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PRELIMINARY
XRK4991
3.3/2.5V HIGH-SPEED (100 MHZ) PROGRAMMABLE SKEW CLOCK BUFFER
FEBRUARY 2004 REV. P1.0.0
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The XRK4991 3.3/2.5V High-Speed Low-Voltage
Programmable Skew Clock Buffer offers user
selectable control over system clock functions. Eight
individual drivers, arranged as four pairs of user-
controllable 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).
Each ou tpu t c an be h ar dwi red to one of ni ne de lay or
function configurations. Delay increments of 0.7 to
1.5 ns are determined by the operating frequency
with outputs able to skew up to ±6 time units from
their nominal “zero” skew position. The completely
integrated PLL all ows exter nal load and transmis sion
line delay effects to be canceled. When this “zero
delay” capability is combined with the selectable
output skew functions, the user can creat e output-to-
output delays of up to ±12 time units.
Divide-by-two and divide-by-four output functions are
provided for addition al flexibi lity in de signing complex
clock systems. When combined with the internal PLL,
these divide functions allow distribution of a low-
frequency clock that can be multiplied by two or four
at the clock destination. This facility minimizes clock
distribution difficulty while allowing maximum system
clock speed and flexibility.
FEATURES
•All output pair skew <100 ps typical (250 max.)
•3.75- to 100-MHz output operation
•User-selectable output functions
-Selectable ske w to 18 ns
-Inverted and non-inverted
-Operation at 1/2 and 1/4 input frequency
-Operation at 2x and 4x input frequency (input
as low as 3.75 MHz)
•Zero input-to-output delay
•50% duty-cycle outputs
•LVTTL outputs drive 50Ω terminated lines
•Operates from a single 3.3/2.5V supply
•Low operating current
•32-pin PLCC package
•Jitter < 200 ps peak-to-peak (< 25 ps RMS)
•Gree n packaging
FIGURE 1. BLOCK DIAGRAM OF THE XRK4991
VCO AND TIME
UNIT GENERATOR
SKEW
SELECT
MATRIX
PHASE
FREQ
DET FILTER
FB
REF
FS
4F0
4F1
3F0
3F1
2F0
2F1
1F0
1F1
TEST
4Q0
4Q1
3Q0
3Q1
2Q0
2Q1
1Q0
1Q1
Select Inputs