General Description Features The DS50EV401 is a low power, programmable equalizer specifically designed for PCI Express applications. The device provides 2 equalization settings to reduce inter-symbol interference (ISI) induced by a variety of interconnect media. One setting is optimized for PCIe Gen1 and Gen2 applications; the other is optimized for future Gen3 data rates. In all modes, the equalizer can operate, error free, with an input eye that is completely closed by interconnect ISI. A single pin, MODE, allows the user to change between these two modes. The DS50EV401 enables PCI Express compatible link extension by supporting transmit electrical idle, and Beacon signal pass through on a per lane basis. Current-mode logic (CML) is used on both input and output terminals, which provide constant 50 ohm single-ended impedance to AC ground. Differential signaling is implemented through out the entire signal path to minimize supply induced jitter. The DS50EV401 is available in a 7mm x 7mm 48-pin leadless LLP package, and is powered from a single power supply of either 3.3 or 2.5V. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ PCI Express compatible link extension Automatic power management on an individual lane basis Data rate optimized equalization Operates over 7 meter of 24 AWG PCI Express Cables up to 8 Gbps 0.18 UI of residual deterministic jitter at 8 Gbps with 30” of FR4 0.18 UI of residual deterministic jitter at 5 Gbps with 40” of FR4 0.16 UI of residual deterministic jitter at 2.5 Gbps with 40” of FR4 8 kV HBM ESD -40 to 85°C operating temperature range 7 mm x 7 mm 48-pin leadless LLP package Single power supply of either 3.3V or 2.5V Low power (typically 95 mW per channel at 2.5V VCC) Simplified Application Diagram 30050524 © 2008 National Semiconductor Corporation 300505 www.national.com 2.5 Gbps / 5.0 Gbps / 8.0 Gbps Quad PCI Express Cable and Backplane Equalizer DS50EV401 2.5 Gbps / 5.0 Gbps / 8.0 Gbps Quad PCI Express Cable and Backplane Equalizer DS50EV401 February 7, 2008 DS50EV401 Pin Descriptions Pin Name Pin Number I/O, Type Description HIGH SPEED DIFFERENTIAL I/O IN_0+ IN_0- 1 2 I, CML Inverting and non-inverting CML differential inputs to the equalizer. An on-chip 50Ω terminating resistor connects IN_0+ to VDD and IN_0- to VDD. IN_1+ IN_1- 4 5 I, CML Inverting and non-inverting CML differential inputs to the equalizer. An on-chip 50Ω terminating resistor connects IN_1+ to VDD and IN_1- to VDD. IN_2+ IN_2- 8 9 I, CML Inverting and non-inverting CML differential inputs to the equalizer. An on-chip 50Ω terminating resistor connects IN_2+ to VDD and IN_2- to VDD. IN_3+ IN_3- 11 12 I, CML Inverting and non-inverting CML differential inputs to the equalizer. An on-chip 50Ω terminating resistor connects IN_3+ to VDD and IN_3- to VDD. OUT_0+ OUT_0- 36 35 O, CML Inverting and non-inverting CML differential outputs from the equalizer. An on-chip 50Ω terminating resistor connects OUT_0+ to VDD and OUT_0- to VDD. OUT_1+ OUT_1- 33 32 O, CML An on-chip 50Ω terminating resistor connects OUT_1+ to VDD and OUT_1- to VDD. OUT_2+ OUT_2- 29 28 O, CML Inverting and non-inverting CML differential outputs from the equalizer. An on-chip 50Ω terminating resistor connects OUT_2+ to VDD and OUT_2- to VDD. OUT_3+ OUT_3- 26 25 O, CML Inverting and non-inverting CML differential outputs from the equalizer. An on-chip 50Ω terminating resistor connects OUT_3+ to VDD and OUT_3- to VDD. I, CMOS MODE selects the equalizer frequency for EQ channels. MODE is internally pulled low. EQUALIZATION CONTROL MODE 14 DEVICE CONTROL EN0 44 I, CMOS Enable Ch0 output driver input. When held High, normal operation is selected. When held Low, Ch0 output drive is off and standby mode is selected. EN0 is internally pulled High. EN1 42 I, CMOS Enable Ch1 output driver input. When held High, normal operation is selected. When held Low, Ch1 output drive is off and standby mode is selected. EN1 is internally pulled High. EN2 40 I, CMOS Enable Ch2 output driver input. When held High, normal operation is selected. When held Low, Ch2 output drive is off and standby mode is selected. EN2 is internally pulled High. EN3 38 I, CMOS Enable Ch3 output driver input. When held High, normal operation is selected. When held Low, CH3 output drive is off and standby mode is selected. EN3 is internally pulled High. SD0 45 O, CMOS Equalizer Ch0 Signal Detect Output. Produces a High when signal is detected. SD1 43 O, CMOS Equalizer Ch1 Signal Detect Output. Produces a High when signal is detected. SD2 41 O, CMOS Equalizer Ch2 Signal Detect Output. Produces a High when signal is detected. SD3 39 O, CMOS Equalizer Ch3 Signal Detect Output. Produces a High when signal is detected. 