August 1996 ML65541/ML65L541* High Speed Octal Buffer/Line Drivers GENERAL DESCRIPTION FEATURES The ML65541 and ML65L541 are non-inverting octal buffer/line drivers. The high operating frequency (50MHz driving a 50pF load) and low propagation delay (ML65541 – 1.7 ns, ML65L541 – 2 ns) make them ideal for very high speed applications such as processor bus buffering and cache and main memory control. ■ Low propagation delay — 1.7ns ML65541 2.0ns ML65L541 ■ Fast 8-bit TTL level buffer/line driver with three-state capability on the output ■ TTL compatible input and output levels ■ Schottky diode clamps on all inputs to handle undershoot and overshoot ■ Onboard schottky diodes minimize noise ■ Reduced output swing of 0 – 4.1 volts ■ Ground bounce controlled outputs, typically less than 400mV ■ Industry standard FCT541 type pinout ■ Applications include high speed cache memory, main memory, processor bus buffering, and graphics cards These buffers use a unique analog implementation to eliminate the delays inherent in traditional digital designs. Schottky clamps reduce under and overshoot, and special output driver circuits limit ground bounce. The ML65541 and ML65L541 conform to the pinout and functionality of the industry standard FCT541 and are intended for applications where propagation delay is critical to the system design. Note: This part was previously numbered ML6581. *This Part Is Obsolete BLOCK DIAGRAM VCC A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 20 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 VCC OE1 1 OE2 19 10 GND B0 1 ML65541/ML65L541 PIN CONFIGURATION 20-Pin SOIC, QSOP OE1 1 20 VCC A0 2 19 OE2 A1 3 18 B0 A2 4 17 B1 A3 5 16 B2 A4 6 15 B3 A5 7 14 B4 A6 8 13 B5 A7 9 12 B6 10 11 B7 GND TOP VIEW PIN DESCRIPTION NAME Ai I/O I DESCRIPTION Data Bus A Bi O Data Bus B OE1 & OE2 I Output Enable GND I Signal Ground VCC I + 5V supply ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS VCC ................................................................................ –0.3V to 7V DC Input voltage ............................. –0.3V to VCC + 0.3V AC Input voltage (< 20ns) ....................................... –3.0V DC Output voltage .......................... –0.3V to VCC + 0.3V Output sink current (per pin) ................................ 120mA Storage temperature ................................ –65°C to 150°C Junction temperature ............................................. 150°C Thermal Impedance (qJA) SOIC ............................................................... 96°C/W QSOP ............................................................ 100°C/W 2 FUNCTION TABLE OE1/OE2 A B H X Z L L L L H H L = Logic Low H = Logic High X = Don’t Care Z = High Impedance ML65541/ML65L541 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Unless otherwise stated, these specifications apply for: VCC = 5.0 ± 5%V, TA = 0°C to 70°C (Note 1). SYMBOL PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS ML65541 1.4 1.7 ns ML65L541 1.6 2.0 ns 10 15 ns 10 ns AC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (CLOAD = 50pF, RLOAD = 500ý) tPLH, tPHL Propagation delay tOE Output enable time OE1, OE2 to Bi tOD Output disable time OE1, OE2 to Bi CIN Input capacitance Ai to Bi (Note 2) 8 pF DC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (CLOAD = 50pF, RLOAD = ) VIH Input high voltage Logic HIGH VIL Input low voltage Logic LOW IIH Input high current Per pin, VIN = 3V IIL Input low current 2.0 Per pin, VIN = 0 1.5 mA ML65L541 0.3 0.5 mA ML65541 2.4 3.5 mA ML65L541 0.8 1.0 mA 5 µA –225 mA –1.2 V VCC = 5.25V, 0 < VIN < VCC IOS Short circuit current VCC = 5.25V, VO = GND (Note 3) VIC Input clamp voltage VCC = 4.75V, IIN = 18mA VOH Output high voltage VCC = 4.75V, IOH = 100µA (Notes 4 & 5) VOL Output low voltage VCC = 4.75V, IOL = 25mA (Notes 4 & 5) VOFF VIN – VOUT per buffer VCC = 4.75V (Note 4) ML65541 –60 –0.7 2.4 ML65L541 Note Note Note Note 1: 2: 3: 4: Note 5: V 0.5 Three-state output current Quiescent Power Supply Current 0.8 ML65541 IHI-Z ICC V V 0.6 V 0 100 200 mV 0 200 300 mV 55 80 mA VCC = 5.25V, f = 0Hz, Inputs/outputs open Limits are guaranteed by 100% testing, sampling or correlation with worst case test conditions One line switching, see Figure 3, tPLH, tPHL versus CL. Not more than one output should be shorted for more than a second. This is a true analog buffer. In the linear region, the output tracks the input with an offset (VOFF). For VOH, VIN = 2.7V. VOH MIN includes VOFF. For VOL, VIN = 0V, VOL MAX includes VOFF See Figure 2 for IOH versus VOH and IOL versus VOL data. tR, tF ≤ 4ns 3V INPUT 0V 1.5V 3V OUTPUT 1.5V tPLH 1.5V tPHL 1.5V 0V 3 ML65541/ML65L541 CH1 1.00V CH2 1.00V 10.0ns CH1 1.00V CH2 1.00V 10.0ns ML65541 74FCT541 220 +20 200 0 180 –20 160 –40 140 –60 IOH (mA) IOL (mA) Figure 1. Ground Bounce Comparison, Four Outputs Switching into 50pF Loads. 