Jayaprakash, in externally terminated systems, it is chosen based on reasonably realizable interconnect impedances. But it may be changed up or down as needed to achieve a constant impedance by matching the terminations. In ODT systems, the ODT value locks-in the choice. Steve. At 05:12 PM 4/21/2005 +0100, Jayaprakash wrote: >Hi, > > Why is it a common practice to have differential >impedance (Zdiff) of 100 ohms ? what are implications >of Zdiff lower or higher than 100 ohms? > > > Thanks, > > regards, > Jayaprakash. > >Balachandran Jayaprakash >Celestijnenlaan, >63/2, 3001, Heverlee, >Leuven, Belgium. >Mobile: +32-472-630120 > >Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.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 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