JAJSKL8E june 2006 – october 2020 SN65LVDS302
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Receiver PLL tracking: To maximize the design margin for the interconnect, good RX PLL tracking of the TX PLL is important. FlatLink3G requires the RX PLL to have a bandwidth higher than the bandwidth of the TX PLL. The SN65LVDS302 PLL design is optimized to track the SN65LVDS0301 PLL particularly well, thus providing a very large receiver skew margin. A FlatLink3G-compliant link must provide at least ±225 ppm of receiver skew margin for the interconnect.
It is important to understand the tradeoff between power consumption, EMI, and maximum speed when selecting the F/S signal. It is beneficial to choose the slowest rise time possible to minimize EMI and power consumption. Unfortunately a slower rise time also reduces the timing margin left for the LCD driver. Hence it is necessary to calculate the timing margin to select the correct F/S pin setting.
The output rise time depends on the output driver strength and the output load. An LCD driver typical capacitive load is assumed with approximately 10 pF. As the capacitive load increases, the rise time also increases. Rise time of the SN65LVDS302 is measured as the time duration it takes the output voltage to rise from 20% of VDD and 80% of VDD and fall time is defined as the time for the output voltage to transition from 80% of VDD down to 20%.
Within one mode of operation and one F/S pin setting, the rise time of the output stage is fixed and does not adjust to the pixel frequency. Due to the short bit time at very fast pixel clock speeds and the real capacitive load of the display driver, the output amplitude might not reach VDD and GND saturation fully. To ensure sufficient signal swing and verify the design margin, it becomes necessary to determine that the output amplitude under any circumstance reaches the display driver’s input stage logic threshold (usually 30% and 70% of VDD).
Figure 9-3 shows a worst-case rise time simulation assuming a LCD driver load of 16 pF at VGA display resolution. PCLK is the fastest switching output. With F/S set to GND (Figure 9-4), the PCLK output voltage amplitude is significantly reduced. The voltage amplitude of the output data RGB[7:0], VS, HS, and DE shows less amplitude attenuation because these outputs carry random data pattern and toggle equal or less than half of the PCLK frequency. It is necessary to determine the timing margin between the LVDS302 output and LCD driver input.
F/S = VDD | CL = 16 pF |
F/S = 0 | CL = 16 pF |