Hi All,
I would like to ask a question on load capacitance for DM6437.
From various sources I read that the load capacitance can be calculated as:
{(C1+Cin)(C2+Cout) / (C1+Cin+C2+Cout)} + PCB strays (2~3PF)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_oscillator#Load_capacitance
http://www.crystekcrystals.com/crystal/appnotes/PierceGateLoadCap.pdf
And guess value of Cin and Cout of 5pf are often used.
But in EVM6437, for crystal Y1 which is used to clock the DSP, it has C1 and C2 of 18pf. The BOM indicate that it is of Citizen CS10 type, whose data sheet in turn show CL of 18.0pf (is it only coincidently that CL= (C1, C2)?). Applying the formula above I get the actual CL to be around 13.5pf, significant smaller than the data sheet’s required value.
Is there any problem with my calculation or with EVM6437 C1 , C2 selection? Could anyone advise me on this?
Thanks,
Zheng