(Preliminary)

PL580-30

38MHz-640MHz Low Phase Noise VCXO

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PERFORMANCE TUNING & INDUCTOR VALUE SELECTION

Please refer to PhaseLink’s ‘PhasorV Tuning Assistance’ software to automatically calculate the optimum inductor

values for your application. In addition, the chart below could be used as a reference for quick inductor value

selection. Please note that the inductor values mentioned in the table below, or when using ‘PhasorV Tuning

Assistance’ are derived based on the parasitic values of PhaseLink’s evaluation board. For performance

enhancement of your custom board design, please follow the following instruction:

Use the special test modes “VCO Max” and “VCO Min” to determine the optimum inductor value. “VCO Max”

represents the high end of the VCO range and “VCO Min” represents the low end of the VCO range. The output

frequency in the “VCO Max” and “VCO Min” test modes is VCO/16. This means that the output frequencies are

around the crystal frequency that will be used. The optimum inductor value is where the target crystal frequency

is closest to the middle between the “VCO Max” and “VCO Min” output frequencies. In this case the VCO will lock

in the middle of its tuning range with maximum margin on either side.