(Preliminary)

PL580-37/38/39

38MHz-320MHz Low Phase Noise VCXO

47745 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, California 94538 Tel (510) 492-0990 Fax (510) 492-0991 www.phaselink.com Rev 09/29/05 Page 8

LAYOUT RECOMMENDATIONS

PCB LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

The following guidelines are to assist you with a performance optimized PCB design:

- Keep all the PCB traces to PL580 as short as

possible, as well as keeping all other traces as

far away from it as possible.

- Place the crystal as close as possible to both

crystal pins of the device. This will reduce the

cross-talk between the crystal and the other

signals.

- Separate crystal pin traces from the other signals

on the PCB, but allow ample distance between

the two crystal pin traces.

- Place a 0.01µF~0.1µF decoupling capacitor

between VDD and GND, on the component side

of the PCB, close to the VDD pin. It is not

recommended to place this component on the

backside of the PCB. Going through vias will

reduce the signal integrity, causing additional

jitter and phase noise.

- It is highly recommended to keep the VDD and

GND traces as short as possible.

- When connecting long traces (> 1 inch) to a

CMOS output, it is important to design the traces

as a transmission line or ‘stripline’, to avoid

reflections or ringing. In this case, the CMOS

output needs to be matched to the trace

impedance. Usually ‘striplines’ are designed for

50Ω impedance and CMOS outputs usually have

lower than 50Ω impedance so matching can be

achieved by adding a resistor in series with the

CMOS output pin to the ‘stripline’ trace.

- Please contact PhaseLink for the application note

on how to design outputs driving long traces or

the Gerber files for the PL580 layout.