SNAS800B July 2021 – February 2024 LMX1204
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As the multiplier is PLL based, the multiplier acts as a programmable filter that attenuates noise, spurs, harmonics, and sub-harmonics that are outside the PLL loop bandwidth (about 10MHz). Filter mode (x1 Multiplier) allows the user to use the clock multiplier as a tunable filter with 10MHz bandwidth that has lower additive noise than the higher multiply values. In this filter mode, the spurs are first amplified by the input stage and then attenuated by the loop filter making this mode most effective for filtering spurs at offsets of 100MHz or higher. Note that the filter mode is different than buffer mode because filter mode filters the input frequency, but adds more close in phase noise. A x1 multiplier value does not support the SYNC operation. At frequencies above 4.2GHz, there is a possibility of the subharmonics at Fref/3. These subharmonics can be eliminated by using the filter at the output.