Hi,
My question is about clocking and phase synchronization between multiple devices:
I want to:
- Deliver an external REF CLOCK of 12GHz to the DAC
- Bypass the PLL
- Divide the the external REF CLOCK by 4 to provide the sampling clock for the ADC (3GHz).
Question:
- Can the divider of the ADC clock be synchronized across multiple devices? As per my knowledge a divider has a random phase upon power up, therefore multiple devices are not synchronized.
- The data sheet says that the N-divider can be synchronized by SYSREF. Question:
- Which divider is it:
- PLL REFCLK divider?
- PLL loop back integer divider?
- ADC/DAC clock divider?
- Does the SYSREF synchronize ALL available dividers in the chip?
- Does it mean that the RF phase is identical between multiple devices (synchronized by SYSREF)?
- Which divider is it:
Thank you,
Zvi.