[SI-LIST] Re: Question about Broadcom's PHY differential pairs termination

Dennis, it's an ENet driver.  These things have to tolerate open cables 
of up to 100 meters.  No sane person is going to use a driver without a 
source termination.

Steve
Dennis Han wrote:
> ... And I bet this transmitter is a current source, which is why the
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> Han, the driver is source terminated w/ the termination resistors.  They
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> Steve.
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>>      I'am designing with Broadcom PHY  BCM5461s, I have a question 
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>> about this phy's differential pairs termination.At Twisted pairs 
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>> interface side(interface between PHY and Transformer),ASIC's Datasheet
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>> and Application note says "place differential pair termination 
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>> resisters near PHY side as close as possible"
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>>       It seems clear that we put differential paris termination neart 
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>> the end of receiver(Rx direction), this method is also recommended by 
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>> Dr. Howard Johnson in his book"High-Speed Digital Design-a handbook of
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>> pp-244,
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>>      But why put termination also near driver side?(Tx direction) ,
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>>      Could any one provide a deeper explanation? Thanks a lot!
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>>      PS: A picture is inside  illustrating a reference termination.
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