Philips Semiconductors

Product specification

SA7016

1.3GHz low voltage fractional-N synthesizer

1999 Nov 04

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Serial programming bus

The serial input is a 3-wire input (CLOCK, STROBE, DATA) to

program all counter divide ratios, fractional compensation DAC,

selection and enable bits. The programming data is structured into

24 bit words; each word includes 2 or 3 address bits. Figure 8

shows the timing diagram of the serial input. When the STROBE

goes active HIGH, the clock is disabled and the data in the shift

register remains unchanged. Depending on the address bits, the

data is latched into different working registers or temporary

registers. In order to fully program the synthesizer, 3 words must be

sent: C, B, and A. Table 1 shows the format and the contents of

each word. The D word is normally used for testing purposes. When

sending the B-word, data bits FC7–0 for the fractional compensation

DAC are not loaded immediately. Instead they are stored in

temporary registers. Only when the A-word is loaded, these

temporary registers are loaded together with the main divider ratio.

Serial bus timing characteristics. See Figure 8.

SYMBOL

PARAMETER

MIN.

TYP.

MAX.

UNIT

Serial programming clock; CLK

Input rise time

–

10

40

ns

Input fall time

–

10

40

ns

Clock period

100

–

–

ns

Enable programming; STROBE

Delay to rising clock edge

40

–

–

ns

Minimum inactive pulse width

–

–

ns

Enable set-up time to next clock edge

20

–

–

ns

Register serial input data; DATA

Input data to clock set-up time

20

–

–

ns

Input data to clock hold time

20

–

–

ns

Application information

SR01417

CLK

DATA

STROBE

ADDRESS

LSB

MSB

Figure 8.

Serial Bus Timing Diagram