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MC12430
MOTOROLA ADVANCED CLOCK DRIVERS DEVICE DATA
383
The M and N counters can be loaded either through a paral-
lel or serial interface. The parallel interface is controlled via the
P_LOAD signal such that a LOW to HIGH transition will latch
the information present on the M[8:0] and N[1:0] inputs into the
M and N counters. When the P_LOAD signal is LOW, the input
latches will be transparent and any changes on the M[8:0] and
N[1:0] inputs will affect the FOUT output pair. To use the serial
port, the S_CLOCK signal samples the information on the
S_DATA line and loads it into a 14 bit shift register. Note that
the P_LOAD signal must be HIGH for the serial load operation
to function. The Test register is loaded with the first three bits,
the N register with the next two and the M register with the final
eight bits of the data stream on the S_DATA input. For each
register, the most significant bit is loaded first (T2, N1 and M8).
A pulse on the S_LOAD pin after the shift register is fully
loaded will transfer the divide values into the counters. The
HIGH to LOW transition on the S_LOAD input will latch the
new divide values into the counters. Figure 4 illustrates the
timing diagram for both a parallel and a serial load of the
MC12430 synthesizer.
M[8:0] and N[1:0] are normally specified once at power–up
through the parallel interface, and then possibly again through
the serial interface. This approach allows the application to
come up at one frequency and then change or fine–tune the
clock as the ability to control the serial interface becomes
available.
The TEST output provides visibility for one of the several
internal nodes as determined by the T[2:0] bits in the serial
configuration stream. It is not configurable through the parallel
interface. The T2, T1 and T0 control bits are preset to ‘000’
when P_LOAD is LOW so that the PECL FOUT outputs are as
jitter–free as possible. Any active signal on the TEST output
pin will have detrimental affects on the jitter of the PECL output
pair. In normal operations, jitter specifications are only guaran-
teed if the TEST output is static. The serial configuration port
can be used to select one of the alternate functions for this pin.
Most of the signals available on the TEST output pin are
useful only for performance verification of the MC12430 itself.
However, the PLL bypass mode may be of interest at the board
level for functional debug. When T[2:0] is set to 110 the
MC12430 is placed in PLL bypass mode. In this mode the
S_CLOCK input is fed directly into the M and N dividers. The N
divider drives the FOUT differential pair and the M counter
drives the TEST output pin. In this mode the S_CLOCK input
could be used for low speed board level functional test or de-
bug. Bypassing the PLL and driving FOUT directly gives the
user more control on the test clocks sent through the clock
tree. Figure 5 shows the functional setup of the PLL bypass
mode. Because the S_CLOCK is a CMOS level, the input fre-
quency is limited to 250 MHz or less. This means the fastest
the FOUT pin can be toggled via the S_CLOCK is 250MHz as
the minimum divide ratio of the N counter is 1. Note that the M
counter output on the TEST output will not be a 50% duty cycle
due to the way the divider is implemented.
T2
T1
T0
TEST (Pin 20)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
SHIFT REGISTER OUT
HIGH
FREF
M COUNTER OUT/2
FOUT
LOW
M COUNTER/2 in
PLL Bypass Mode
FOUT/4
Figure 4. Timing Diagram
S_CLOCK
S_DATA
S_LOAD
M[8:0]
N[1:0]
P_LOAD
T2
T1
T0
N1
N0
M8 M7 M6 M5 M4 M3 M2 M1
M0
M, N
First
Bit
Last
Bit