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Onboard Programming
One can write the device memory on the customer board,
enabling the use of a blank device that is not preprogrammed.
This enables use of the same device across multiple projects and
lets you program the device based on individual projects.
Conceptual onboard programming is shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7. Onboard Programming
Functional Features and Application Considerations
The CY27410 is a 4-PLL spread-spectrum clock generator
targeted at consumer, industrial, and low-end networking
applications. The key specifications of the part are differential
inputs (2) and outputs (12), supporting frequencies up to
700 MHz. The device has a low RMS phase jitter of 1-ps max
and value-added features, such as VCXO, Frequency Select,
and PLL Bypass modes. This part is designed to support key
standards, such as PCIe 1.0/2.0/3.0, USB 2.0/3.0, and 10GbE.
The product supports LVDS, LVPECL, CML, HCSL, and
LVCMOS logic levels.
Clock Generator
The main feature of the CY27410 is frequency generation from
an external reference (IN1) or a crystal. There are four variables
to determine the final output frequency. They are input REF, the
DIV-R (R1), FracN (DIV-N) dividers, and the post dividers
(DIV-O). The basic formula for determining the final output
frequency is:
■ Clock Generator mode
❐ f
OUT
= ((REF x DIV-N) / DIV-R) / DIV-O
■ PLL Bypass mode
❐ f
OUT
= REF / DIV-I or REF / DIV-I / DIV-L
The basic PLL block diagram is shown in Figure 8. Each of the
outputs from the PLL is fed to the output MUX through a Delay
circuit that provides a certain delay to the individual clock, if
needed.
Figure 8. PLL Block Diagram, Clock Generation
PCIE (HCSL) Clock Generation
For PCIe applications, the CY27410 provides eight differential
outputs that have the same spread on it at any particular point of
time.
VCXO and Related Frequencies
The CY27410 provides VCXO functionality and a cascading PLL
option to generate critical frequencies with a fixed reference.
Digital televisions have a requirement for the audio and video
clocks to follow a 27-MHz VCXO signal so that they are
synchronized. The architecture of the chip must ensure that this
is met by cascading, as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9. Cascading PLLs
Apart from having the audio and video clocks following the
27-MHz VCXO input, they also need complex divider ratios to
generate the output frequencies. Commonly used divider ratios
for audio and video signals are listed in Tab l e 1.
Non Volatile
ControlStore
Volatile
ControlRegisters
POR, Initialize
I2C
OnBoard
Programming
Device
Configuration
Table 1. Audio and Video Frequencies
Output Frequency Ratios
74.17582418 91:250
33.8688 625:784
22.5792 1875:1568
16.9344 1250:784
11.2896 1875:784
5.6448 1875:392
36.864 375:512
R1
R2
O1
O2
O3
O4
DLY
FracN
PLL
C1
I1
I2
L1
Synthesis Block
Reference
Outputs
from Adjacent PLL
VCFS
(PLL1)
SS_PLL
PLL
PLL
XBUF
100MHzHCSL
66.66MHzLVCMOS
27MHzVCXO
VIDEO74.25MHz
AUDIO36.864MHz
REF
VIN
FS
FS