Frequency Reference
The internal reference oscillator contains all of the passive
components required. An appropriate series-resonant crystal
should be connected between XTAL1 (1) and XTAL2 (2). In
IBM-compatible applications, this will typically be a
14.31818 MHz crystal, but fundamental mode crystals be-
tween 10 MHz and 25 MHz have been tested. Maintain short
lead lengths between the crystal and the ICS2694. In ord er to
optimize the quality of the quartz crystal oscillator, the input
switchi ng threshold of XTAL1 is VDD/2 rather than the con-
ventional 1.4V of TTL. Therefore, XTAL1 may not respond
properly to a legal TTL signal since TTL is not required to
exceed VDD/2. Therefore, another clock input CLKIN (pin 13)
has been added to the chip which is sized to have an input
switching point of 1.4V. Inside the chip, these two inputs are
ANDED. Therefore, when using the XTAL1 and XTAL2,
CLKIN should be held high. (It has a pull-up.) When using
CLKIN, XTAL1 should be held high. (It does not have a
pull-up because a pull-up would interfere with the oscillator
bias.)
It is anticipated that some applications will use both clock
inputs , properly gated, for eith er board test or unique system
fun ctio ns. By ge nerat ing all the sy st em clocks from one refer-
ence input, the phase and delay relationships between the
vari ous o utp uts wil l rem a in re lat iv el y fixed, t he re by e lim ina t -
ing prob le ms arising from totally unsynchro niz ed clocks inter-
acting in a system.
Power Supply Conditioning
The ICS2694 is a member of the second generation of dot clock
pro duc ts. By inc orp ora ti ng the lo op filt er on chi p and upgr ad -
ing the VCO, the ease of application has been substantially
improved over earlier products. If a stable and noise-free power
supply is available, no external components are required. How-
eve r, in some appl ica ti ons it may be jud icio us to de c oupl e t he
power supply as shown in Figures 1 or 2. Figure 1 is the normal
configuration for 5 volt only appl ications . Which of the two
pro vides sup erior performance d epen ds on the noise co ntent of
the p ower supplie s. In gene ral , the configur atio n of Figure 1 is
satisfactory. Figure 2 is the more conventional if a 12 volt
analog supply is available, although the improved performance
comes at a cost of an extra component; however , the cost of t he
discre t es used in Fig ure 1’s are less tha n the co st of Figure 1’s
di screte c om po n ents.
Since the ICS2694 outputs a large nu mber of high-frequency
clocks, conservative design practices are recommended. Care
should be exercised in the board layout of supply and ground
trac es, and a dequate powe r supply de c oupl in g capa c itors c on -
siste nt wit h the applic a tion should be used .
R1
33
+5
+5
DVDD
VSS, AVSS
AVDD
C2
22µV
C1
C3
.µ1F
.µ1F
Fi gu re 1
D1R1
470
+120
+50 DVDD
VSS, AVSS
AVDD
4.7V
C1
C2
.µ1F
.µ1F
Fi gu re 2
ICS2694
3