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16 years ago

Interfacing to S4/S3 LVDS

Hi All, I would like to interface an ADC that has a Vocm of 820mV at 780Mbps to the S4 LVDS receiver. The S4 data sheet has the Vicm at: 0.05V < VICM < 1.8V for Dmax less than 700Mbps a...
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16 years ago

AC coupling is the most simple way, but is only permitted for DC balanced data, e.g. 8b/10b or manchester encoded. ADC data most likely aren't of this type. But I would prefer to know about the transmitter characteristics before making detail suggestions.