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9 years ago

What PLL ratios are legal

I would like to use a PLL to multiply a clock. I am using Stratix V, Quartus 16.1, have a 50MHz base clock, and would like to run my circuit e.g. at 107894736Hz. So I specified the following on the P...
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9 years ago

You can figure out legal PLL parameters if you understand the PLL structure and requirements for VCO frequency. The :19 divider is a prime, respectively the VCO has to run run either at 107 MHz or 19*107 MHz which is neither possible. An additional restriction is imposed by the minimal PFD input frequency of 5 MHz.