[SI-LIST] : Preferred PWB impedances

D. C. Sessions ([email protected])
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 09:04:25 -0700

I had an interesting meeting late last week. VLSI is
drafting the specs for our newest I/O library and rather
than wet-finger it, we're asking for a little help in
making them meet real-world needs.

Here's the question for the floor:

If you could have only four 3.3v CMOS driver types, what
would you have. (Aside from HSTL, SSTL, etc.) One obvious
candidate is a reflected-wave driver for 50-ohm nominal
lines; that comes to about 10mA at 350mV from the rails
under worst case conditions. A 65-ohm reflected-wave
driver would run about 25% lighter, or about 8mA.
Incident-wave is another matter entirely.

SO! the floor is open for nominations. Keep in mind that
excessively strong drivers are both inherently slower and
more vulnerable to SSO degradation.

-- 
D. C. Sessions
[email protected]