8. XAXB External References
8.1 Performance of External References
An external crystal oscillator (XO) is required to set the reference for the Si5386. A 54 MHz XO must be used as the reference to
the wireless jitter attenuator. See the
Recommended Crystal, XO, TCXO and OCXO Reference Manual for HighPerformance Jitter
Attenuators and Clock Generators
to meet specified jitter and phase noise performance.
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Differential XO
Connection
2xC
L
2xC
L
XB
XA
OSC
50
0.1 uf
0.1 uf
÷ P
REF
Differential XO
LVCMOS XO
0.1 uf
X1
X2
nc
nc
Note: 2.5 Vpp
diff max
LVCMOS XO
Connection
2xC
L
2xC
L
XB
XA
OSC
÷ P
REF
Note: 2.0 Vpp_se max
R2
R1
0.1 uf
0.1 uf
0.1 uf
C1
X1
X2
nc
nc
Figure 8.1. XA/XB Input
Place the XO as close to the XA/XB pins as possible. Also take special care that other signals are extremely well isolated from the
XA/XB input pins. Because the R1 and R2 resistance in combination with the XA input capacitance forms a low pass filter, the capacitor
C1 is required to compensate for this and give a faster slew rate of the clock at XA. For the LVCMOS XO connection, place the
capacitor that AC grounds the XB input as close to the XB pin as possible but not physically parallel to the capacitor that connects to
the XA pin.
Si5386 Rev. E Reference Manual • XAXB External References
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