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Clock Generator Module (CGMC)
Acquisition/Lock Time Specifications
MC68HC908GR8 — Rev 4.0 Technical Data
MOTOROLA Clock Generator Module (CGMC) 125
7.9 Acquisition/Lock Time Specifications
The acquisition and lock times of the PLL are, in many applications, the
most critical PLL design parameters. Proper design and use of the PLL
ensures the highest stability and lowest acquisition/lock times.
7.9.1 Acquisition/Lock Time Definitions
Typical control systems refer to the acquisition time or lock time as the
reaction time, within specified tolerances, of the system to a step input.
In a PLL, the step input occurs when the PLL is turned on or when it
suffers a noise hit. The tolerance is usually specified as a percentage of
the step input or when the output settles to the desired value plus or
minus a percentage of the frequency change. Therefore, the reaction
time is constant in this definition, regardless of the size of the step input.
For example, consider a system with a 5 percent acquisition time
tolerance. If a command instructs the system to change from 0 Hz to
1 MHz, the acquisition time is the time taken for the frequency to reach
1MHz±50 kHz. Fifty kHz = 5% of the 1-MHz step input. If the system is
operating at 1 MHz and suffers a –100-kHz noise hit, the acquisition time
is the time taken to return from 900 kHz to 1 MHz ±5 kHz. Five kHz = 5%
of the 100-kHz step input.
Other systems refer to acquisition and lock times as the time the system
takes to reduce the error between the actual output and the desired
output to within specified tolerances. Therefore, the acquisition or lock
time varies according to the original error in the output. Minor errors may
not even be registered. Typical PLL applications prefer to use this
definition because the system requires the output frequency to be within
a certain tolerance of the desired frequency regardless of the size of the
initial error.
7.9.2 Parametric Influences on Reaction Time
Acquisition and lock times are designed to be as short as possible while
still providing the highest possible stability. These reaction times are not
constant, however. Many factors directly and indirectly affect the
acquisition time.
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