Semiconductor Engineering

Jitter Budgeting For Clock Distribution Networks In High-Speed PHYs And SerDes

This paper presents a simple but practically precise estimation of periodic single-tone power supply induced jitter (PSIJ) for MOS clock buffer chains. The estimation is algebraically simple for its ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Designing A Better Clock Network

Laying the proper clock network architecture foundation makes all the difference for the best performance, power, and timing of a chip, particularly in advanced node SoCs packed with billions of ...
EDN

Timing Synchronization speeds network access

System timing and synchronization remains one of the least understood sciences in today's communications equipment design processes. As the essential foundation of all multiplexing, switching and ...
Electronic Design

SDRs as a Reference and Common Clock Source for GNSS Timing Apps

What SDRs are and why they’re important to GNSS timing systems. How SDR clock distribution ensures that various functions of a GNSS system are properly synchronized. Integration of ground stations, ...
Electronic Design

Timing Decisions 102: Optimize Your Clock Tree

The importance of timing requirements and jitter budgets for FPGAs, ASICs, and SoCs. How to utilize the information portrayed in a clock tree to choose the most well-suited clock generator for your ...