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Clock Generator Module (CGM)
To allow software to clear status bits during a break interrupt, write a
logic 1 to the BCFE bit. If a status bit is cleared during the break state, it
remains cleared when the MCU exits the break state.
To protect the PLLF bit during the break state, write a logic 0 to the BCFE
bit. With BCFE at logic 0 (its default state), software can read and
write the PLL control register during the break state without affecting
the PLLF bit.
10.10 Acquisition/Lock Time Specifications
The acquisition and lock times of the PLL are, in many applications, the
most critical PLL design parameters. Proper design and use of the PLL
ensures the highest stability and lowest acquisition/lock times.
10.10.1 Acquisition/Lock Time Definitions
Typical control systems refer to the acquisition time or lock time as the
reaction time, within specified tolerances, of the system to a step input.
In a PLL, the step input occurs when the PLL is turned on or when it
suffers a noise hit. The tolerance is usually specified as a percent of the
step input or when the output settles to the desired value plus or minus
a percent of the frequency change. Therefore, the reaction time is
constant in this definition, regardless of the size of the step input. For
example, consider a system with a 5 percent acquisition time tolerance.
If a command instructs the system to change from 0 Hz to 1 MHz, the
acquisition time is the time taken for the frequency to reach
1 MHz ±50 kHz. Fifty kHz = 5 percent of the 1-MHz step input. If the
system is operating at 1 MHz and suffers a –100 kHz noise hit, the
acquisition time is the time taken to return from 900 kHz to
1 MHz ±5 kHz. Five kHz = 5 percent of the 100-kHz step input.
Other systems refer to acquisition and lock times as the time the system
takes to reduce the error between the actual output and the desired
output to within specified tolerances. Therefore, the acquisition or lock
time varies according to the original error in the output. Minor errors may
not even be registered. Typical PLL applications prefer to use this
definition because the system requires the output frequency to be within
Technical Data
MC68HC908AS60 — Rev. 1.0
Clock Generator Module (CGM)
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