General Description

The ICS872S480 is a Zero Delay Clock Generator with hitless input

clock switching capability. The ICS872S480 is ideal for use in

redundant, fault tolerant clock trees where low jitter frequency

synthesis are critical. The device receives two differential clock

signals from which it generates two outputs with “zero” delay. The

output and feedback dividers are configured to allow for a 1:1

frequency generation ratio.

The ICS872S480 Dynamic Clock Switch (DCS) circuit continuously

monitors both input clock signals. Upon detection of an invalid clock

input (stuck LOW or HIGH for at least one complete clock period of

the VCO feedback frequency), the loss of reference monitor will be

set HIGH. If that clock is the primary clock, the DCS will switch to the

good secondary clock and phase/frequency alignment will occur

with minimal output phase disturbance. Once the primary clock is

restored to a good state, the DCS will automatically switch back to

the primary clock input.

The low jitter characteristics with input clock monitoring and DCS

capability make the ICS872S480 an ideal choice for DDR3

applications requiring fault tolerant reference clocks.

Features

• Three differential HSTL output pairs

• Selectable differential CLKx, nCLKx input pairs

• CLKx, nCLKx pairs can accept the following differential

input levels: LVPECL, LVDS, HSTL, HCSL

• Output frequency range: 350MHz to 950MHz

• Input frequency range: 350MHz to 950MHz

• VCO range: 970MHz to 2250MHz

• External feedback for “zero delay” clock regeneration

with configurable frequencies

• Static phase offset: ±100ps (maximum)

• Cycle-to-cycle jitter: 25ps (maximum)

• Output skew: 20ps (maximum)

• 3.3V operating voltage supply

• Selectable DDR3 or DDR3 low voltage output

• 0°C to 70°C ambient operating temperature

• Available in lead-free (RoHS 6) package