Electronic Design

Bulletproof Your System Timing With Programmable Clocks

Ever wondered how much timing margin your system really has? You’ve probably asked some questions along these lines, such as: Does my crystal really need 20 parts-per-million (ppm) accuracy? What if ...
Electronic Design

Digital ICs/DSPs: Programmable Clock Chips Allow In-System Configuration

The VersaTime clock family offers a complete portfolio of programmable skew and zero-delay buffers with nonvolatile programming capability, enabling customers to consolidate multiple dedicated ...
EDN

Enhance circuit timing design with programmable clock generators (Part 1 of 2)

For additional ways to reduce EMI through board layout and related techniques, this 4-minute video gives tips and techniques: http://focus.ti.com/lit/ml/sllc324 ...
Embedded

NETWORKING: ON Semi intros Programmable Clock Multiplier for consumer networking apps

Phoenix, Az. – ON Semiconductor has just introduced its NB3N3020 high precision, low phase noise, programmable clock multiplier for which it claims best-in-class jitter performance. The device ...
New Electronics

Programmable clock cuts power loss by 60%

Exar's XR81112 series of ultra low jitter programmable clocks is said to dissipate 60% less power than competing solutions. The devices offer output frequencies from 10MHz to 1.5GHz with ultra low ...
Electronics Weekly

Programmable clock’s RMS phase jitter is just 0.7ps

Integrated Device Technology has introduced a range of programmable clock generators with RMS phase jitter less than 0.7 picoseconds over the full 12kHz to 20MHz range. As a result the devices meet ...
The Engineer

Programmable clock generators detect power-down status

Mouser Electronics is now shipping the VersaClock 3S range of programmable clock generators from Integrated Device Technology. The VersaClock 3S chips are intelligent timing devices to detect ...
Embedded

Using programmable spread spectrum clock generators for EMI Reduction

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is energy that adversely affects theperformance of electrical/electronic equipment by creating undesirableresponses or complete operational failure. EMI is caused ...
Design-Reuse

Enhance circuit timing design with programmable clock generators (Part 1 of 2)

As digital systems migrate towards increased integration with higher speeds for complicated signal processing capabilities, timing design has become critical for robust system performance, while ...