ZHCSHN9A February 2018 – April 2018 LMK05028
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In 3-loop mode, the TCXO/OCXO source determines the free-run and holdover frequency stability and accuracy, and the XO source determines the output phase noise and jitter performance over the 12-kHz to 20-MHz integration band. 3-loop mode allows the use of a cost-effective, low-frequency TCXO/OCXO (such as 10 or 12.8 MHz) to support standards-compliant frequency stability and low loop bandwidth (≤10 Hz) required in synchronization applications like SyncE and SONET/SDH.
The principle of operation for 3-loop mode is as follows. After power-on reset and initialization, the APLL locks the VCO to the external XO input clock and operates in free-run mode. Once the external TCXO/OCXO input clock is detected, the TCXO-DPLL begins lock acquisition. The TCXO TDC compares the phase of the TCXO/OCXO clock and the TCXO FB divider clock (from the VCO) and generates a digital correction word corresponding to the phase error. The correction word is filtered by the TCXO DLF, and its output controls the APLL N divider SDM to pull the VCO frequency until it is locked to the TCXO/OCXO clock. After a valid reference input is selected, the REF-DPLL enters lock acquisition mode. The REF TDC compares the phase of the selected input clock and the REF FB divider clock (from the VCO) and generates a digital correction word. The correction word is filtered by the REF DLF, and its output controls the TCXO FB divider SDM which translates to a frequency offset to the TCXO TDC. This frequency correction propagates through the TCXO-DPLL which then controls the APLL N divider SDM to pull the VCO frequency until it is locked to the selected reference input clock.
If DCO mode is enabled on the REF-DPLL, a frequency deviation step value (FDEV) can be programmed and used to adjust (increment or decrement) the REF FB divider SDM, where the frequency adjustment effectively propagates through the 3 nested loops to the VCO output.
To ensure proper loop stability in 3-loop mode, the REF-DPLL has the lowest loop bandwidth (BWREF-DPLL ≤ 80 Hz, typical), the TCXO-DPLL has a higher loop bandwidth (BWREF-DPLL × 50 ≤ BWTCXO-DPLL ≤ 4 kHz), and the APLL has the highest bandwidth (BWAPLL is approximately 500 kHz typical).
When operating in 3-loop mode and all reference inputs to the REF-DPLL are lost, the PLL channel will enter holdover mode and operate similar to 2-loop TCXO-DPLL mode.