reset (1FF7h = 0).
Any deviation from 512 Hz indicates the degree
and direction of oscillator frequency shift at the test
temperature. For example, a reading of 512.01024
Hz would indicate a +20 PPM oscillator frequency
error, requiring a –10 (WR001010) to be loaded
into the Calibration Byte for correction. Note that
setting or changing the Calibration Byte does not
affect the Frequency Test output frequency.
The IRQ/FT pin is an open drain output which re-
quires a pull-up resistor for proper operation. A
500-10k
resistor is recommended in order to
control the rise time. The FT Bit is cleared on pow-
er-down.
For more information on calibration, see Applica-
tion Note AN934, “TIMEKEEPER Calibration.”