Micrel added four divide by three and divide by five clock dividers to their clock divider product family. The SY89228/229 are 1GHz LVPECL/LVDS dividers that feature Fail Safe Input (FSI) circuitry and the SY89230/231 are 3.2GHz LVPECL/LVDS dividers. Targeted applications include pre-scaling functions, PLL clock generation and distribution, RF transmitters, and wireless base stations. All devices are currently in volume production with pricing for 1K quantities starting at $2.69. In addition, free evaluation boards are also available. The devices are offered in an ultra-small 16-pin MLF. The SY89228U and SY89229U, along with the rest of the FSI family of solutions, are optimized to prevent unwanted oscillations and maintain output stability when an input signal's swing collapses or disappears. Unlike existing LVPECL or LVDS dividers currently on the market, Micrel's FSI family prevents a metastable output condition when the input signal is removed or the amplitude fails. This is especially crucial for rack-based equipment that has many I/O cards requiring Hot Swap capability.
In addition, the SY89228-231 divider product family offers Micrel's patented 3-pin internal input termination, which simplifies designs and interfaces to any differential signal, AC- or DC-coupled, without any level shifting or termination resistor networks in the signal path. AC performance is guaranteed from DC through 1GHz, with rise and fall times less than 270ps for the SY89228 and SY89229 LVPECL and LVDS outputs, respectively. Additionally, AC performance is guaranteed from DC through 3.2GHz, with rise and fall times less than 200ps for the SY89230 and SY89231 LVPECL and LVDS outputs, respectively. The SY89228-231 divider product family guarantees jitter performance to be less than 10psp-p over temperature and voltage, operation over the full industrial temperature range (-40C to +85C), and supply voltage operation from 2.5V to 3.3V.
