Reference Clock Generation - 4.0 English

DPUCZDX8G for Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs Product Guide (PG338)

Document ID
PG338
Release Date
2022-06-24
Version
4.0 English

The m_axi_dpu_aclk (1x) and dpu_2x_clk clock must be synchronous and edge-aligned.  While there are various techniques available to achieve this, the recommended clock topology is illustrated in the figure below:

Figure 1. Reference Circuit

As shown, MMCM and two BUFGCE_DIV blocks are instantiated to generate the 1x and 2x clocks. The frequency of clk_in1 is arbitrary and the frequency of MMCMCLKOUT should selected to be equal to the target frequency of dpu_clk_2x (BUFGCE_DIV_CLK2_INST BUFGCE_DIVIDE =1). BUFGCE_DIV_CLK1_INST in turn is configured to divide the MMCM output clock frequency by two (BUFCE_DIVIDE=2). The resulting two output clocks are synchronous and phase aligned.  Dedicated routing from the MMCM to BUFGCE_DIV instances ensures that skew between the two clocks is minimized.