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LMX2491: Inquiry on clocking

Part Number: LMX2491

Good day.

Our customer have a question about clocking the LMX2491. In the datasheet is says that to use a differential clock with the chip one should use a 100Ω differential termination, and then AC couple the chip's osc pins to the clock signals.

It is their understanding that if the oscin pins are not internally biased this will expose these pins to negative voltages. In their case the maximum negative voltage that will be seen by these pins is about -800mV. Is this acceptable?

Thanks!

Art

  • Hi Art,

    Actually the OSCin pins are self-biasing. The impedance of the bias connection is high, so if you were to DC-couple you could easily override it, but naturally the inputs to the OSCin are stabilized around midrange (~1.65V) when AC-coupled. So if they drive a ±800mV signal into the OSCin pins AC-coupled, there should not be any issues.

    Regards,