REV. C
ADF4217L/ADF4218L/ADF4219L
–6–
PIN FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS
Mnemonic Function
V
DD
1Positive Power Supply for the RF Section. Decoupling capacitors to the analog ground plane should be placed as
close as possible to this pin. V
DD
1 should have a value of between 2.6 V and 3.3 V. V
DD
1 must have the same
potential as V
DD
2.
V
P
1Power Supply for the RF Charge Pump. This should be greater than or equal to V
DD
.
CP
RF
Output from the RF Charge Pump. When enabled, this provides ±I
CP
to the external loop filter, which in turn
drives the external VCO.
DGND
RF
Ground Pin for the RF Digital Circuitry
RF
IN
A Input to the RF Prescaler. This low level input signal is normally ac-coupled to the external VCO.
RF
IN
BComplementary Input to the RF Prescaler. This point should be decoupled to the ground plane with a small
bypass capacitor, typically 100 pF.
AGND
RF
Ground Pin for the RF Analog Circuitry
REF
IN
Reference Input. This is a CMOS input with a nominal threshold of V
DD
/2 and an equivalent input resistance of
100 kΩ. This input can be driven from a TTL or CMOS crystal oscillator, or can be ac-coupled.
DGND
IF
Ground Pin for the IF Digital, Interface, and Control Circuitry
MUXOUT This multiplexer output allows either the IF/RF Lock Detect, the scaled RF, or the scaled Reference Frequency to
be accessed externally (Table V).
CLK Serial Clock Input. This serial clock is used to clock in the serial data to the registers. The data is latched into the
22-bit shift register on the CLK rising edge. This input is a high impedance CMOS input.
DATA Serial Data Input. The serial data is loaded MSB first with the two LSBs being the control bits. This input is a
high impedance CMOS input.
LE Load Enable, CMOS Input. When LE goes high, the data stored in the shift registers is loaded into one of the four
latches; the latch is selected using the control bits.
AGND
IF
Ground Pin for the IF Analog Circuitry
NC This pin is not connected internally (ADF4219L only).
IF
IN
BComplementary Input to the IF Prescaler. This point should be decoupled to the ground plane with a small bypass
capacitor, typically 100 pF (ADF4217L/ADF4218L only).
IF
IN
A Input to the IF Prescaler. This low level input signal is normally ac-coupled to the external VCO.
DGND
IF
Ground Pin for the IF Digital, Interface, and Control Circuitry
CP
IF
Output from the IF Charge Pump. When enabled, this provides ±I
CP
to the external loop filter, which in turn drives
the external VCO.
V
P
2Power Supply for the IF Charge Pump. This should be greater than or equal to V
DD
.
V
DD
2Positive Power Supply for the IF Interface and Oscillator Sections. Decoupling capacitors to the analog ground
plane should be placed as close as possible to this pin. V
DD
2 should have a value of between 2.6 V and 3.3 V.
V
DD
2 must have the same potential as V
DD
1.