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Clock Distribution White Papers :: THE ROLE OF JITTER IN TIMING SIGNALS

This paper provides a basic tutorial on timing signal jitter for designers building electronics systems. It defines this phenomenon and describes how it is measured in different applications. As...  >>  

Programmable Timing Application Notes :: PLL clock generator IC: A clear alternative to conventional crystal oscillators

Within electronic designs, the "traditional" and most common way of generating clock signals for ICs of ever-increasing complexity is via a crystal oscillator. Crystal oscillators, however, are not...  >>  

Clock Distribution Application Notes :: Generating Multiple Clock Outputs from the AD9540

In today's digital and mixed-signal electronic systems, clocking is an important consideration for overall system performance. The ability to generate clocks at specific rates with low jitter is...  >>  

Clocks Application Notes :: Maxim: Application Notes for Real-Time Clocks

DS1375 Power Line to 60Hz Clock ....Calibrating the DS1340 Real-Time Clock...Interfacing an SPI-Interface RTC with a PIC Microcontroller...Accessing the DS1318 Clock Registers...Interfacing an SPI...  >>  

Clocks Application Notes :: Real Time Clock X12xx Features & Application

A real time clock is a clock that keeps track of the time even when the system is turned off. Real time clocks run on a special battery that is not connected to the normal power supply of the...  >>  

Programmable Timing Application Notes :: Programmable On-Chip Oscillator Compensation

An on-chip oscillator compensation is an additional feature on Intersil real time clocks. It allows the real time clock to be connected with crystals that have different load capacitance (CL)...  >>  

Programmable Timing Application Notes :: Understanding programmable spread-spectrum quartz crystal oscillators

A spread-spectrum quartz crystal clock oscillator is an oscillator that has the output frequency intentionally modulated in order to reduce the electro-magnetic interference (EMI) on the output...  >>  

Clocks Application Notes :: Tuning Real-Time-Clock (RTC) Accuracy to Compensate for Temperature Changes

A real-time clock (RTC) is a critical component for applications that rely on analysis of data acquired in real time. RTC accuracy of better than 5ppm is essential for credible data. While several...  >>  

Programmable Timing White Papers :: TIMING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLEX SYSTEM DESIGNS

Designing clock timing circuits for today’s high-speed systems is no simple task. Rising clock frequencies, shrinking timing margins, and tighter board layouts conspire to introduce new...  >>  

Clocks Application Notes :: Timekeeping Accuracy, Automatic and Affordable

Electronic timekeeping has always lacked a high level of accuracy due to the inferior characteristics of the quartz crystal over temperature. Many different techniques have been applied to improve...  >>  

Clock Distribution Application Notes :: I/O Interface Standards

The vast growth experienced by the communication and semiconductor industry in the past decade was matched with an equal increase in the number interface standards. In the past, there was...  >>  

Clock Distribution White Papers :: Signal Integrity and Clock System Design

Clock management in today’s 10Gb/s systems cannot be left as the last design decision. Generating and distributing a 25MHz TTL or LVTTL clock for systems with bit widths of 100ns or 10ns is a...  >>  

Programmable Timing Application Notes :: Programming Turboclocks

As new technology demands high-performance design, the distribution of high-speed clock has become a difficult task for the system designers. TurboClock provides the design engineers with the...  >>  

Clock Distribution Application Notes :: Understanding Datasheet Jitter Specifications for Cypress Timing Products

This note describes how Cypress Semiconductor defines jitter for clock product data sheet specifications. There are several motivations for this. First, there is no accepted universal...  >>  

Clocks Application Notes :: AN93 Instrumentation Applications for a Monolithic Oscillator: A Clock for All Reasons

Oscillators are fundamental circuit building blocks. A substantial percentage of electronic apparatus utilize oscillators, either as timekeeping references, clock sources, for excitation or other...  >>