I have two of the FE-5680A (FEI P/N 217400-30352-1) Rb references, and I'm looking at the signals on digital side of the PCB inside, in particular the Xilinx CPLD, that is the XC9572XL in a 64-pin package. Here is a photo with the signals marked: https://picasaweb.google.com/109928236040342205185/FE5680A#5685304134718133138
pin 64 has a nice looking 60.00 MHz sine wave, I gather this is the input signal to the CPLD. pin 22 has a 30 MHz square wave, although it has some ripples (see scope trace in same Picasa album) pin 49 has a 10 MHz "square" wave but with a very odd shape. Pin 49 is the signal which is LC filtered (?) to become the 10 MHz sine wave out on the internal J8 mini-connector, and the external DB9. The signal is about 3.3 Vpp, but becomes an 11 Vpp sine wave at the far side of a blue part (inductor?) marked 2R2J. The 10 MHz sine out on my unit has some noticeable amplitude noise, at least a few %. Since I'm only using the signal as a digital clock, I prefer a square wave, assuming the fast edge will give me lower jitter. A 200 MHz Rigol scope reads a risetime of 2 ns on CPLD pin 49, but the waveform looks so noisy and odd (see below), maybe I would be better off just squaring up the output sine. ...maybe if pin 49 was disconnected from the sine output filter, it would be more square (?) https://picasaweb.google.com/109928236040342205185/FE5680A#5685304143859526258 -John Beale _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
