Programmable Skew Clock Buffer
CY7B991
CY7B992
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
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San Jose
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408-943-2600
Document #: 38-07138 Rev. **
Revised September 26, 2001
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Features
• All output pair skew <100 ps typical (250 max.)
• 3.75- to 80-MHz output operation
• User-selectable output functions
— Selectable skew to 18 ns
— Inverted and non-inverted
— Operation at 1
⁄
2 and
1
⁄
4 input frequency
— Operation at 2x and 4x input frequency (input as low
as 3.75 MHz)
• Zero input to output delay
• 50% duty-cycle outputs
• Outputs drive 50
Ω terminated lines
• Low operating current
• 32-pin PLCC/LCC package
• Jitter < 200 ps peak-to-peak (< 25 ps RMS)
• Compatible with a Pentium™-based processor
Functional Description
The CY7B991 and CY7B992 Programmable Skew Clock Buff-
ers (PSCB) offer user-selectable control over system clock
functions. These multiple-output clock drivers provide the sys-
tem integrator with functions necessary to optimize the timing
of high-performance computer systems. Eight individual driv-
ers, arranged as four pairs of user-controllable outputs, can
each drive terminated transmission lines with impedances as
low as 50
Ω while delivering minimal and specified output skews
and full-swing logic levels (CY7B991 TTL or CY7B992 CMOS).
Each output can be hardwired to one of nine delay or function
configurations. Delay increments of 0.7 to 1.5 ns are deter-
mined by the operating frequency with outputs able to skew up
to
±6 time units from their nominal “zero” skew position. The com-
pletely integrated PLL allows external load and transmission line
delay effects to be canceled. When this “zero delay” capability of the
PSCB is combined with the selectable output skew functions, the
user can create output-to-output delays of up to
±12 time units.
Divide-by-two and divide-by-four output functions are provided
for additional flexibility in designing complex clock systems.
When combined with the internal PLL, these divide functions
allow distribution of a low-frequency clock that can be multi-
plied by two or four at the clock destination. This facility mini-
mizes clock distribution difficulty while allowing maximum sys-
tem clock speed and flexibility.
Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
Logic Block Diagram
Pin Configuration
7B991–1
7B991–2
TEST
FB
REF
VCO AND
TIME UNIT
GENERATOR
FS
SELECT
INPUTS
(THREE
LEVEL)
SKEW
SELECT
MATRIX
1
2
3
432
31 30
17
16
15
14
18 19
20
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
4F0
4F1
3F0
3F1
2F0
2F1
1F0
1F1
4Q0
4Q1
3Q0
3Q1
2Q0
2Q1
1Q0
1Q1
2F0
GND
1F1
1F0
VCCN
1Q0
1Q1
GND
GND
3F1
4F0
4F1
VCCQ
VCCN
4Q1
4Q0
GND
GND
PLCC/LCC
CY7B991
CY7B992
FILTER
PHASE
FREQ
DET