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Cyclone III - PLL

Altera_Forum
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Hi, 

 

I write for Elsys Design in association with SAFRAN Group. 

 

I am working on a project where I need to get the Cyclone III PLL precision. 

 

I would like to know how much the Cyclone III PLLs are accurate ? What is the uncertanity added to the clock outputs whereas the clock inputs (of 17.734573 MHz) ? 

 

Thanks for your answer. 

 

Antoine MASSON 

Elsys Design
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There's no freqruency uncertainty. the PLL output frequencies have a rational (m/n) relation to the reference frequency, the exact frequency can be read from the Quartus MegaWizard or the compiler report files. In addition the PLL output has a phase jitter, see the device handbook for the specification.

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