DS100DF410
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Feature Description (continued)
7.3.12 Ref_mode 0 Mode (Reference Clock Not Required)
The DS100DF410 can be used without using a reference clock and the input REFCLK_IN pin can be open.
When register 0x36, bits [5:4] are set to 2’b00, the device operates without using a reference clock at 10.3125
Gbps mode.
For 1GbE applications, it is required to bypass the CDR by setting the override bit 5 of register 0x09 to 1, and set
the data mux bits [7:5] to 3'b000 of register 0x1E.
7.3.13 Ref_mode 3 Mode (Reference Clock Required)
When using ref_mode 3, the device uses an external 25 MHz clock. This mode of operation is set in register
0x36 bits [5:4] = 2'b11 and is the default setting. In ref_mode 3, the external reference clock is used to aid initial
phase lock, and to determine when its VCO is properly phase-locked. An external oscillator should be used to
generate a 2.5V, 25 MHz reference signal which is connected to the DS100DF410 on the reference clock input
pin (pin 19). The DS100DF410 does not include a crystal oscillator circuit, so a stand-alone external oscillator is
required.
The reference clock speeds up the initial phase lock acquisition. The DS100DF410 is set to phase lock to a
known data rate, or a constrained set of known data rates, and the digital circuitry in the DS100DF410 pre-
configures the VCO frequency. This enables the DS100DF410 phase-lock to the incoming signal very quickly.
The reference clock is used to calibrate the VCO coarse tuning. However, the reference clock is not synchronous
to the data stream, and the quality of the reference clock does not affect the jitter on the output retimed data. The
retimed data clock for each channel is synchronous to the VCO internal to that channel of the DS100DF410.
The phase noise of the reference clock is not critical. Any commercially-available 25 MHz oscillator can provide
an acceptable reference clock. The reference clock can be daisy-chained from one retimer to another so that
only one reference oscillator is required in a system.
7.3.14 False Lock Detector Setting
The register 0x2F, bit 1 is set to 1 by default, which disables the false lock detector. This bit must be set to 0 to
enable the false lock detector function.
7.3.15 Reference Clock In
REFCLK_IN pin 19 is for reference clock input. A 25 MHz oscillator should be connected to pin 19. See Electrical
Characteristics for the requirements on the 25 MHz clock. The frequency of the reference clock should always be
25 MHz no matter what data rate or mode of operation is used.
7.3.16 Reference Clock Out
REFCLK_OUT pin 42 is the reference clock output pin. The DS100DF410 drives a buffered replica of the 25
MHz reference clock input on this output pin. If there are multiple DS100DF410 in the system, the REFCLK_OUT
pin can be directly connected to the REFCLK_IN pin of another DS100DF410 in a daisy chain connection. The
other option is to connect the external 25 MHz oscillator to a clock fanout buffer to distribute the 25 MHz clock to
each DS100DF410, which ensures there is a reference clock for the DS100DF410.
7.3.17 Daisy Chain of REFCLK_OUT to REFCLK_IN
When daisy chaining the device REFCLK_OUT to the REFCLK_IN of another device, the trace connection
should be less than 1.5 inches (about 5pF trace capacitance) and it is possible to cascade up to 9 devices. While
in other systems with longer interconnecting trace or more capacitive loading, the daisy chain of multiple devices
should be reduced. In a system which requires longer daisy chain, it is recommended to place an inverted gate
after the 6th devices. The pre-distorted duty cycle from the inverter allows longer daisy chain. A better approach
is to break the long daisy chain into shorter chains, each driven by a buffer version of the clock distribution and
with each chain kept to a maximum of 6 cascade devices. As an example, if there are 12 devices in the system,
the daisy chain connections can be divided into two groups of 6 devices and PCB trace length for the reference
clock output to input connection. Should be 1.5 inch or less.
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