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Altera_Forum
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16 years agoPLL outputs to drive 50 ohm loads
I need two outputs from a single PLL of CYCLONE-III 3C16. Both the outputs are single-ended. One of outputs is 100MHz and the other is 120MHz-200MHz which will be dynamically configured through NIOS-...
Altera_Forum
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16 years agoFvM and jakobjones, thank you very much. The receivers in my application do NOT accept Vref and this is one of reasons SSTL Class I or HSTL Class I was not considered. At 3.3V level, as FvM said, FPGA is not able to source or sink enough current to a 50 ohm parallel termination. I am going to use 2 separate clock drivers to drive 2 50-ohm loads although there will be some differences of jitters and delays. The solution is to use a configurable PLL and dynamically adjust phase shift through NIOS-II.