3, 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, 46 Power 22, 24, 27, 30, 31, 34 Power Ground reference. GND should be tied to a solid ground plane through a low impedance path. PAD Power Ground reference. The exposed pad at the center of the package must be connected to ground plane of the board. POWER VDD GND Exposed Pad VDD = 2.5V ± 5% or 3.3V ± 10%. VDD pins should be tied to VDD plane through low inductance path. A 0.01μF bypass capacitor should be connected between each VDD pin to GND planes. OTHER Reserv 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 37, 47, 48 Reserved. Do not connect. Note: I = Input O = Output www.national.com 2 DS50EV401 Connection Diagram 30050526 3 www.national.com DS50EV401 Absolute Maximum Ratings (Note 1) ESD Rating If Military/Aerospace specified devices are required, please contact the National Semiconductor Sales Office/ Distributors for availability and specifications. HBM, 1.5 kΩ, 100 pF Thermal Resistance θJA, No Airflow Supply Voltage (VDD) CMOS Input Voltage CMOS Output Voltage CML Input/Output Voltage Junction Temperature Storage Temperature Lead Temperature (Soldering, 4 Seconds) −0.5V to +4.0V −0.5V + 4.0V −0.5V to 4.0V −0.5V to 4.0V >8 kV 30°C/W Recommended Operating Conditions Supply Voltage VDD2.5 to GND VDD3.3 to GND Ambient Temperature +150°C −65°C to +150°C +260°C Min Typ Max Units 2.375 3.0 −40 2.5 3.3 25 2.625 3.6 +85 V V °C Electrical Characteristics Over recommended operating supply and temperature ranges with default register settings unless other specified. (Note 2, 3) Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Units 510 700 mW 100 mW 490 mW POWER P Power Supply Consumption Device Enabled, VDD3.3 Device Disabled, VDD3.3 P N Power Supply Consumption Supply Noise Tolerance (Note 4) Device Enabled, VDD2.5 380 Device Disabled, VDD2.5 30 mW 100 mVP-P Upto 50 MHz LVTTL DC SPECIFICATIONS VIH High Level Input Voltage VIL Low Level Input Voltage VOH High Level Output Voltage VDD3.3 VDD2.5 2.0 VDD V 1.6 VDD V -0.3 0.8 V IOH = -3mA, VDD3.3 2.4 V IOH = -3mA, VDD2.5 2.0 V VOL Low Level Output Voltage IOL = 3mA 0.4 V IIN Input Current VIN = VDD +15 μA IIN-P Input Leakage Current with Internal Pull-Down/Up Resistors VIN = GND μA -15 VIN = VDD, with internal pull-down resistors VIN = VDD, with internal pull-up resistors +140 -40 μA μA CML RECEIVER INPUTS (IN_n+, IN_n-) VIN VIN-S Input Voltage Swing Input Voltage Sensitivity AC-Coupled or DC-Coupled Required Differential Amplitude measured at point A (Figure 1) 1600 mVP-P AC-Coupled or DC-Coupled Required Differential Envelope measured at point B (Figure 1, 10) (Note 5) 170 mVP-P 10 dB RLI Differential Input Return Loss 100 MHz – 4.0 GHz, with fixture’s effect de-embedded RIN Input Resistance Single ended to VDD www.national.com 400 4 40 50 60 Ω Parameter Conditions Min Differential measurement with OUT_n+ and OUT_n- terminated by 50Ω to GND AC-Coupled (Figure 2) 800 Typ Max Units 1200 mVP-P CML OUTPUTS (OUT_n+, OUT_n-) VO VOCM tR, tF Output Voltage Swing Output Common-Mode Voltage Transition Time Single-ended measurement DCCoupled with 50Ω termination (Note 6) VDD – 0.25 V 20% to 80% of differential output voltage, measured within 1” from output pins (Figure 2) (Note 6) 40 ps RO Output Resistance Single-ended to VDD RLO Differential Output Return Loss 100 MHz – 4.0 GHz, with fixture’s effect de-embedded. IN_n+ = static high tPLHD Differential Low to High Propagation Delay tPHLD Differential High to Low Propagation Delay tID Idle to Valid Differential Data tDI tCCSK Valid Differential data to idle Inter Pair Channel to Channel Skew 40 50 60 Ω 10 dB 240 ps 240 ps VIN = 800 mVp-p, 5 Gbps, EIEOS, 40” of 6 mil microstrip FR4 (Figure 4) (Note 6) 8 ns VIN = 800 mVp-p, 5 Gbps, EIOS, 40” of 6 mil microstrip FR4 (Figure 4) (Note 6) 8 ns Difference in 50% crossing between channels 7 ps UIP-P Propagation delay measurement at 50% VO between input to output, 100 Mbps (Figure 3) (Note 8) EQUALIZATION DJ1 DJ2 DJ3 RJ Residual Deterministic Jitter at 8 Gbps 30” of 6 mil microstrip FR4, MODE=0, PRBS-7 (27-1) pattern (Note 6, 7) 0.18 Residual Deterministic Jitter at 5 Gbps 40” of 6 mil microstrip FR4, MODE=1, PRBS-7 (27-1) pattern (Note 6, 7) 0.18 0.21 UIP-P Residual Deterministic Jitter at 2.5 40” of 6 mil microstrip FR4, Gbps MODE=1, PRBS-7 (27-1) pattern (Note 6, 7) 0.16 0.18 UIP-P Random