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14 years ago

undesired sidebands on Cyclone IV E PLL output

I am using a PLL in a Cyclone IV E. I have a 20 MHz oscillator connected to a clock-input pin. I am trying to get 200 MHz as the output. For the design, I am using only an ALTPLL megafunction bloc...
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14 years ago

Glad that you solved your problem. But I also take it that you used a switcher for the 2.5V due to the 22kHz oscillations, and because of this an LDO is a good conservative design approach. Knowing the sensitivity of the PLL's is why I use LDO + LC filters, with large, medium tantalum caps and also a ceramic cap. Best, James