It works by absorption of induced signal energy. Steve. On 1/14/2014 9:03 PM, Thulasi Ramu J wrote: > Hi, > This is with regard to termination of DQs of DDR3 components. > Please read the text from micron......TN4614 > > "Occasionally, a x16 DDR device dedicated for error checking and correcting > (ECC) will > only use the lower 8 bits of data, and the upper DQ lines will be unused. > In this case, if > the x16 DDR component’s DQ15:8 are not used, tie its corresponding UDM/DQMH > mask pin HIGH to mask activity on this portion of the DQ bus. In addition, > each pin in > the DQ15:8 group should be tied LOW through a pull-down resistor (1–10 kΩ) > to prevent > noise from WRITE bursts. The same recommendation applies to the lower byte: > If DQ7:0 > are not used, tie the LDM/DQML mask pin HIGH and ground each unused DQ pin > through a pull-down resistor. " > > I would like to know how the noise from Write Bursts is prevented by > terminating each pin in DQ15:8 group. Anyway, DQ15:8 are unused pins and > the controller will only use DQ7:0 pins of x16 DDR. > > I have another question. I want to use only DQ3:0 pins of x16 DDR3. How to > terminate the following pins. I want to minimize number of terminating > resistors on the board. > a. DQ15:8 > b. DQ7:4 > > Please recommend the best terminating resistor scheme to follow. > > Regards, > Thulasi > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > -- Steve Weir IPBLOX, LLC 1580 Grand Point Way MS 34689 Reno, NV 89523-9998 www.ipblox.com (775) 299-4236 Business (866) 675-4630 Toll-free (707) 780-1951 Fax All contents Copyright (c)2013 IPBLOX, LLC. All Rights Reserved. This e-mail may contain confidential material. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all records and notify the sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu