NJ8821 DS3278-1.3 NJ8821 FREQUENCY SYNTHESISER (MICROPROCESSOR INTERFACE) WITH RESETTABLE COUNTERS The NJ8821 is a synthesiser circuit fabricated on the GPS CMOS process and is capable of achieving high sideband attenuation and low noise performance. It contains a reference oscillator, 11-bit programmable reference divider, digital and sample-and-hold comparators, 10-bit programmable ‘M’ counter, 7-bit programmable ‘A’ counter and the necessary control and latch circuitry for accepting and latching the input data. Data is presented as eight 4-bit words under external control from a suitable microprocessor.. It is intended to be used in conjunction with a two-modulus prescaler such as the SP8710 series to produce a universal binary coded synthesiser. The NJ8821 is available in Plastic DIL (DP) and Miniature Plastic DIL (MP) packages, both with operating temperature range of 230°C to 170°C. The NJ8821MA is available only in Ceramic DIL package with operating temperature range of 240°C to 185°C. FEATURES ■ ■ ■ ■ PDA 1 20 CH PDB 2 19 RB LD 3 18 MC FIN 4 17 DS2 VSS 5 16 DS1 VDD 6 15 DS0 OSC IN 7 14 PE OSC OUT 8 13 NC D0 9 12 D3 D1 10 11 D2 NJ8821 DP20, MP20 DG20 Fig.1 Pin connections - top view Low Power Consumption Microprocessor Compatible ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS High Performance Sample and Hold Phase Detector Supply voltage, VDD2VSS Input voltage Open drain output, pin 3 All other pins Storage temperature >10MHz Input Frequency ORDERING INFORMATION NJ8821 BA DP Plastic DIL Package NJ8821 BA MP Miniature Plastic DIL Package NJ8821 MA DG Ceramic DIL Package Storage temperature DATA SELECT INPUTS DS0 DS1 DS2 15 PROGRAM ENABLE (PE) OSC IN OSC OUT 14 7 16 RB 17 FIN VDD LATCH SELECT LOGIC REFERENCE COUNTER (11BITS) 42 fr 9 10 11 12 20 SAMPLE/HOLD PHASE DETECTOR 1 FREQUENCY/ PHASE DETECTOR 2 3 LATCH 4 LATCH 5 LATCH 1 LATCH 2 LATCH 3 ‘A’ COUNTER (7 BITS) ‘M’ COUNTER (10 BITS) PDA PDB LOCK DETECT (LD) VSS fv 6 CONTROL LOGIC VSS CH TO INTERNAL LATCHES 8 4 7V VSS20·3V to VDD10·3V 265°C to 1150°C (DG package, NJ8821MA) 255°C to 1125°C (DP and MP packages, NJ8821) 19 LATCH 6 LATCH 7 LATCH 8 D0 DATA D1 INPUTS D2 D3 20·5V to 7V 5 Fig.2 Block diagram 18 MODULUS CONTROL OUTPUT (MC) NJ8821 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS AT VDD = 5V Test conditions unless otherwise stated: VDD–VSS=5V ±0·5V. Temperature range NJ8821 BA: –30°C to +70°C; NJ8821MA: –40°C to +85°C DC Characteristics Min. Supply current OUTPUT LEVELS Modulus Control Output (MC) High level Low level Lock Detect Output (LD) Low level Open drain pull-up voltage PDB Output High level Low level 3-state leakage current INPUT LEVELS Data Inputs (D0-D3) High level Low level Program Enable Input (PE) High level Low level Data Select Inputs (DS0-DS2) High level Low level Units Conditions Typ. Max. 3·5 0·7 5·5 1·5 mA mA 0·4 V V ISOURCE = 1mA ISINK = 1mA 0·4 7 V V ISINK = 4mA 0·4 ±0·1 V V µA ISOURCE = 5mA ISINK = 5mA 0·4 V V TTL compatible See note 1 0·75 V V 0·75 V V 4·6 4·6 4·25 4·25 4·25 fosc, fFIN = 10MHz fosc, fFIN = 1·0MHz Value Characteristic 0 to 5V square wave AC Characteristics Value Characteristic Min. Propagation delay, clock to MC Strobe pulse width, tW(ST) Data set-up time, tDS Data hold time, tDH Latch address set-up time, tSE Latch address hold time, tHE Digital phase detector propagation delay Gain programming resistor, RB Hold capacitor, CH Output resistance, PDA Digital phase detector gain Units 200 10·6 30 Conditions Max. 50 mVRMS 10MHz AC-coupled sinewave MHz Input squarewave VDD to VSS, See note 4. ns See note 2. µs µs See Fig. 6 µs µs µs ns See note 3. kΩ nF kΩ V/Rad FIN and OSC IN input level Max. operating frequency, fFIN and fosc Typ. 2 1 1 1 1 500 5 1 5 0·4 NOTES 1. Data inputs have internal pull-up resistors to enable them to be driven from TTL outputs. 2. All counters have outputs directly synchronous with their respective clock rising edges. 3. The finite output resistance of the internal voltage follower and ‘on’ resistance of the sample switch driving this pin will add a finite time constant to the loop. An external 1nF hold capacitor will give a maximum time constant of 5µs, typically. 4. Operation at up to 15MHz is possible with a full logic swing but is not guaranteed. 2 NJ8821 PIN DESCRIPTIONS Pin no. Name Description 1 PDA Analog output from the sample and hold phase comparator for use as a ‘fine’ error signal. Output at (VDD2VSS)/2 when the system is in lock. Voltage increases as fv phase lead increases; voltage decreases as fr phase lead increases. Output is linear over only a narrow phase window, determined by gain (programmed by RB). 2 PDB Three-state output from the phase/frequency detector for use as a ‘coarse’ error signal. fv. fr or fv leading: positive pulses with respect to the bias point VBIAS fv , fr or fr leading: negative pulses with respect to the bias point VBIAS fv = fr and phase error within PDA window: high impedance. 3 LD An open-drain lock detect output at low level when phase error is within PDA window (in lock); high impedance at all other times. 4 FIN The input to the main counters, normally driven from a prescaler, which may be AC-coupled or, when a full logic swing is available, may be DC-coupled. 5 VSS Negative supply (ground). 