EDN

Multi benefits from multi-PLL programmable clocks

There are several different solutions for meeting the clock requirements in set-top box, digital TV, home gateway and consumer applications. Crystals and CMOS crystal oscillators have traditionally ...
EDN

Designing with multi-PLL and spread-spectrum clocks in digital entertainment equipment

Nearly every electronic system, whether analog or digital, needs a timing reference for its circuitry. The timing reference or clock has traditionally used crystals or crystal oscillators (crystal ...
Embedded

Dealing with PLL clock jitter in advanced processor designs: Part 3

Before we discuss the guidelines that the developer must follow when measuring TIE jitter, it is useful to also look at jitter for a much more general case in which jitter is not assumed to be ...
Design-Reuse

Specifying a PLL Part 3: Jitter Budgeting for Synthesis

This white paper is aimed at system architects and physical implementation leaders working on the design of SoCs. It can be confusing to understand the impact of different jitter sources and how to ...
New Electronics

SiLabs introduces first 4-PLL clock ICs

Silicon Laboratories has introduced what it claims are the industry's highest performance and most integrated clock ICs, designed to address the complex timing requirements of high speed optical ...
Design-Reuse

M31 Announces New 12nm Digital PLL IP to Drive the Benefits of IoT Clock Technology

June 28, 2023-- M31 Technology Corporation (M31), a global silicon intellectual property (IP) provider, recently announced that the 12nm Digital PLL IP has completed chip validation and is ready for ...
Electronic Design

Unconventional PLL Uses BTSC Pilot To Generate Master Clock

Multichannel television sound (MTS), better known as Broadcast Television System Committee (BTSC) encoding, is used in many analog cable set-top boxes for TV. The BTSC pilot is at the same frequency ...
Electronic Design

Elastomer Socket Handles BGA PLL Clock Drivers

Accommodating 0.8-mm pitch, 96-position BGAs, the PA-BGA96C-Z-01 probing and prototyping adapter with GHz BGA socket employs a high-performance, low-inductance elastomer contactor. Operating ...