Ultra-low Jitter Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer PLL (5nm - 180nm)

Overview

Widely programmable fractional-N delta sigma frequency synthesizer. Low Power/ Low Area hard macro with industry leading jitter performance for its power/area class.
Product is currently in mass production from 7nm to 28nm, and taped out in 5nm.

Key Features

  • Jitter-Power optimized to meet PCIe1-5 reference clock requirements
  • Wide functional range
  • 24 bit fractional resolution so output frequency is programmable in steps less than 0.01ppm
  • Noise Cancellation DAC enables ultra-low jitter in fractional mode -- better than "Low jitter" integer PLLs from many others
  • Pairs with DPLL digital loop filter to construst a Jitter Cleaner PLL
  • Small footprint
  • Optional Spread Spectrum clock generation capability

Benefits

  • Jitter-Power optimized to meet PCIe1-5 reference clock requirements - replaces 300mW/$2.50 clock chip
  • Low area on chip -- keepouts = DRC limit in most cases
  • Self biased and automatically adjusts for any input frequency, so no complicated programming is required

Applications

  • SerDes reference clock
  • AFE/ADC/DAC reference clock

Deliverables

  • GDSII
  • CDL Netlist (MG Calibre Compatible)
  • Functional Verilog Model
  • Liberty timing models (.lib)
  • LEF
  • Application Note

Technical Specifications

Foundry, Node
TSMC -- 5nm to 40nm
Maturity
Production
Availability
Available Now
Renesas
In Production: 90nm
TSMC
In Production: 12nm , 16nm , 28nm
Pre-Silicon: 5nm
Silicon Proven: 7nm , 40nm G
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