Jitter 0.5 (Note 8, 9) psrms Note 1: “Absolute Maximum Ratings” indicate limits beyond which damage to the device may occur, including inoperability and degradation of device reliability and/or performance. Functional operation of the device and/or non-degradation at the Absolute Maximum Ratings or other conditions beyond those indicated in the Recommended Operating Conditions is not implied. The Recommended Operating Conditions indicate conditions at which the device is functional and the device should not be operated beyond such conditions. Absolute Maximum Numbers are guaranteed for a junction temperature range of -40°C to +125°C. Models are validated to Maximum Operating Voltages only. Note 2: Typical values represent most likely parametric norms at VDD = 3.3V or 2.5V, TA = 25°C., and at the Recommended Operation Conditions at the time of product characterization and are not guaranteed. Note 3: The Electrical Characteristics tables list guaranteed specifications under the listed Recommended Operating Conditions except as otherwise modified or specified by the Electrical Characteristics Conditions and/or Notes. Typical specifications are estimations only and are not guaranteed. Note 4: Allowed supply noise (mVP-P sine wave) under typical conditions. Note 5: VIN-S is a measurement of the input differential envelope (Figure 10). The device does not require an open eye. Note 6: Specification is guaranteed by characterization at optimal MODE setting and is not tested in production. Note 7: Deterministic jitter is measured at the differential outputs (point C of Figure 1), minus the deterministic jitter before the test channel (point A of Figure 1). Random jitter is removed through the use of averaging or similar means. Note 8: Measured with clock-like {11111 00000} pattern. Note 9: Random jitter contributed by the equalizer is defined as sqrt (JOUT2 – JIN2). JOUT is the random jitter at equalizer outputs in ps-rms, see point C of Figure 1; JIN is the random jitter at the input of the equalizer in ps-rms, see point B of Figure 1. 5 www.national.com DS50EV401 Symbol DS50EV401 Timing Diagrams 30050527 FIGURE 1. Test Setup Diagram 30050502 FIGURE 2. CML Output Transition Times 30050503 FIGURE 3. Propagation Delay Timing Diagram www.national.com 6 DS50EV401 30050504 FIGURE 4. Idle Timing Diagram 7 www.national.com DS50EV401 during link negotiation. The DS50EV401 is intended as a unidirectional receiver that should be placed in close physical proximity to the end point. Therefore the transmitter does not include de-emphasis as TX equalization would not be needed over the short distance between the equalizer and the end point. In order to enable PCI compliant link extension the DS50EV401 will put the transmitter into electrical idle mode when no active data is sensed on its inputs. Idle is controlled on a per lane basis, and is solely dependent on activity of a particular channel’s input activity. 50 ohm termination is maintained on both the RX and TX terminals in electrical idle mode. The DS50EV401 internal signal path is designed to be broad band, allowing the Beacon Wakeup signal to pass through to the endpoint device. DS50EV401 Applications Information The DS50EV401 is a programmable quad equalizer optimized for PCI Express applications. It is designed to operate over copper backplanes and cables at transmission rates of 2.5 Gbps up to 8 Gbps. The device consists of an input receive equalizer followed by a limiting amplifier. The equalizer is designed to open an input eye that is completely closed due to inter-symbol interference (ISI) induced by the channel interconnect. The equalization is set to keep residual deterministic jitter below 0.2 unit intervals (UI) regardless of data rate. This equalization scheme allows 1 equalization setting to satisfy both Gen1 and Gen2 links, eliminating the need for interaction between the equalizer and PCI Express endpoint 30050505 FIGURE 5. Simplified Block Diagram mode, as shown in Figure 6. The common mode voltage is set, and the differential output is forced to zero. To save power, the output driver current is powered off when the device is in electrical idle mode. All other circuits maintain their bias currents allowing a fast recovery from idle to the active state. Electric idle is performed on a per channel basis, and several channels can be in idle while others are actively passing data. DATA CHANNELS The DS50EV401 consists of four data channels. Each channel provides input termination, receiver equalization, signal