The MC100EP139 is a low skew 2/4, 4/5/6 clock generation chip designed explicitly for low skew clock generation applications. The internal dividers are synchronous to each other, therefore, the common output edges are all precisely aligned. The device can be driven by either a differential or singleended ECL or, if positive power supplies are used, LVPECL input signals. In addition, by using the VBB output, a sinusoidal source can be AC coupled into the device. If a singleended input is to be used, the VBB output should be connected to the CLK input and bypassed to ground via a 0.01F capacitor. The common enable (EN) is synchronous so that the internal dividers will only be enabled/disabled when the internal clock is already in the LOW state. This avoids any chance of generating a runt clock pulse on the internal clock when the device is enabled/disabled as can happen with an asynchronous control. The internal enable flipflop is clocked on the falling edge of the input clock, therefore, all associated specification limits are referenced to the negative edge of the clock input.