The Smart Timing Choice
The Smart Timing Choice
SiT3808
1 MHz to 80 MHz High Performance MEMS VCXO
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Programmable Drive Strength
The SiT3808 includes a programmable drive strength feature
to provide a simple, flexible tool to optimize the clock rise/fall
time for specific applications. Benefits from the programmable
drive strength feature are:
• Improves system radiated electromagnetic interference
(EMI) by slowing down the clock rise/fall time.
• Improves the downstream clock receiver’s (RX) jitter by de-
creasing (speeding up) the clock rise/fall time.
• Ability to drive large capacitive loads while maintaining full
swing with sharp edge rates.
For more detailed information about rise/fall time control and
drive strength selection, see the SiTime Application Notes
section; http://www.sitime.com/support/application-notes.
EMI Reduction by Slowing Rise/Fall Time
Figure 11 shows the harmonic power reduction as the rise/fall
times are increased (slowed down). The rise/fall times are
expressed as a ratio of the clock period. For the ratio of 0.05,
the signal is very close to a square wave. For the ratio of 0.45,
the signal is very close to near-triangular waveform. These
results, for example, show that the 11th clock harmonic can be
reduced by 35 dB if the rise/fall edge is increased from 5% of
the period to 45% of the period.
Figure 11. Harmonic EMI reduction as a Function of
Slower Rise/Fall Time
Jitter Reduction with Faster Rise/Fall Time
Power supply noise can be a source of jitter for the
downstream chipset. One way to reduce this jitter is to
increase rise/fall time (edge rate) of the input clock. Some
chipsets would require faster rise/fall time in order to reduce
their sensitivity to this type of jitter. Refer to the Rise/Fall Time
Tables to determine the proper drive strength.
High Output Load Capability
The rise/fall time of the input clock varies as a function of the
actual capacitive load the clock drives. At any given drive
strength, the rise/fall time becomes slower as the output load
increases. As an example, for a 3.3V SiT3808 device with
default drive strength setting, the typical rise/fall time is
1.15 ns for 15 pF output load. The typical rise/fall time slows
down to 2.72 ns when the output load increases to 45 pF. One
can choose to speed up the rise/fall time to 1.41 ns by then
increasing the drive strength setting to “P” (reference to the
drive strength code in Table 10) on the SiT3808.
The SiT3808 can support up to 60 pF maximum capacitive
loads. Refer to the Rise/Tall Time Tables to determine the
proper drive strength for the desired combination of output
load vs. rise/fall time.
SiT3808 Drive Strength Selection
Tables 7 through 10 define the rise/fall times for a given capac-
itive load and supply voltage.
1. Select the table that matches the SiT3808 nominal supply
voltage (1.8V, 2.5V, 2.8V, 3.3V).
2. Select the capacitive load column that matches the appli-
cation requirement (5 pF to 60 pF)
3. Under the capacitive load column, select the desired
rise/fall times.
4. The left-most column represents the part number code for
the corresponding drive strength.
5. Add the drive strength code to the part number for ordering
purposes.
Calculating Maximum Frequency
Based on the rise and fall time data given in Tables 7 through
10, the maximum frequency the oscillator can operate with
guaranteed full swing of the output voltage over temperature
can be calculated as follows:
Where Trf_10/90 is the typical rise/fall time at 10% to 90% Vdd.
Example 1
Calculate fMAX for the following condition:
• Vdd = 3.3V (Table 10)
• Capacitive Load: 30 pF
• Typical Tr/f time = 1.66 ns (drive strength part number code
= G)
Part number for the above example:
SiT3808AIGG2-33EH-49.152000
Drive strength code is inserted here. Default setting is “-”
1357911
-80
-70
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
Harmonic number
Harmonic amplitude (dB)
trise=0.05
trise=0.1
trise=0.15
trise=0.2
trise=0.25
trise=0.3
trise=0.35
trise=0.4
trise=0.45
=1
6 x Trf_10/90
Max Frequency