General Description

The ICS840N202I is a highly flexible FemtoClock® NG general

purpose, low phase noise Frequency Translator / Synthesizer with

alarm and monitoring functions suitable for networking and

communications applications. It is able to generate any output

frequency in the 1MHz - 250MHz range (see Table 3 for details). A

wide range of input reference clocks and a range of low-cost

fundamental mode crystal frequencies may be used as the source

for the output frequency.

The ICS840N202I has three operating modes to support a very

broad spectrum of applications:

1) Frequency Synthesizer

• Synthesizes output frequencies from a 16MHz - 40MHz

fundamental mode crystal.

• Fractional feedback division is used, so there are no

requirements for any specific crystal frequency to produce the

desired output frequency with a high degree of accuracy.

2) High-Bandwidth Frequency Translator

• Applications: PCI Express, Computing, General Purpose

• Translates any input clock in the 16MHz - 710MHz frequency

range into any supported output frequency.

• This mode has a high PLL loop bandwidth in order to track input

reference changes, such as Spread-Spectrum Clock

modulation, so it will not attenuate much jitter on the input

reference.

3) Low-Bandwidth Frequency Translator

• Applications: Networking & Communications.

• Translates any input clock in the 8kHz - 710MHz frequency

range into any supported output frequency.

• This mode supports PLL loop bandwidths in the 10Hz - 580Hz

range and makes use of an external crystal to provide

significant jitter attenuation.

This device provides two factory-programmed default power-up

configurations burned into One-Time Programmable (OTP) memory.

The configuration to be used is selected by the CONFIG pin. The two

configurations are specified by the customer and are programmed by

IDT during the final test phase from an on-hand stock of blank

devices. The two configurations may be completely independent of

one another.

One usage example might be to install the device on a line card with

two optional daughter cards: an OC-3 option (configuration 0)

requiring a 155.52MHz clock translated from a 19.44MHz input and

a Gigabit Ethernet option (configuration 1) requiring a 125MHz clock

translated from the same 19.44MHz input reference.

To implement other configurations, these power-up default settings

can be overwritten after power-up using the I2C interface and the

device can be completely reconfigured. However, these settings

would have to be re-written each time the device powers-up.

Features

• Fourth generation FemtoClock® NG technology

• Universal Frequency Translator/Frequency Synthesizer

• Two LVCMOS/LVTTL outputs

• Both outputs may be set to use 2.5V or 3.3V output levels

• Programmable output frequency: 1.0MHz to 250MHz

• Two differential inputs support the following input types: LVPECL,

LVDS, LVHSTL, HCSL

• Input frequency range: 8kHz - 710MHz

• Crystal input frequency range: 16MHz - 40MHz

• Two factory-set register configurations for power-up default state

• Power-up default configuration pin or register selectable

• Configurations customized via One-Time Programmable ROM

• Settings may be overwritten after power-up via I2C

• I2C Serial interface for register programming

• RMS phase jitter at 125MHz, using a 40MHz crystal

(12kHz - 20MHz): 616fs (typical), Low Bandwidth Mode (FracN)

• Output supply voltage modes:

VDD/VDDA/VDDO

3.3V/3.3V/3.3V

3.3V/3.3V/2.5V

2.5V/2.5V/2.5V

• -40°C to 85°C ambient operating temperature

• Lead-free (RoHS 6) packaging