
Chapter 4
Clocking
IEEE 1588 Clocking
A conceptual block diagram of the IEEE 1588 implementation on the T1 card card is shown in the
following figure.
Figure 8: IEEE 1588 Clocking Diagram
RFSoC
ZU21DR
Network
Synchronizer
8A34001
MPSoC
ZU19EG
MAC
GC
MAC
GC
MAC
GC
OUT1 CLK
IN1 CLK
REC1 CLK
322.265625MHz
PPS IN
OCXO CLK
MAC CLK 322.265625MHz
DDR CLK
300MHz
USER CLK
156.25MHz
USER CLK
156.25MHz
USER CLK
156.25MHz
USER CLK
156.25MHz
322.265625MHz
MAC CLK
DDR CLK
300MHz
PPS OUT
X24622-092320
The Zynq Ult MPSoC recovers clock information from IEEE 1588 packets on the SFP
ports. This clock is fed to an IDT 8A34001 Network Synchronizer which in turn cleans up noise
and feeds this clock back to the Zynq Ult MPSoC. When the reference clocking to the
network synchronizer disappears, it enters holdover mode. The holdover time for the card is
expected to be in the range of four hours with a phase deviation of 1.5μs. During holdover, the
reference clock from the Network Synchronizer is derived from a high accuracy OCXO.
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