Hi, I usually use "+/-" on the PCB level and _p _n on the schematic and in HDL. Positive and Negative leg of the pair seems to be the natural way to talk about it. Bryce >===== Original Message From billw@xxxxxxxxxxx ===== >Weston, > >My personal preference is to use T & C to easily distinguish diff pairs >from single-ended signals that are active low (negated, usually with the >_N suffix). Most important though: establish the rules early in the >project, communicate the rules to all project members, and get the >buy-in of each project member. > > -Bill >===================== >Jon Powell wrote: > >>Weston, >>One problem I ran into when trying to solve this problem was that many >>routes don't have the signals named, so they revert to default >>router/netlist names, which have no pattern what-so-ever. I finally had to >>rely on a library that mapped differential driver and receivers through pin >>number and part number. >> >>regards, >>jon >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Beal, Weston >>Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 12:54 PM >>To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [SI-LIST] diff pair names >> >> >>Hi all, >> >>I'm working on small utility that needs to find differential pairs in PCB >>designs. One of the criteria that it uses is the net name. What are the >>common net naming conventions that you use or have seen used? These are the >>ones I am familiar with: >> >>AAA_P AAA_N >>AAA_P23 AAA_N23 >>AAA23_P AAA23_N >>AAA AAA_L >> >>where "AAA" is any string of letters that is common to the two net names and >>"23" is any numeric string common to the two net names. >> >>Does anyone use T and C to represent TRUE and COMPLIMENT nets? >> >>Thanks for your help. >> >>Regards, >>Weston >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------ >>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 >> >> >>--- >>Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >>Version: 6.0.744 / Virus Database: 496 - Release Date: 8/24/2004 >> >>--- >>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >>Version: 6.0.744 / Virus Database: 496 - Release Date: 8/24/2004 >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------ >>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 >> >> >> >> >> > >-- > > -Bill > >billw@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:billw@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >*/Advanced Electronic Concepts, LLC/* >_www.aec-lab.com_ <http://www.aec-lab.com/> >Office: 603-672-4400 >Cell: 603-305-3525 > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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