LMK04828: difference in functionality between SYNC pin and CLKin0 input. Resetting PLL dividers

Part Number: LMK04828
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: LMK04832

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From LMK04828 datasheet I know that SYNC pin and CLKin0 pin both go to the same SYNC/SYSREF path

this path can reset SYSREF and CLKout dividers as one can see on the scheme above. 

But from "Multi-Clock Synchronization" I can get information that one can acheive 0-delay not only with PLL setups with integer N/R but also in fractional cases, if resets N and R dividers on parallel clock devices. 

So I am curious if SYNC pin has some functionality, CLKin0 input does not have. Like reseting R and N dividers, for example. 

  • Hello Lazba, 
    LMK04828 does not have the PLL R divider reset. 
    Only LMK04832 supports PLL R divider reset via the sync pin only. 
    The CLKin pin cannot reset the PLL2 R divider. 

    The sync pin has around ~3-5ns of prop delay compared to ~150ps of prop delay in CLKin0 pin. 

    Best regards, 

    Vicente