Hi HShi, If the transmitter is using an internal clock which is derived from the recovered clock, then the internal PLL may lock in a very slow clock rate if you connect the transmit pin to the input pin of the same chip. Regards, Raymond "Hong Shi" <HShi@xxxxxxxx> on 09/04/2003 12:11:31 Please respond to HShi@xxxxxxxx To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: (bcc: Raymond Leung/sdc) Subject: [SI-LIST] serial loop-back causing clock error Hello worldwide experts, Here is a question. I am using an external wire to loopback the transmitter to the receiver on the same serdes. Simple! What I found is that both recovered clock and the transmitting clock changed to a new slower rate when loopback in place. As a result, the transmitted data rate is slowed down accordingly. However, if the same receiver receives signals from a separate Serdes transmitter, or the same transmitter sending signal to a separate Serdes receiver, they all work correctly, no clock and data rate change occurs. What causes this "feedback" when doing the serial loopback? Thanks much, HShi ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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