JAJSOZ7A August 2022 – April 2024 TMDS1204
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The TMDS1204 can support up to 12dB at 6GHz of insertion loss. The loss profile between the GPU and the TMDS1204 input (referred to the pre-channel as shown in Figure 8-1) should be less than the TMDS1204 maximum receiver equalization. Figure 8-3 shows the loss profile of FR4 trace at different lengths. The TMDS1204 EQ0 and EQ1 pins should be configured to match the pre-channel insertion loss. Table 7-6 lists the EQ0 and EQ1 configuration options.
The GPU transmitter differential output voltage swing must be large enough so that the TMDS1204's VID(DC) and VID(EYE) requirements are met. The VID(EYE) is the eye height after the contribution of ISI jitter only. Because a redriver can only compensate for ISI jitter, all non-ISI sources of jitter (random, sinusoidal, and so forth) will be passed through TMDS1204. If the system designer requires the worse case channel length of 10 inches, then the GPU transmitter differential voltage swing without de-emphasis should be at least 1000mVpp to meet the VID(DC) and VID(EYE) requirements of the TMDS1204. A GPU transmitter, which incorporates de-emphasis, can meet the requirement with less than 1000mVpp.