Andrew I suspect he means a multiple level T topology or balanced tree, which if displayed from left to right would look like a rake. 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 Riley, Andrew wrote: > Howdy, > > Mohan mentioned "Rake" topology which is a new one to me and I am having > a little trouble finding information about it. Would someone point me > in the correct direction? > > Thank you for your time. > > Cheers! > Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of mohan.sithinathan@xxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:08 AM > To: vani.chandrasekharan@xxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Non monotonicity in daisy chain topology > > > Hi Vani- > > The daisy chain with multiple loads will encounter this issue and it is > not a good topology to use - esp for the edge sensitive signals (such as > clock, interrupts, etc). > > The other topology which will avoid this would be "Rake" topology. The > "T" and "Star" topologies can also be used based on the number of loads > and distance. But Rake would be best of all. > > I tried this in my design. The Rake Topology removes the shelves on the > edge sensitive signals (which has multiple loads). > > -With regards, Mohan S > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of vani.chandrasekharan@xxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:40 AM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] Non monotonicity in daisy chain topology > > > > Hi, > > I observed an inevitable non monotonic behaviour in the devices which > come first in the daisy chain after the driver. > The subsequent devices see reduced effects of non monotonicity, the end > device with a 10k pull down termination seems to be faring well in terms > of signal quality. How to mitigate this behaviour, Kindly suggest some > solutions. > > I referred to si-list back mails which has one such discussion on this > issue, it states that it is a known behaviour of devices in daisy chain > topology. But I could not find a solution to change this behaviour. > Please advice. > > Thanks and warm regards > Vani > > <SNIP'd> > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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