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84 Rabbit 3000 Microprocessor
When the clock doubler is used and there is no subsequent division of the clock, the output
clock will be asymmetric, as shown in Figure 7-2.
Figure 7-2. Effect of Clock Doubler
The doubled-clock low time is subject to wide (50%) variation since it depends on process
parameters, temperature, and voltage. The times given above are for a supply voltage of
3.3 V and a temperature of 25°C. The doubled-clock low time increases by 20% when the
voltage is reduced to 2.5 V, and increases by about 40% when the voltage is reduced fur-
ther to 2.0 V. The values increase or decrease by 1% for each 5°C increase or decrease in
temperature. The doubled clock is created by xor’ing the delayed and inverted clock with
itself. If the original clock does not have a 50-50 duty cycle, then alternate clocks will
have a slightly different length. Since the duty cycle of the built-in oscillator can be as
asymmetric as 52-48, the clock generated by the clock doubler will exhibit up to a 4%
Oscillator
Oscillator delayed
and inverted
Doubled clock
Delay
time
48% 52%
P
0.48P 0.52P 0.48P 0.52P
Data out
Example
Write
Cycle
write pulse
early write pulse
option
Example
Read
Cycle
Address / CS
Address / CS
output enb
early output enb
option
data out from mem