VersaClock® 6E Programmable Clock Generators

Renesas Electronics VersaClock^® 6E Programmable Clock Generators are designed for high-performance networking, computing, industrial, consumer, and data communication applications. These sixth-generation clock generators store the configurations in on-chip One-Time Programmable (OTP) memory or can be changed using an I²C interface. The VersaClock 6E programmable clock generators feature flexible power rails, four banks of internal OTP memory, an I²C serial programming interface, and four universal, individually configurable output pairs. A single reference clock generates the frequencies, which can come with one or two redundant clock inputs. During normal operation, a glitchless manual switchover function allows one of the redundant clocks to be selected. These clock generators can be configured to use one of two I²C addresses so that multiple devices can be used in a system. The devices are ideal for processor and FPGA clocking, any-frequency clock conversion, telecom line cards, laser distance sensing, and multi-function printers.