
MPC9230
TIMING SOLUTIONS
MOTOROLA
Figure 4. Serial Interface Timing Diagram
Power Supply Filtering
The MPC9230 is a mixed analog/digital product. Its analog
circuitry is naturally susceptible to random noise, especially if
this noise is seen on the power supply pins. Random noise on
the V
CC_PLL
pin impacts the device characteristics. The
MPC9230 provides separate power supplies for the digital
circuitry (V
CC
) and the internal PLL (V
CC_PLL
) of the device. The
purpose of this design technique is to try and isolate the high
switching noise digital outputs from the relatively sensitive
internal analog phase-locked loop. In a controlled environment
such as an evaluation board, this level of isolation is sufficient.
However, in a digital system environment where it is more
difficult to minimize noise on the power supplies a second level
of isolation may be required. The simplest form of isolation is a
power supply filter on the V
CC_PLL
pin for the MPC9230.
Figure 5
illustrates a typical power supply filter scheme. The
MPC9230 is most susceptible to noise with spectral content in
the 1 kHz to 1 MHz range. Therefore, the filter should be
designed to target this range. The key parameter that needs to
be met in the final filter design is the DC voltage drop that will
be seen between the V
CC
supply and the MPC9230 pin of the
MPC9230. From the data sheet, the V
CC_PLL
current (the
current sourced through the V
CC_PLL
pin) is maximum 20 mA,
assuming that a minimum of 2.835 V must be maintained on the
V
CC_PLL
pin. The resistor shown in
Figure 5
must have a
resistance of 10–15
to meet the voltage drop criteria. The RC
filter pictured will provide a broadband filter with approximately
100:1 attenuation for noise whose spectral content is above
20 kHz. As the noise frequency crosses the series resonant
point of an individual capacitor its overall impedance begins to
look inductive and thus increases with increasing frequency.
The parallel capacitor combination shown ensures that a low
impedance path to ground exists for frequencies well above the
bandwidth of the PLL. Generally, the resistor/capacitor filter will
be cheaper, easier to implement and provide an adequate level
of supply filtering. A higher level of attenuation can be achieved
by replacing the resistor with an appropriate valued inductor. A
1000
μ
H choke will show a significant impedance at 10 kHz
frequencies and above. Because of the current draw and the
voltage that must be maintained on the V
CC_PLL
pin, a low DC
resistance inductor is required (less than 15
).
Figure 5. V
CC_PLL
Power Supply Filter
Layout Recommendations
The MPC9230 provides sub-nanosecond output edge rates
and thus a good power supply bypassing scheme is a must.
Figure 6
shows a representative board layout for the
MPC9230. There exists many different potential board layouts
and the one pictured is but one. The important aspect of the
layout in
Figure 6
is the low impedance connections between
V
CC
and GND for the bypass capacitors. Combining good
quality general purpose chip capacitors with good PCB layout
techniques will produce effective capacitor resonances at
frequencies adequate to supply the instantaneous switching
current for the MPC9230 outputs. It is imperative that low
inductance chip capacitors are used; it is equally important that
the board layout does not introduce back all of the inductance
saved by using the leadless capacitors. Thin interconnect
traces between the capacitor and the power plane should be
avoided and multiple large vias should be used to tie the
capacitors to the buried power planes. Fat interconnect and
large vias will help to minimize layout induced inductance and
thus maximize the series resonant point of the bypass
capacitors. Note the dotted lines circling the crystal oscillator
connection to the device. The oscillator is a series resonant
circuit and the voltage amplitude across the crystal is relatively
small. It is imperative that no actively switching signals cross
under the crystal as crosstalk energy coupled to these lines
could significantly impact the jitter of the device. Special
attention should be paid to the layout of the crystal to ensure a
stable, jitter free interface between the crystal and the on-board
oscillator. Although the MPC9230 has several design features
to minimize the susceptibility to power supply noise (isolated
S_CLOCK
S_DATA
S_LOAD
M[8:0]
N[1:0]
P_LOAD
T2
T1
T0
N1
N0
M8
M7
M6
M5
M4
M3
M2
M1
M0
M, N
First
Bit
Last
Bit
V
CC_PLL
V
CC
MPC9230
C
1
, C
2
= 0.01...0.1
μ
F
V
CC
C
F
= 22
μ
F
R
F
= 10-15
C
2
C
1
F
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