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Radiated emissions test (TEM cell test) on TMS570

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Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TMS570LS2124

Is it possible to provide any evidence of radiated emissions (TEM cell) test on TMS570?

 

Our radiated emissions (TEM cell) test failed on TMS570LS2124(QFP) under following condition.

      -emission frequency: 480 [MHz] 

      -emission power:      100 [V/m]

      -emission period:         1 [second]

 

We observed the phenomena "terminal of N2HET is over 16 times slower after TEM-cell test fail"

So we assume there are some problem from OSCILLATOR through CLKDET to PLL.

  -16MHz crystal is connected to the device.

  -PLL clock is set to 160MHz and provides to GCM.

  -After TEM-cell test fail, PLL clock is down to 10MHz because of switching over to HF-LPO as following steps.

    1: CLKDET detects a OSCILLATOR fail.

    2: OSCIN clock is switchd over to HF-LPO(10MHz).

    3: PLL slip is also detected.

    4: PLL clock is provided from OSCIN(10MHz) because of bypassing PLL logic.

 

I'd appreciate if you would send us the some evidence of radiated emissions (TEM cell) test on TMS570.

If not, I'd also appreciate if you would show us an alternate evidence as follows;

  -Resemble case and problem solving approach.

    (e.g. TEM-cell test fail because of switching over to HF-LPO and how to solve?)

  -Credibility of switching over logic of TMS570LS2124.

    (e.g. Switching over logic is the same logic of TMS470xx.

              We have evidences of TEM-cell test pass.)

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  • I assume from your e-mail that this is an immunity/susceptibility problem rather than an emissions problem.

    If the device runs on the HF LPO clock rather than the oscillator, then this result indicates that the CLKDET circuit detected an oscillator failure. The oscillator has a very slow voltage swing due to the high input impedance. The high impedance allows noise to couple onto the signal. If this mechanism is the cause of the problem, then the critical trace is the route from the oscillator to OSCIN.

    Since OSCIN is fundamentally high impedance, this behavior is intrinsic to the circuit. You need to filter the high frequency component from this trace. That idea leads to a couple of ideas that you might investigate:

    -1- check to insure that the oscillator amplitude is robust when not in the immunity/susceptiblity test.

    -2- can you move the load capacitor on OSCIN nearer to the package?

    -3- add a series resistance to OSCIN very near the package pin (to create a low pass filter with the pin capacitance). This will degrade the oscillator gain so you will need to insure that you have proper oscillator gain across operating conditions of the application.

    What version of the device is used?

     

    Best regards.

    Kevin Lavery

  • Kevin,

    I apprciate your reply.

     

    > What version of the device is used?

    Today it is not easy to read the Device Identification Code Register.
    The IC markings could work?     TMS570LS / 2124CPGEQQ1 / YFC-3BATC2W / G4

     

  • Kevin,

    I hope the IC markings could answered to your question:
           TMS570LS / 2124CPGEQQ1 / YFC-3BATC2W / G4  ---->   The second line "2124C" tells 3rd die revision.

     

    -n