Cable loss is certainly not the problem here. Plain old LVDS signaling can be used with 24 gauge twisted-pair cables even longer than 150 meters! One can refer to the cable guidelines in the LVDS standard page 25 (http://ftp.tiaonline.org/tr- 30/tr302/Public/2000%20Contributions/20005017.pdf) I think the problem here could be with the data pattern, data rate, or the type of connection. Relevant questions to consider: - Is it a dc or ac-coupled link? - Does the failing data pattern have long runs of zero's and one's that considerably alter the dc balance of the signal? More so if ac-coupled. - Is 34MHz below the low frequency limit of the LVDS receiver/driver? Best regards. Hassan. On Sep 27, "Guasti Giovanni" <Giovanni.Guasti@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I think LVDS is not the first choice for a so long path. > How is the measured signal? Is a problem of losses, reflections or a = > signal polarization due to distributed capacitance? > maybe the LVDS suffers the high capacity of the system (maybe is just = > the shield). > After the signal measurement, I would try with these: > 1)a scrambled (or a more balanced number of '1' and '0')signal=20 > 2)a unshielded cable / unshilded and shorter cable. > 3)replace LVDS with a LVPECL or MLVDS/BLVDS > I hope this could help you, > Giovanni > > > Hi=20 > > =20 > > We have a system which is build up two subsytem. Data signals between = > the > subsystems are in LVDS format. Between these two subsystems there is 10m > cable. LVDS data signals are carried using shielded twisted pair cables. > Inside these two subsystem LVDS signals also passed through backplanes = > and > flexes . We use national LVDS transmitter and receiver. (DS90LV032ATM & > DS90LV031ATM) . The data rate of the LVDS signals are 34MHz. The problem = > is > for some data patterns the transmitted and received data is not same? = > As > the cable length is shortened to 3m and frequency of LVDS signals is > reduced the problem somewhat lowered but we have still the problem. What > could be the reasons for this problem? > > =20 > > <mailto:r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>=20 > > M.Baris DUZGUN > > Hardware Senior Expert Engineer > > ASELSAN INC. MGEO Division > > P.K. 30 06011 > > Etlik ANKARA > > TURKEY > > Tel : +90 312 847 53 00 / 4534 > > Fax : +90 312 847 53 20 > > e-mail : bduzgun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx = > <mailto:bduzgunr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>=20 > > =20 > > We have a system which is build up two subsytem. Data = > =3D > signals > between the subsystems are in LVDS format. Between these two subsystems = > =3D > there > is 10m cable. LVDS data signals are carried using shielded twisted pair = > =3D > cables. > Inside these two subsystem LVDS signals also passed through backplanes = > =3D > and flexes > . We use national LVDS transmitter and receiver. (DS90LV032ATM & > DS90LV031ATM) . The data rate of the LVDS signals are 34MHz. The problem = > =3D > is for > some data patterns the transmitted and received data is not same? = > =3D > As the cable > length is shortened to 3m and frequency of LVDS signals is reduced the = > =3D > problem > somewhat lowered but we have still the problem. What could be the =3D > reasons for > this problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu