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- From: sjacobi@mailbox.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Sidney Jacobi)
- Subject: Re: 74HC4046 help required.
- Organization: Fort Worth Research and Development Center, Motorola, Inc.
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:24:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.132039.26487@cs.ucf.edu>, clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan6.033742.14845@news2.cis.umn.edu> Mike Diack
- > <mike-d@staff.tc.umn.edu> writes:
- > > In article <7116@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> Mark Robinson,
- > > mark-r@spec0.ee.man.ac.uk writes:
- > > >If anyone has a datasheet for the 74HC4046 PLL chip handy would
- > > >you let me know how the frequency of the VCO is related to the
- > > >values of R's and C and the max/min values that they can take.
- > > >
- > > >I want to run it with a lock range of about 1MHz, centred on
- > > >8MHz, but the equations in the Maplin catalogue don't allow
- > > >frequencies >2.8MHz (R=5k, C=50pF; ie the minimum allowed) even
- > > >though they claim the VCO can get up to 15MHz. I think their
- > > >data must be for the 4046 and none of our databooks are modern
- > > >enough to include the 'HC4046 :-(
- > >
- > > Something you should be aware of is that all HC4046's are NOT
- > > created equal. Two extremes I have found are
- > > 1 : An SGS device that was barely able to oscillate at 1 MHz
- > > (and the output waveform was triangular at that frequency)
- > > and -
- > > 2 : An RCA device that was still producing respectable square
- > > waves at 10 Mhz
- > > (Both devices running into a scope probe only , 5 volt supply)
- > >
- > > At the frequency you want (8 Mhz) the design nomographs
- > > become a bit irrelevant, as internal Cs & Rs dominate the issue.
- > >
- > > I was driven to using LS124/324s, but i only wanted the vco
- > > function, no doubt someone makes a better PLL.
- > > cheers,
- > Look at the Signetics NE564 - son of the old 560/1/2 . It is a
- > PLL that gets up to about 30 MHz and has a TTL buffered output!
- >
-
- You might want to take a look at the Motorola version of the
- 54/74H4046. I have used the device in various circuits in a commercial
- cellular application, and found them to be very stable.
-