
IDT™ / ICS™ 3.3V, 2.5V LVPECL CLOCK GENERATOR 8 ICS843022AGI-48 REV A OCTOBER 31, 2006
ICS843022I-48
FEMTOCLOCKS™ CRYSTAL-TO-3.3V, 2.5V LVPECL CLOCK GENERATOR
LVCMOS TO XTAL INTERFACE
The XTAL_IN input can accept a single-ended LVCMOS
signal through an AC couple capacitor. A general interface
diagram is shown in
Figure 3.
The XTAL_OUT pin can be left
floating. The input edge rate can be as slow as 10ns. For
LVCMOS inputs, it is recommended that the amplitude be
reduced from full swing to half swing in order to prevent signal
interference with the power rail and to reduce noise. This
configuration requires that the output impedance of the driver
Figure 3. General Diagram for LVCMOS Driver to XTAL Input Interface
(Ro) plus the series resistance (Rs) equals the transmission
line impedance. In addition, matched termination at the crystal
input will attenuate the signal in half. This can be done in one
of two ways. First, R1 and R2 in parallel should equal the
transmission line impedance. For most 50Ω applications, R1
and R2 can be 100Ω. This can also be accomplished by remov-
ing R1 and making R2 50Ω.
R2
Zo = 50
VDD
Ro
Zo = Ro + Rs
R1
VDD
XTA L _ I N
XTA L _ O U T
.1uf
Rs
TERMINATION FOR 3.3V LVPECL OUTPUT
The clock layout topology shown below is a typical termination
for LVPECL outputs. The two different layouts mentioned are
recommended only as guidelines.
FOUT and nFOUT are low impedance follower outputs that
generate ECL/LVPECL compatible outputs. Therefore, termi-
nating resistors (DC current path to ground) or current
sources must be used for functionality. These outputs are
FIGURE 4B. LVPECL OUTPUT TERMINATIONFIGURE 4A. LVPECL OUTPUT TERMINATION
designed to drive 50Ω transmission lines. Matched impedance
techniques should be used to maximize operating frequency
and minimize signal distortion.
Figures 4A and 4B
show two
different layouts which are recommended only as guidelines.
Other suitable clock layouts may exist and it would be recom-
mended that the board designers simulate to guarantee com-
patibility across all printed circuit and clock component pro-
cess variations.
V
CC
- 2V
50Ω50Ω
RTT
Z
o
= 50Ω
Z
o
= 50Ω
FOUT FIN
RTT = Z
o
1
((V
OH
+ V
OL
) / (V
CC
– 2)) – 2
3.3V
125Ω125Ω
84Ω84Ω
Z
o
= 50Ω
Z
o
= 50Ω
FOUT FIN