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- From: MATGBB@LURE.LATROBE.EDU.AU (BYRNES,Graham)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: 486DX2 Crystals
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.072323.28556@lugb.latrobe.edu.au>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 07:23:23 GMT
- Article-I.D.: lugb.1992Dec21.072323.28556
- References: <1992Dec16.011918.25341@eng.ufl.edu> <1992Dec16.194706.27550@iitinc.uucp>
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- In-Reply-To: sehat@iitinc.uucp's message of 16 Dec 92 19:47:06 GMT
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- In <1992Dec16.194706.27550@iitinc.uucp> sehat@iitinc.uucp writes:
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- > From article <1992Dec16.011918.25341@eng.ufl.edu>, by iqbal@omaha.eel.ufl.edu (M.Iqbal):
- >
- >
- > > Anyways, one should be able see that square wave have harmonics all over
- > > the frequency band. What CPU is doing is picking up a harmonic of the input
- > > clock frequecny. Therefore, second harmonic of 25 mhz is 50 mhz and similarly
- > > second harmonic of 33 mhz is 66 mhz. Usually, a CPU has a Phase lock loop
- > > to lock on the second harmonic of the clock frequency; thus, running
- > > the internal circuitry of the porcessor at 50 or 66 mhz. One can, however,
- > > pick up second harmonic by using a filter, but, it is much easier to build
- > > a Phase lock loop on a silicon wafer than passive components like R, L,
- > > and C.
- > >
- >
- > Actually, A CPU PLL normally does not pick up any harmonic component of the
- > input signal. In fact, the way the CPU PLL works is to compare one edge (for
- > example rising edge) of the input clock to the edges of the internal oscillator
- > circuit. In order to get 2x internal clock, the internal oscillator is divided
- > by 2 before the edge comparison. The frequency of the internal osc is then
- > adjusted such that for every input edge there is corresponding edge of the
- > divided internal osc (a phase-freq detector is normally used to do this).
- > If you need to find more information on the circuit used in the 486DX2, pick
- > up a copy of the latest JSSCC.
- > --
- > Sehat Sutardja,
- >
- > sehat@iit.com | INTEGRATED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- > |
- And aside from that, a square wave only has ODD harmonics, so filtering
- for the 2nd harmonic wouldn't work too well...
- Graham B
-