mc12179 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc, mc12179 Datasheet - Page 4

• Manufacturer Part Number: mc12179
• Description: 500 - 2800 Mhz Single Channel Frequency Synthesizer
• Manufacturer: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc

local oscillator is required to be synthesized. The prescaler
on the MC12179 operates up to 2.8GHz which makes the
part ideal for many satellite receiver applications as well as
applications in the 2nd ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and
Medical) band which covers the frequency range of
2400MHz to 2483MHz. The part is also intended for MMDS
(Multi–channel Multi–point Distribution System) block
downconverter applications. Below is a typical block diagram
of the complete PLL.
of a VCO, a loop filter, and either an external oscillator or
crystal, a complete PLL sub–system can be realized. Since
most of the PLL function is integrated into the MC12179, the
user’s primary focus is on the loop filter design and the
crystal reference circuit. Figure 13 and Figure 14 illustrate
typical VCO spectrum and phase noise characteristics.
Figure 17 and Figure 18 illustrate the typical input impedance
versus frequency for the prescaler input.
Crystal Oscillator Design
which transfers the high stability characteristic of a low
frequency reference source to the high frequency VCO in the
PLL loop. To facilitate this, the device contains an input circuit
which can be configured as a crystal oscillator or a buffer for
accepting an external signal source.
AC–coupled into the OSC in input pin. The input level signal
should be between 500–2200 mVpp. When configured with
an external reference, the device can operate with input
frequencies down to 2MHz, thus allowing the circuit to control
the VCO down to 512 MHz. To optimize the phase noise of
the PLL when used in this mode, the input signal amplitude
should be closer to the upper specification limit. This
maximizes the slew rate of the input signal as it switches
against the internal voltage reference.
fundamental mode crystal is connected between the OSC in
and OSC out pins. This crystal must be between 5.0 MHz and
11 MHz. External capacitors, C1 and C2 as shown in
Figure 1, are required to set the proper crystal load
capacitance and oscillator frequency. The values of the
capacitors are dependent on the crystal chosen and the input
capacitance of the device and any stray board capacitance.
between the OSC in and the OSC out pins for proper device
operation. The value of this resistor is not critical so a 47k or
51k
External Ref
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10.0 MHz
The MC12179 is intended for applications where a fixed
As can be seen from the block diagram, with the addition
The MC12179 is used as a multiply–by–256 PLL circuit
In the external reference mode, the reference source is
In the crystal mode, an external parallel–resonant
In either mode, a 50k
Figure 3. Typical Block Diagram of Complete PLL
10% resistor is acceptable.
MC12179 PLL
/Freq
Det
256
P
Charge
Pump
resistor must be connected
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2560.00 MHz
VCO
MC12179
style design, the internal oscillator circuitry is different from
more traditional CMOS oscillator designs which realize the
crystal oscillator with a modified inverter topology. These
CMOS designs typically excite the crystal with a rail–to–rail
signal which may overdrive the crystal resulting in damage or
unstable operation. The MC12179 design does not exhibit
these phenomena because the swing out of the OSC out pin is
less than 600mV. This has the added advantage of
minimizing EMI and switching noise which can be generated
by rail–to–rail CMOS outputs. The OSC out output should not
be used to drive other circuitry.
speed, differential input/output amplifier; it may be
considered to be a form of the Pierce oscillator. A simplified
circuit diagram is seen in Figure 4.
differential pair. The non–inverting input of the differential pair
is internally biased. OSC out is the inverted input signal and is
buffered by an emitter follower with a 70
current and has a voltage swing of about 600 mVpp. Open
loop output impedance is about 425 . The opposite side of
the differential amplifier output is used internally to drive
another buffer stage which drives the phase/frequency
detector. With the 50 k
and OSC out are biased to approximately 1.1V below V CC .
The amplifier has a voltage gain of about 15 dB and a
bandwidth in excess of 150 MHz. Adherence to good RF
design and layout techniques, including power supply pin
decoupling, is strongly recommended.
The crystal and the feedback resistor are connected directly
between OSC in and OSC out , while the loading capacitors, C1
and C2, are connected between OSC in and ground, and
OSC out and ground respectively. It is important to understand
that as far as the crystal is concerned, the two loading
capacitors are in series (albeit through ground). So when the
crystal specification defines a specific loading capacitance,
this refers to the total external (to the crystal) capacitance
seen across its two pins.
by the amplifier (IC and packaging), layout capacitance, and
the series combination of the two loading capacitors. This is
illustrated in the equation below:
OSC out
Source
Figure 4. Simplified Crystal Oscillator/Buffer Circuit
Bias
Since the MC12179 is realized with an all–bipolar ECL
The oscillator buffer in the MC12179 is a single stage, high
OSC in drives the base of one input of an NPN transistor
A typical crystal oscillator application is shown in Figure 1.
This capacitance consists of the capacitance contributed
V CC
MOTOROLA RF/IF DEVICE DATA
feedback resistor in place, OSC in
OSC in
A pull–down
To Phase/
Frequency
Detector