Hello I think you must be using a Pi or T network inorder to terminate both even mode and odd mode imperences. Just out of curiosity what is the interconnect bewteen your TX and RX? Stephen Hall. High-Speed Digital System Design?A Handbook of Interconnect is a very good book that explains this concept. Gil's idea of AC coupling is a neat way of avoiding the problem of setting the common mode voltage. regards srivats -- P.Srivatsan Graduate Student ECE Dept,North Carolina State University http://www4.ncsu.edu/~spartha2/ -- I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. AE ----- Original Message ---- From: Siva <supratim.basu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Gil Gafni <gafnigil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; supratim.basu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:10:18 AM Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: LVDS termination method Hi, Thanks Gil. But I am using Spartan-II as reciver, which intern has only 2.5V LVDS. I suppose we should use some resitot network but not sure about exactly. Regards, Supro Gil Gafni wrote: > >Greetings Supro > >Not knowing the receiving side makes it complex to answer. >Most receivers today are graded as "3.3V tolerant" which mean that they can >be connected to a 3.3V driver without compromising the performance. >To be on the safe side you can use a simple AC coupling (about 1nF >capacitor) and terminate with the 100ohm BEFORE the AC coupling - > >----------------------| |--------- > / > \ > / 100ohm > \ >---------------------| |------------ > ~1nF > >BR > >Gil > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Supratim Basu" <supratim.basu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:16 AM >Subject: [SI-LIST] LVDS termination method > > >> Hi, >> >> I am interfacing LVDS 3.3V transmitter to LVDS 2.5V receiver and vise >> versa. >> I am using simple 100 Ohm diffential termination. >> Is the alright to use this termination? >> >> Thanks in Advance, >> Supro >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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 technical documents are available at: >> http://www.si-list.net >> >> 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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