Steven, I have successfully used the Micrel-Synergy SY87701 clock recovery chip. The data sheet provides good information. They have other parts too and APP notes. Regards, John Coupland Talon Instruments Jon Keeble wrote: > > Manufacturers are a good starting point. > > For some history, TI has an application note for a digital PLL in their > document sdla005b.pdf (March 1997). > > Philips has an implementation of the Alexander phase detector coupled with a > ring oscillator (622 Mbits) > http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat/datasheets/TZA3004HL_2.pdf > > Some parts will work within a tight range of bit rates centred on standard > comms frequencies (155 / 622 etc) over +-100pm. > > Others, like the Cypress Hotlink parts function at any speed upto an upper > limit (some parts 200 Mbits). > > FPGAs from Altera include analog PLLs and CDR (an130.pdf). > > Generally, FPGAs from Xilinx have digital PLLs (DLLs) and don't support the > recovery of clock and data. However, there is a method of sampling the data > at a slightly higher frequency than the bit rate that recovers data without > recovering the clock (XAPP244), and there is a recent note XAPP250 (April > 2002) that discusses CDR at upto 450 MHz in VirtexII parts in conjunction > with an external VCO (for instance Maxim parts 2605 - 2609). > > Regards > > Jon Keeble > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Kan" <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "SI-List" <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 3:51 AM > Subject: [SI-LIST] Clock-recovery for Dummies? > > > > > Can someone recommend a good online introduction to practical applications > > of clock-recovery chips? We currently know nothing about these except for > > what goes in and what comes out :-) > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from si-list: > > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > > > For help: > > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > > List archives are viewable at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > or at our remote archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu