PhaseLockedLoop(PLL)circuitsareincreasingly
usedinmicrocontrollerstoachievehigherinternal
clockfrequencies.Thisallowsbetterperformance
whilereducingoverallnoise.SeveralofMicrochip’s
PIC18microcontrollersfeature4xPLLsintheirclock
generationcircuits.Thismakesitpossibletogenerate
aninternal40MHzclockfromanexternal10MHz
crystal.
OnedrawbackintheuseofPLLcircuitsisthatthey
createasmall,butstillmeasurableleveloftransient
phaseshifts,orjitter.ThisTechnicalBriefshowstheinflu-
enceofPLLjitteronMicrochip’sPIC18microcontrollers,
howitaffectstheoverallclockofthemicrocontrollerand
howthecombinedeffectsofjitterandcrystaldriftarewell
belowtheCAN2.0specification.TB078PLLJitterandItsEffectsintheCANProtocolAuthor:CaioGübelEXTERNALCLOCK,INTERNALMicrochipTechnologyInc.CLOCKANDMEASURABLEJITTERThemicrocontrollerclockfrequencygeneratedfromaINTRODUCTIONPLLcircuitissubjecttoajitter,alsodefinedasPhaseJitterorPhaseSkew.ForitsPIC18Enhancedmicro-PhaseLockedLoop(PLL)circuitsareincreasingly
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