[time-nuts] FE-5680A internal signal waveforms (60, 30, 10 MHz)

Bob Camp lists at rtty.us
Mon Dec 12 22:05:54 UTC 2011


Hi

If you are getting 11 V p-p, I'd bet you don't have the 10 MHz output
terminated in 50 ohms.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of beale
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:29 PM
To: time-nuts at febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] FE-5680A internal signal waveforms (60, 30, 10 MHz)

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#56853041347181331
38

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#56853041438595262
58

-John Beale

_______________________________________________
time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at febo.com
To unsubscribe, go to
https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
and follow the instructions there.




More information about the time-nuts mailing list