MC9S08AC60 Datasheet, PDF (161/348 Pages) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc – Microcontrollers

Chapter 10
Internal Clock Generator (S08ICGV4)
10.1 Introduction
The ICG provides multiple options for clock sources. This offers a user great flexibility when making
choices between cost, precision, current draw, and performance. As seen in Figure 10-2, the ICG consists
of four functional blocks. Each of these is briefly described here and then in more detail in a later section.
• Oscillator block — The oscillator block provides means for connecting an external crystal or
resonator. Two frequency ranges are software selectable to allow optimal startup and stability.
Alternatively, the oscillator block can be used to route an external square wave to the system clock.
External sources can provide a very precise clock source. The oscillator is capable of being
configured for low power mode or high amplitude mode as selected by HGO.
• Internal reference generator — The internal reference generator consists of two controlled clock
sources. One is designed to be approximately 8 MHz and can be selected as a local clock for the
background debug controller. The other internal reference clock source is typically 243 kHz and
can be trimmed for finer accuracy via software when a precise timed event is input to the MCU.
This provides a highly reliable, low-cost clock source.
• Frequency-locked loop — A frequency-locked loop (FLL) stage takes either the internal or
external clock source and multiplies it to a higher frequency. Status bits provide information when
the circuit has achieved lock and when it falls out of lock. Additionally, this block can monitor the
external reference clock and signals whether the clock is valid or not.
• Clock select block — The clock select block provides several switch options for connecting
different clock sources to the system clock tree. ICGDCLK is the multiplied clock frequency out
of the FLL, ICGERCLK is the reference clock frequency from the crystal or external clock source,
and FFE (fixed frequency enable) is a control signal used to control the system fixed frequency
clock (XCLK). ICGLCLK is the clock source for the background debug controller (BDC).
The internal clock generation (ICG) module is used to generate the system clocks for the MC9S08AC60
Series MCU. A diagram of the System Clock Distribution is provide in the figure below.
MC9S08AC60 Series Data Sheet, Rev. 2
Freescale Semiconductor
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