Solving signal integrity problem of LVDS buffer with SigXplorer

Author

Zhi-cheng Wang ; Xiaowen Xu ; Cong Li

Author_Institution

Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

25-28 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

21

Abstract

Signal integrity(SI) problems for LVDS(Low Voltage Differential signaling) buffer is the bottleneck in receiver circuits design. This paper presents a novel simulation method to solve the real SI problem. Firstly, the SI problem which has been tested in the receiver equipment was reproduced by the software of SigXplorer. Then, the circuit was improved, and a stable signal was received by LVDS buffer in simulation. Finally, the method was proved to be correct by test. Some design experiences are summarized, which could be operated expediently and put into excellent application.

Keywords

buffer circuits; digital circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit testing; low-power electronics; radio receivers; LVDS buffer; SI problem; SigXplorer; low voltage differential signaling; receiver circuits design; receiver equipment; signal integrity problem; Clocks; Impedance; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit modeling; Receivers; Silicon; Software; LVDS signal transmission; SigXplorer simulation; matching circuit;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Technology & Computational Electromagnetics (ICMTCE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Qingdao

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMTCE.2013.6812472

Filename

6812472