120 100 –80 –100 80 –120 60 –140 40 –160 20 –180 0 0.0 –200 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 VOL (V) 4.0 VOH (V) Figure 2a. Typical VOL Versus IOL for One Buffer Output. Figure 2b. Typical VOH Versus IOH for One Buffer Output. 3.0 210 150pF 190 2.5 100pF ML65L541 50pF 75pF 170 ICC (mA) tpd (ns) 2.0 ML65541 1.5 150 30pF 130 110 1.0 90 0.5 70 0.0 30 50 75 100 LOAD CAPACITANCE (pF) Figure 3. Propagation Delay (tPLH, tPHL) Versus Load Capacitance, One Output Switching. 4 150 50 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 FREQUENCY (MHz) Figure 4. ICC Versus Frequency for Various Load Capacitances, Four Outputs Switching. 90 ML65541/ML65L541 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION The ML65541 and ML65L541 are very high speed noninverting buffer/line drivers with three-state outputs which are ideally suited for bus-oriented applications. They provide a low propagation delay by using an analog design approach (a high speed unity gain buffer), as compared to conventional digital approaches. The ML65541 and ML65L541 follow the pinout and functionality of the industry standard FCT541 series of buffer/line drivers and are intended to replace them in designs where the propagation delay is a critical part of the system design considerations. The ML65541 and ML65L541 are capable of driving load capacitances several times larger than their input capacitance. They are configured so that the Ai inputs go to the Bi outputs when enabled by OE1/OE2. These unity gain analog buffers achieve low propagation delays by having the output follow the input with a small offset. The output rise and fall times will closely match those of the input waveform. All inputs and outputs have Schottky clamp diodes to handle undershoot or overshoot noise suppression in unterminated applications. All outputs have ground bounce suppression (typically < 400mV), high drive output capability with almost immediate response to the input signal, and low output skew. The IOL current drive capability of a buffer/line driver is often interpreted as a measure of its ability to sink current in a dynamic sense. This may be true for CMOS buffer/ line drivers, but it is not true for the ML65541 and ML65L541. This is because their sink and source current capability depends on the voltage difference between the output and the input. The ML65541 can sink or source more than 100mA to a load when the load is switching due to the fact that during the transition, the difference between the input and output is large. IOL is only significant as a DC specification, and is 25mA. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Until now, buffer/line drivers have been implemented in CMOS logic and made to be TTL compatible by sizing the input devices appropriately. In order to buffer large capacitances with CMOS logic, it is necessary to cascade an even number of inverters, each successive inverter larger than the preceding, eventually leading to an inverter that will drive the required load capacitance at the required frequency. Each inverter stage represents an additional delay in the gating process because in order for a single gate to switch, the input must slew more than half of the supply voltage. The best of these CMOS buffers has managed to drive a 50pF load capacitance with a delay of 3.2ns. Micro Linear has produced an octal buffer/line driver with a delay less than 1.7ns by using a unique circuit architecture that does not require cascaded logic gates. The ML65541 uses a feedback technique to produce an output that follows the input. If the output voltage is not close to the input, then the feedback circuitry will source or sink enough current to the load capacitance to correct the discrepancy. VCC R8 Q1 Q2 R3 R7 R4 R2 R1 IN OUT Q6 Q4 Q5 Q3 R5 Q7 R6 GND Figure 5. One buffer cell of the ML65541 5 ML65541/ML65L541 The basic architecture of the ML65541 is shown in Figure 5. It is implemented on a 1.5µm BiCMOS