Yes, that is much better than the older designs. However, if you'll look at the spec, crosstalk from one differential switch to another is 4.5%. With 3 aggressor switches, total crosstalk can still be above 10% @ 250MHz. Scott McMorrow Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC 121 North River Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 284-1827 Business (401) 284-1840 Fax http://www.teraspeed.com Teraspeed® is the registered service mark of Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC Mikhail Matusov wrote: > Scott, > > There are some switches designed for the purpose with good grounding. One > example is Pericom PI3L301D, which I believe is a copycat of a TI device > with a similar part number... > > > ======================= > Mikhail Matusov > Senior Hardware Design Engineer > Square Peg Communications > Tel.: +1 (613) 271-0044 ext.231 > Fax: +1 (613) 271-3007 > http://www.squarepeg.ca > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott McMorrow" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "steve weir" <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <ravi.potana@xxxxxxxxx>; <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:19 AM > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Quick switch > > > >> Ravi >> To follow on with what Steve has said, most FET switch packages do not >> have adequate package grounding. Since the substrate is normally >> grounded, this poses a problem, since there is parasitic capacitive >> coupling between each switch and the substrate. These are fairly easy >> devices to model in SPICE, and many manufacturers provide accurate >> models. IBIS models, however, cannot adequately model these devices. >> >> regards, >> >> Scott >> >> Scott McMorrow >> Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC >> 121 North River Drive >> Narragansett, RI 02882 >> (401) 284-1827 Business >> (401) 284-1840 Fax >> >> http://www.teraspeed.com >> >> Teraspeed® is the registered service mark of >> Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC >> >> >> >> steve weir wrote: >> >>> An NFET or CMOS switch in a package has parasitics like any other >>> device. If you model and work within the limitations of those >>> parasitics you shouldn't have any unwelcome surprises. 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