6 VDD Positive supply. OSC IN/ These pins form an on-chip reference oscillator when a series resonant crystal is connected across OSC OUT them. Capacitors of appropriate value are also required between each end of the crystal and ground to provide the necessary additional phase shift. An external reference signal may, alternatively, be applied to OSC IN. This may be a low-level signal, AC-coupled, or if a full logic swing is available it may be DC-coupled. The program range of the reference counter is 3 to 2047, with the division ratio being twice the programmed number. 7, 8 9,10, 11, 12 D0-D3 13 NC No connection 14 PE This pin is used as a strobe for the data. A logic ‘1’ on this pin transfers data from the D0-D3 pins to the internal latch addressed by the data select (DS0-DS2) pins . A logic ‘0’ disables the data inputs. 15, 16, 17 DS0-DS2 18 MC Modulus control output for controlling an external dual-modulus prescaler. MC will be low at the beginning of a count cycle and will remain low until the ‘A’ counter completes its cycle. MC then goes high and remains high until the ‘M’ counter completes its cycle, at which point both ‘A’ and ‘M’ counters are reset. This gives a total division ratio of MP1A, where P and P11 represent the dual-modulus prescaler values. The program range of the ‘A’ counter is 0-127 and therefore can control prescalers with a division ratio up to and including 4128/129. The programming range of the ‘M’ counter is 8-1023 and, for correct operation, M>A. Where every possible channel is required, the minimum total division ratio should be P 22P. 19 RB An external sample and hold phase comparator gain programming resistor should be connected between this pin and VSS. 20 CH An external hold capacitor should be connected between this pin and VSS. Data on these inputs is transferred to the internal data latches during the appropriate data read time slot. D3 is MSB, D0 is LSB. Data select inputs for addressing the internal data latches 8 2·0 VDD = 5V FIN = LOW FREQUENCY 0V TO 5V SQUARE WAVE 7 1·5 SUPPLY CURRENT (mA) SUPPLY CURRENT (mA) VDD = 5V OSC IN, FIN = 0V TO 5V SQUARE WAVE OSC IN 1·0 FIN 6 5 10MHz 4 1MHz 3 2 0·5 TOTAL SUPPLY CURRENT IS THE SUM OF THAT DUE TO FIN AND OSC IN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 INPUT FREQUENCY (MHz) 8 Fig. 3 Typical supply current v. input frequency 9 1 10 0·2 0·4 0·6 0·8 1·0 1·2 INPUT LEVEL (V RMS) 1·4 1·6 Fig. 4 Typical supply current v. input level, OSC IN 3 NJ8821 PROGRAMMING Timing is generated externally, normally from a microprocessor, and allows the user to change the data in selected latches as defined by the data map Fig.5. The PE pin is used as a strobe for the data: taking PE high causes data to be transferred from the data pins (D0-D3) into the addressed latch. Following the falling edge of PE, the data is retained in the addressed latch and the data inputs are disabled. Data transfer from all internal latches into the counters occurs simultaneously with the transfer of data into latch 1, which would therefore normally be the last latch addressed during each channel change. Timing information for this mode of operation is given in Fig. 6. When re-programming, a reset to zero state is followed by reloading with the new counter values. This means that the synthesiser loop lock-up time is well defined and less than 10ms. If shorter lock-up times are are required when making only small changes in frequency, the GPS NJ8823 (with nonresettable counters) should be considered. WORD DS2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 DS1 DS0 D3 D2 D1 D0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 M1 M5 M9 A3 R3 R7 - M0 M4 M8 A2 A6 R2 R6 R10 M3 M7 A1 A5 R1 R5 R9 M2 M6 A0 A4 R0 R4 R8 Fig. 5 Data map DS0-DS2 PE D0 - D3 tDS tSE tDH tW(ST) tHE Fig. 6 Timing diagram PHASE COMPARATORS The digital phase/frequency detector drives a three-state output, PDB, which provides a ‘coarse’ error signal to enable fast switching between channels. The PDB output is active until the phase error is within the sample and hold phase detector, PDA, window, when PDB becomes high impedance. Phase-lock is indicated at this point by a low level on LD. The sample and hold phase detector provides a ‘fine’ error signal to give further phase adjustment and to hold the loop in lock. An internally generated ramp, controlled by the digital output from both the reference and main divider chains, is sampled at the reference frequency to give the ‘fine’ error signal, PDA. When in phase lock, this output would be typically at (VDD2VSS)/2 and any offset from this would be proportional to phase error. The relationship between this offset and the 4 phase error is the phase comparator gain, which is programmable with an external resistor, RB. An internal 50pF capacitor is used in the sample and hold comparator. CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR When using the internal oscillator, the stability may be enhanced at high frequencies by the inclusion of a resistor between pin 8 (OSC OUT) and the other components. A value of 150-270Ω is advised. PROGRAMMING/POWER UP Data and signal input pins should not have input applied to them prior to the application of VDD, as otherwise latch-up may occur. NJ8821 HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONS GEC PLESSEY SEMICONDUCTORS Cheney Manor, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 2QW, United Kingdom. Tel: (0793) 518000 Fax: (0793) 518411 GEC PLESSEY SEMICONDUCTORS P.O. Box 660017 1500 Green Hills Road, Scotts Valley, California 95067-0017, United States of America. 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