From: D. C. Sessions ([email protected])
Date: Wed Nov 03 1999 - 11:43:51 PST
David Haedge wrote:
>
> Fellow SIers,
>
> I am working on an SSO analysis that involves large numbers of LVDS outputs
> switching on a die. One of the reasons to use LVDS is because the driver is
> basically just redirecting a 4mA current in the output loop, hopefully
> eliminating large di/dt's on power and ground. However, my SPICE analysis
> shows a 20-25mA current spike on VDD and VSS with a rise/fall time of about
> 230ps each time the device switches (375MHz rate). It was assumed that we
> could get by with a lot less VDD and VSS pads due to the expected low di/dt's.
> It appears now that with this large unexpected current spike, we need to triple
> the number of powers and grounds to achieve an acceptable voltage drop/ground
> bounce. Has anybody out there seen this sort of behavior in LVDS circuitry?
> Or is this just perhaps a quirk in SPICE (or my chosen vendor)?
Assuming that you're not running the predriver on the output rails (BAAAAAD idea)
then it sounds like you have some rise/fall assymetry. Step one is to fix it,
since power noise is the least of the troubles it causes.
Beyond that, you may not have a big problem Oddly enough, in a differential
current environment supply inductance can actually be a Good Thing since it
effectively forces rise/fall symmetry. Put some package inductance into that
simulation (with or without mutual inductance, although ignoring mutual
inductance is kinda silly) and see what happens. Betcha you like the results.
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