limiting, offset cancellation, and a CML output driver, as shown in Figure 5. The data channels support two levels of equalization, controlled by the pin MODE. The equalization levels are set simultaneously on all 4 channels, as described in Table 1. When an idle condition is sensed on a channel’s input, the transmit driver is automatically placed into electrical idle TABLE 1. MODE Control Table 6 mil microstrip FR4 trace length (in) 24 AWG Twin-AX cable length (m) Frequency Channel Loss MODE 0–30 0–7 8 Gbps 16 dB 0 0–40 0–10 5 Gbps 2.5 Gbps 14 dB 20 dB 1 30050506 FIGURE 6. Automatic Power Management www.national.com 8 30050507 FIGURE 7. Example of Passing Beacon Signal GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS The DS50EV401 is a high performance device capable of delivering excellent performance. In order to extract full performance from the device in a particular application, good high-speed design practices must be followed. National Semiconductor’s LVDS Owner's Manual, 4th edition provides detailed information about managing signal integrity and power delivery to get the most from your design. POWER SUPPLY BYPASSING Two approaches are recommended to ensure that the DS50EV401 is provided with an adequate power supply. First, the supply (VDD) and ground (GND) pins should be connected to power planes routed on adjacent layers of the printed circuit board. The layer thickness of the dielectric should be minimized so that the VDD and GND planes create a low inductance supply with distributed capacitance. Second, careful attention to supply bypassing through the proper use of bypass capacitors is required. A 0.01μF bypass capacitor should be connected to each VDD pin such that the capacitor is placed as close as possible to the DS50EV401. Smaller body size capacitors can help facilitate proper component placement. Additionally, three capacitors with capacitance in the range of 2.2 μF to 10 μF should be incorporated in the power supply bypassing design as well. These capacitors can be either tantalum or an ultra-low ESR ceramic and should be placed as close as possible to the DS50EV401. PCB LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS FOR DIFFERENTIAL PAIRS The CML inputs and outputs must have a controlled differential impedance of 100Ω. It is preferable to route CML lines exclusively on one layer of the board, particularly for the input traces. The use of vias should be avoided if possible. If vias must be used, they should be used sparingly and must be placed symmetrically for each side of a given differential pair. Route the CML signals away from other signals and noise sources on the printed circuit board. See AN-1187 for additional information on LLP packages.. 9 www.national.com DS50EV401 The AC coupling capacitors used to connect the DS50EV401 to the rest of the system limit the fidelity of the Beacon signal. Therefore, a minimum capacitance of 75nF, as shown in figure 7, is required for proper operation. BEACON WAKEUP The DS50EV401 signal path is designed to be broadband, allowing a low frequency signal, such as the Beacon Wakeup used by the PCI Express protocol, to pass through the device. DS50EV401 Typical Performance Eye Diagrams and Curves 30050508 30050509 Figure 8. Unequalized Signal (40 in FR4, 2.5 Gbps, PRBS7) 30050510 30050511 Figure 10. Unequalized Signal (40 in FR4, 5 Gbps, PRBS7) Figure 11. Equalized Signal (40 in FR4, 5 Gbps, PRBS7, MODE=1) 30050512 30050513 Figure 12. Unequalized Signal (30 in FR4, 8 Gbps, PRBS7) www.national.com Figure 9. Equalized Signal (40 in FR4, 2.5 Gbps, PRBS7, MODE=1) Figure 13. Equalized Signal (30 in FR4, 8 Gbps, PRBS7, MODE=0) 10 DS50EV401 30050514 30050515 Figure 14. Unequalized Signal (10 m 24 AWG Twin-AX Cable, 2.5 Gbps, PRBS7) Figure 15. Equalized Signal (10 m 24 AWG Twin-AX Cable, 2.5 Gbps, PRBS7, MODE=1) 30050516 30050517 Figure 16. Unequalized Signal (10 m 24 AWG Twin-AX Cable, 5 Gbps, PRBS7) Figure 17. Equalized Signal (10 m 24 AWG Twin-AX Cable, 5 Gbps, PRBS7, MODE=1) 30050518 30050519 Figure 18. Unequalized Signal (7 m 24 AWG Twin-AX Cable, 8 Gbps, PRBS7) Figure 19. Equalized Signal (7 m 24 AWG Twin-AX Cable, 8 Gbps, PRBS7, MODE=0) 11 www.national.com DS50EV401 Physical Dimensions inches (millimeters) unless otherwise noted 7mm x 7mm 48-pin LLP Package Order Number DS50EV401 Package Number SQA48D To order lead-free products, call your National Semiconductor distributors. They can order products for you with an "NOPB" specification. 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