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Product data sheet Rev. 2.2 — 11 March 2014  55 of 72
NXP Semiconductors
LPC11U1x
32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller
11.3 XTAL Printed-Circuit Board (PCB) layout guidelines
The crystal should be connected on the PCB as close as possible to the oscillator input 
and output pins of the chip. Take care that the load capacitors C
x1
, C
x2
, and C
x3
 in case of 
third overtone crystal usage have a common ground plane. The external components 
must also be connected to the ground plain. Loops must be made as small as possible in 
order to keep the noise coupled in via the PCB as small as possible. Also parasitics 
should stay as small as possible. Values of C
x1
 and C
x2
 should be chosen smaller 
accordingly to the increase in parasitics of the PCB layout. 
Table 18. Recommended values for C
X1
/C
X2
 in oscillation mode (crystal and external 
components parameters) low frequency mode
Fundamental oscillation 
frequency F
OSC
Crystal load 
capacitance C
L
Maximum crystal 
series resistance R
S
External load 
capacitors C
X1
, C
X2
 1 MHz to 5 MHz 10 pF < 300  18 pF, 18 pF
20 pF < 300  39 pF, 39 pF
30 pF < 300  57 pF, 57 pF
5 MHz to 10 MHz 10 pF < 300  18 pF, 18 pF
20 pF < 200  39 pF, 39 pF
30 pF < 100  57 pF, 57 pF
10 MHz to 15 MHz 10 pF < 160  18 pF, 18 pF
20 pF < 60  39 pF, 39 pF
15 MHz to 20 MHz 10 pF < 80  18 pF, 18 pF
Table 19. Recommended values for C
X1
/C
X2
 in oscillation mode (crystal and external 
components parameters) high frequency mode 
Fundamental oscillation 
frequency F
OSC
Crystal load 
capacitance C
L
Maximum crystal 
series resistance R
S
External load 
capacitors C
X1
, C
X2
15 MHz to 20 MHz 10 pF < 180  18 pF, 18 pF
20 pF < 100  39 pF, 39 pF
20 MHz to 25 MHz 10 pF < 160  18 pF, 18 pF
20 pF < 80  39 pF, 39 pF










