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Entry  Fri Feb 26 17:05:26 2021, Tom Schneider, Trouble getting PLL to lock 
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Message ID: 816     Entry time: Fri Feb 26 22:12:58 2021     In reply to: 815     Reply to this: 817
Author: Stefan Ritt 
Subject: Trouble getting PLL to lock 

Sounds to me like your REFCLK is not getting through or your PLL loop is open. Could be a bad solder connection. Try to measure signals not on the PCB trace, but directly on the DRS4 pins. Drive REFCLK with a proper LVDS signal. Maybe it's wrong what I wrote in the data sheet and the trick with VDD/2 is not really working.

Stefan

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