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Ahigherlevelofattenuationcanbeachievedbyreplacing
the resistor with an appropriate valued inductor. Figure 8
shows a 1000
m
H choke. This value choke will show a
significant impedance at 10 kHz frequencies and above.
Because of the current draw and the voltage that must be
maintained on the PLL_V
CC
pin, a low DC resistance
inductor is required (less than 15
Ω
). Generally, the
resistor/capacitorfilterwillbecheaper,easiertoimplement,
and provide an adequate level of supply filtering.
The
NBC12429
and
sub--nanosecond output edge rates and therefore a good
power supply bypassing scheme is a must. Figure 9 shows
a representative board layout for the NBC12429 and
NBC12429A. There exists many different potential board
layoutsandtheonepicturedisbutone.Theimportantaspect
of the layout in Figure 9 is the low impedance connections
between V
CC
and GND for the bypass capacitors.
Combining good quality general purpose chip capacitors
with good PCB layout techniques will produce effective
capacitor resonances at frequencies adequate to supply the
instantaneous switching current for the NBC12429 and
NBC12429A outputs. It is imperative that low inductance
chip capacitors are used. It is equally important that the
board layout not introduce any of the inductance saved by
using the leadless capacitors. Thin interconnect traces
between the capacitor and the power plane should be
avoided and multiple large vias should be used to tie the
capacitors to the buried power planes. Fat interconnect and
large vias will help to minimize layout induced inductance
and thus maximize the series resonant point of the bypass
capacitors.
NBC12429A
provide
Figure 9. PCB Board Layout (PLCC--28)
C2
1
C3
R1
Xtal
C1
C1
R1 = 10--15
Ω
C1 = 0.01
m
F
C2 = 22
m
F
C3 = 0.1
m
F
= V
CC
= GND
= Via
Note the dotted lines circling the crystal oscillator
connection to the device. The oscillator is a series resonant
circuit and the voltage amplitude across the crystal is
relatively small. It is imperative that no actively switching
signals cross under the crystal as crosstalk energy coupled
to these lines could significantly impact the jitter of the
device. Special attention should be paid to the layout of the
crystal to ensure a stable, jitter free interface between the
crystal and the on--board oscillator. Note the provisions for
placing a resistor across the crystal oscillator terminals as
discussed in the crystal oscillator section of this data sheet.
Although the NBC12429 and NBC12429A have several
design features to minimize the susceptibility to power
supply noise (isolated power and grounds and fully
differential PLL), there still may be applications in which
overallperformanceisbeingdegradedduetosystempower
supply noise. The power supply filter and bypass schemes
discussed in this section should be adequate to eliminate
power supply noise--related problems in most designs.
Jitter Performance
Jitter is a common parameter associated with clock
generationanddistribution.Clockjittercanbedefinedasthe
deviation in a clock’s output transition from its ideal
position.
Cycle--to--Cycle Jitter
(short--term) is the period
variation between two adjacent cycles over a defined
numberofobservedcycles.Thenumberofcyclesobserved
is application dependent but the JEDEC specification is
1000 cycles.
Figure 10. Cycle--to--Cycle Jitter
T
JITTER(cycle--cycle)
= T
1
-- T
0
T
0
T
1
Peak--to--Peak Jitter
is the difference between the
highest and lowest acquired value and is represented as the
width of the Gaussian base.
Figure 11. Peak--to--Peak Jitter
Time
Typical Gaussian
Distribution
RMS
or one
Sigma
Jitter
J
P
)