Semiconductor Engineering

Jitter Budgeting For Clock Distribution Networks In High-Speed PHYs And SerDes

This paper presents a simple but practically precise estimation of periodic single-tone power supply induced jitter (PSIJ) for MOS clock buffer chains. The estimation is algebraically simple for its ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Designing A Better Clock Network

Laying the proper clock network architecture foundation makes all the difference for the best performance, power, and timing of a chip, particularly in advanced node SoCs packed with billions of ...
EDN

Buffers minimize jitter in clock distribution, differential signal lines

High performance clock buffers — those without phase-locked loops (PLLs) — are often used in communications designs for duplication, distribution and fanout of clock signals. Sensitivity to long-term ...
Electronic Design

Timing Decisions 102: Optimize Your Clock Tree

The importance of timing requirements and jitter budgets for FPGAs, ASICs, and SoCs. How to utilize the information portrayed in a clock tree to choose the most well-suited clock generator for your ...
Electronic Design

SDRs as a Reference and Common Clock Source for GNSS Timing Apps

What SDRs are and why they’re important to GNSS timing systems. How SDR clock distribution ensures that various functions of a GNSS system are properly synchronized. Integration of ground stations, ...
EDN

System Clock Generators: A Comparison of a PLL Synthesizer vs. a Crystal Oscillator Clock

An electronic system requires a reliable, precision timing reference: the system clock. We examine and compare two forms of system clocks, the Crystal Oscillator and the Phase Locked Loop Synthesizer ...