Recent advances in low voltage silicon germaniumand BiCMOS processes have allowed the design andproduction of very high speed amplifi ers. Because theprocesses are low voltage, most of the amplifi er designshave incorporated differential inputs and outputs to regainand maximize total output signal swing. Since many lowvoltageapplications are single-ended, the questions arise,“How can I use a differential I/O amplifi er in a single-endedapplication?” and “What are the implications of suchuse?” This Design Note addresses some of the practicalimplications and demonstrates specifi c single-endedapplications using the 3GHz gain-bandwidth LTC6406differential I/O amplifi er.
使用時鐘PLL的源同步系統時序分析一）回顧源同步時序計算Setup Margin = Min Clock Etch Delay – Max Data Etch Delay – Max Delay Skew – Setup TimeHold Margin = Min Data Etch Delay – Max Clock Etch Delay + Min Delay Skew + Data Rate – Hold Time下面解釋以上公式中各參數的意義：Etch Delay：與常說的飛行時間(Flight Time)意義相同，其值并不是從仿真直接得到，而是通過仿真結果的后處理得來。請看下面圖示：圖一為實際電路，激勵源從輸出端，經過互連到達接收端，傳輸延時如圖示Rmin，Rmax，Fmin，Fmax。圖二為對應輸出端的測試負載電路，測試負載延時如圖示Rising，Falling。通過這兩組值就可以計算得到Etch Delay 的最大和最小值。
