Jitter Attenuated Clock
, callout 17]
The VCU128 board includes a Silicon Labs Si5328B jitter attenuator U87 on the back side of the
board. FPGA U1 bank 67 implements two QSFP RX differential clocks (QSFP1_RECCLK_P, pin
BH26 and QSFP1_RECCLK_N, pin BH25, and QSFP2_RECCLK_P, pin BJ26 and
QSFP2_RECCLK_N, pin BK25) for jitter attenuation.
The jitter attenuated clock pair (SI5328_CLOCK1_C_P (U87 output pin 28),
SI5328_CLOCK1_C_N (U87 output pin 29) is routed as a reference clock to FPGA U1 QSFP2 I/F
GTY Quad 134 inputs MGTREFCLK1P (U1 pin R40) and MGTREFCLK1N (U1 pin R41).
The jitter attenuated clock pair (SI5328_CLOCK2_C_P (U87 output pin 35),
SI5328_CLOCK2_C_N (U87 output pin 34) is routed as a reference clock to FPGA U1 QSFP3 I/F
GTY Quad 132 inputs MGTREFCLK1P (U1 pin W40) and MGTREFCLK1N (U1 pin W41).
The primary purpose of this clock is to support synchronous protocols, such as common packet
radio interface (CPRI) or open base station architecture initiative (OBSAI). These synchronous
protocols perform clock recovery from user-supplied QSFP/QSFP+ modules, and use the jitter
attenuated recovered clock to drive the reference clock inputs of a GTY transceiver.
The jitter attenuated clock circuit is shown in the following figure.
Figure 19: QSFP Recovery Clock
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