process. However, in this particular circuit, all of the active devices are NPNs — the fastest devices available in the process. In this circuit, there are two paths to the output. One path sources current to the load capacitance when the signal is asserted, and the other path sinks current from the output when the signal is negated. The assertion path is the emitter follower path consisting of the level shift transistor Q1, the output transistor Q2, and the bias resistor R8. It sources current to the output through the 75ý resistor R7 which is bypassed by another NPN (not shown) during fast input transients. The negation path is a current differencing op amp connected in a follower configuration. The active components in this amplifier are transistors Q3-Q7. R3-R6 are bias resistors, and R1 and R2 are the feedback resistors. The key to understanding the operation of the current differencing op amp is to know that the currents in transistors Q3 and Q5 are the same at all times and that the voltages at the bases of Q4 and Q6 are roughly the same. If the output is higher than the input, then an error current will flow through R2. This error current will flow into the base of Q6 and be multiplied by b squared to the collector of Q7, closing the loop. The larger the discrepancy between the output and input, the larger the feedback current, and the harder Q7 sinks current from the load capacitor. A number of MOSFETs are not shown in Figure 5. These MOSFETs are used to three-state dormant buffers. For instance, the feedback resistors R1 and R2 were implemented as resistive transmission gates to ensure that disabled buffers do not load the lines they are connected to. Similarly, there is a PMOS in series with R8 that is normally on but shuts off for disable. Other MOSFETs have been included to ensure that disabled buffers consume no power. 6 TERMINATION R7 in Figure 5 also acts as a termination resistor. This 75ý resistor is in series with the output and therefore helps suppress noise caused by transmission line effects such as reflections from mismatched impedances. System designers using CMOS transceivers commonly have to use external resistors in series with each transceiver output to suppress this noise. Systems using the ML65541 or ML65L541 may not have to use these external resistors. APPLICATIONS There are a wide variety of needs for extremely fast buffers in high speed processor system designs like Pentium, PowerPC, Mips, Sparc, Alpha and other RISC processors. These applications are either in the cache memory area or the main memory (DRAM) area. In addition, fast buffers find applications in high speed graphics and multimedia applications. The high capacitive loading due to multiplexed address lines on the system bus demand external buffers to take up the excess drive current. The needed current to skew the transitions between rise and fall times must be done without adding excessive propagation delay. The ML65541 and ML65L541 are equipped with Schottky diodes to clean up ringing from overshoot and undershoot caused by reflections in unterminated board traces. ML65541/ML65L541 PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS inches (millimeters) Package: S20W 20-Pin SOIC Package: S20 20-Pin SOIC 0.498 - 0.512 (12.65 - 13.00) 20 0.291 - 0.301 0.398 - 0.412 (7.39 - 7.65) (10.11 - 10.47) PIN 1 ID 1 0.024 - 0.034 (0.61 - 0.86) (4 PLACES) 0.050 BSC (1.27 BSC) 0.095 - 0.107 (2.41 - 2.72) 0º - 8º 0.012 - 0.020 (0.30 - 0.51) 0.090 - 0.094 (2.28 - 2.39) SEATING PLANE 0.022 - 0.042 (0.56 - 1.07) 0.005 - 0.013 (0.13 - 0.33) 0.007 - 0.015 (0.18 - 0.38) Package: K20 20-Pin QSOP Package: K20 20-Pin QSOP 0.338 - 0.348 (8.58 - 8.84) 20 PIN 1 ID 0.050 - 0.055 (1.27 - 1.40) (4 PLACES) 0.150 - 0.160 0.228 - 0.244 (3.81 - 4.06) (5.79 - 6.20) 1 0.025 BSC (0.63 BSC) 0.060 - 0.068 (1.52 - 1.73) 0º - 8º 0.055 - 0.061 (1.40 - 1.55) 0.008 - 0.012 (0.20 - 0.31) SEATING PLANE 0.004 - 0.010 (0.10 - 0.26) 0.015 - 0.035 (0.38 - 0.89) 0.006 - 0.010 (0.15 - 0.26) 7 ML65541/ML65L541 ORDERING INFORMATION PART NUMBER SPEED TEMPERATURE RANGE PACKAGE ML65541CK ML65541CS 1.7ns 1.7ns 0°C to 70°C 0°C to 70°C 20-Pin QSOP (K20) 20-Pin SOIC (S20) ML65L541CK (Obsolete) ML65L541CS (Obsolete) 2.0ns 2.0ns 0°C to 70°C 0°C to 70°C 20-Pin QSOP (K20) 20-Pin SOIC (S20) Intel, Pentium, PCI are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. 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