ICS252
Field Programmable Dual Output SS VersaClock Synthesizer
PCB Layout Recommendations
Output Drive Control
For optimum device performance and lowest output
phase noise, the following guidelines should be
observed.
The ICS252 has two output drive settings. Low drive
should be selected when outputs are less than 100
MHz. High drive should be selected when outputs are
greater than 100 MHz. (Consult the AC Electrical
Characteristics for output rise and fall times for each
drive option.)
1) The 0.01µF decoupling capacitor should be mounted
on the component side of the board as close to the
VDD pin as possible. No vias should be used between
the decoupling capacitor and VDD pin. The PCB trace
to VDD pin should be kept as short as possible, as
should the PCB trace to the ground via. Distance of the
ferrite bead and bulk decoupling from the device is less
critical.
ICS VersaClock Software
ICS applies years of PLL optimization experience into a
user friendly software that accepts the user’s target
reference clock and output frequencies and generates
the lowest jitter, lowest power configuration, with only a
press of a button. The user does not need to have prior
PLL experience or determine the optimal VCO
2) The external crystal should be mounted just next to
the device with short traces. The X1 and X2 traces
should not be routed next to each other with minimum
spaces, instead they should be separated and away
from other traces.
frequency to support multiple output frequencies.
VersaClock software quickly evaluates accessible VCO
frequencies with available output divide values and
provides an easy to understand, bar code rating for the
target output frequencies. The user may evaluate
output accuracy, performance trade-off scenarios in
seconds.
3) To minimize EMI, the 33Ω series termination resistor
(if needed) should be placed close to the clock output.
4) An optimum layout is one with all components on the
same side of the board, minimizing vias through other
signal layers. Other signal traces should be routed
away from the ICS252. This includes signal traces just
underneath the device, or on layers adjacent to the
ground plane layer used by the device.
Spread Spectrum Modulation
The ICS252 utilizes frequency modulation (FM) to
distribute energy over a range of frequencies. By
modulating the output clock frequencies, the device
effectively lowers energy across a broader range of
frequencies; thus, lowering a system’s
electro-magnetic interference (EMI). The modulation
rate is the time from transitioning from a minimum
frequency to a maximum frequency and then back to
the minimum.
ICS252 Configuration Capabilities
The architecture of the ICS252 allows the user to easily
configure the device to a wide range of output
frequencies, for a given input reference frequency.
The frequency multiplier PLL provides a high degree of
precision. The M/N values (the multiplier/divide values
available to generate the target VCO frequency) can be
set within the range of M = 1 to 2048 and N = 1 to 1024.
Spread Spectrum Modulation can be applied as either
“center spread” or “down spread”. During center spread
modulation, the deviation from the target frequency is
equal in the positive and negative directions. The
effective average frequency is equal to the target
frequency. In applications where the clock is driving a
component with a maximum frequency rating, down
spread should be applied. In this case, the maximum
frequency, including modulation, is the target
frequency. The effective average frequency is less than
the target frequency.
The ICS252 also provides separate output divide
values, from 2 through 20, to allow the two output clock
banks to support widely differing frequency values from
the same PLL.
Each output frequency can be represented
as:
REFFreq
OutputDivide
M
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OutputFreq =
⋅
N
The ICS252 operates in both center spread and down
spread modes. For center spread, the frequency can
be modulated between +/- 0.125% to +/-2.0%. For
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