SYSTEM
CLOCK
CY7B991
CY7B992
Figure 8. Board-to-Board Clock Distribution
REF
FB
REF
FS
4F0
4Q0
4F1
4Q1
3F0
3Q0
3F1
3Q1
2F0
2Q0
2F1
2Q1
1F0
1Q0
1F1
1Q1
TEST
L1
L2
LOAD
Z0
LOAD
Z0
L3
L4
Z0
Z0
FB
REF
FS
4F0
4F1
4Q0
4Q1
3F0 3Q0
3F1 3Q1
2F0 2Q0
2F1 2Q1
1F0 1Q0
1F1 1Q1
TEST
LOAD
LOAD
LOAD
Figure 8 shows the CY7B991 and 992 connected in series to construct a zero skew clock distribution tree between boards. Delays
of the downstream clock buffers are programmed to compensate for the wire length (that is, select negative skew equal to the wire
delay) necessary to connect them to the master clock source, approximating a zero delay clock tree. Cascaded clock buffers accumu-
lates low frequency jitter because of the non-ideal filtering characteristics of the PLL filter. Do not connect more than two clock buffers
in series.
Document Number: 38-07138 Rev. *B
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