UG-076
Evaluation Board User Guide
Rev. A | Page 6 of 16
7.
Program the R (reference) divider by clicking the
R DIVIDER
box at the top of the main window.
Set the desired value and click
OK
8.
Program the N (feedback) divider by clicking the
N DIVIDER
box at the top of the main window.
Set the desired value and click
OK
. For this example,
N = 5500 can use 8/9 dual modulus mode with A = 4
and B = 687.
9.
Set the charge pump current (1.2 mA in this case) by
clicking the
CHARGE PUMP
box in the upper right
corner of the main window, and click
OK
.
10.
Note that if the desired configuration has the a phase
detector frequency above 50 MHz, an antibacklash
pulse width of 1.3 ns may work better. This setting is
accessed by clicking the
PFD
box to the left of the
CHARGE PUMP
box. However, this setting normally
does not need to be modified.
11.
Set the VCO divider by clicking the green
VCO
box in the
center of the main window immediately to the left of the
Cal VCO
button.
12.
Power down unused drivers by clicking the numbered
triangular symbol (see Figure 7) on the right side of the
main window, and then clicking
Safe Power Down
.
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Figure 7. Driver Symbol
13.
Set the channel dividers by clicking
DIVIDER 0
through
DIVIDER 3
, and entering the divider ratio.
14.
Click the flashing red
WRITE
button under the
REGISTER
W/R
section. This loads the desired settings to the
evaluation board.
15.
Click the blinking yellow
Cal VCO
button to open the
VCO calibration window. The default VCO divide ratio
(16) works for all applications. Click the
Cal VCO
button
in the
Calibrate VCO
window to begin calibration (see
Figure 19). The PLL is now locked and the lock detect (LD)
LED on the left side of the board is on.