[time-nuts] PLL synthesizer information from TI

[Logan Cummings]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 3:17 PM jimlux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 2/11/20 12:18 PM, John Moran, Scawby Design wrote:
> > For those of you interested in exotic Phase-lock Loop synthesizers, I
> just received this information from TI -
> >
> >
> http://e2e.ti.com/blogs_/b/analogwire/archive/2020/02/10/why-component-integration-carries-weight-for-space-based-pll-synthesizers
> >
> > The web page includes a link to an application note with more data on
> their highly integrated solutions enabling designs from 10MHz to 20GHz.
> >
> > The parts aren't cheap, but they are designed for space applications.
> >
>
> $21k in single quantity, 35 week lead time (from Avnet).. That's not
> extreme for this kind of part.
>
>
> The "engineering prototype part" (generally same die, just doesn't get
> the screening and paperwork) is only $3.5k in Q1.  (you can also get an
> Eval board with the part for the same price)
>
> I wonder if the same part, without the space processing, is available?
>
>
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Not that I looked super deeply at the datasheets but this little guy looks
awfully similar:
http://www.ti.com/product/LMX2594

Different package of course, but it goes down to 10MHz rather than 40 and
is only $64 from DigiKey at Q1 - have to say these are pretty neat parts.
-Logan