SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNICAL DATA
The MC100EP111 is a low skew 1–to–10 differential driver, designed
with clock distribution in mind. It accepts two clock sources into an input
multiplexer. The input signals can be either differential or single–ended if
LOW–VOLTAGE
1:10 DIFFERENTIAL
the V
output is used. The selected signal is fanned out to 10 identical
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differential outputs.
ECL/PECL CLOCK DRIVER
• 100ps Part–to–Part Skew
• 35ps Output–to–Output Skew
• Differential Design
• V
Output
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• Voltage and Temperature Compensated Outputs
• Low Voltage V Range of –2.375 to –3.8V
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• 75kΩ Input Pulldown Resistors
The EP111 is specifically designed, modeled and produced with low
skew as the key goal. Optimal design and layout serve to minimize gate–
to–gate skew within a device, and empirical modeling is used to
determine process control limits that ensure consistent t distributions
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from lot to lot. The net result is a dependable, guaranteed low skew
device.
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To ensure that the tight skew specification is met it is necessary that
both sides of the differential output are terminated into 50Ω, even if only
one side is being used. In most applications, all ten differential pairs will
be used and therefore terminated. In the case where fewer than ten pairs
are used, it is necessary to terminate at least the output pairs on the same
package side as the pair(s) being used on that side, in order to maintain
minimum skew. Failure to do this will result in small degradations of
propagation delay (on the order of 10–20ps) of the output(s) being used
which, while not being catastrophic to most designs, will mean a loss of
skew margin.
The MC100EP111, as with most other ECL devices, can be operated from a positive V
CC
supply in PECL mode. This allows
the EP111 to be used for high performance clock distribution in +3.3V or +2.5V systems. Designers can take advantage of the
EP111’s performance to distribute low skew clocks across the backplane or the board. In a PECL environment, series or
Thevenin line terminations are typically used as they require no additional power supplies. For more information on using PECL,
designers should refer to Motorola Application Note AN1406/D.
This document contains information on a product under development. Motorola reserves the right to change or
discontinue this product without notice.
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