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Appendix A
The CBT and TVC families of buffers are excellent in this application. Both are simple FET
switches, which offer sub-ns propagation delays. Because each FET switch is independent; the
relative delays are matched very closely because process variations affect all switches equally.
Unlike LVCMOS buffers however, these switches offer no additional current drive, however since
gigabit Ethernet connections are simple point-point connections this is not a concern.
As a FET switch, the circuit in either the TVC or CBT application is the same. A single in/out pair is
chosen to set the voltage clamp voltage to 1.8V on the TCI6482 side (1.5V could also be used if
that voltage is used for the TCI6482 RGMII interface). Because all the gates of the CBT/TVC in/out
pairs are connected, this sets the clamp voltage for all the other pairs of ins/outs because VGS for
the FET is fixed. Note that the buffer itself is powered using a 3.3V supply however. This is
necessary to establish a voltage at least 1V greater than the low-side clamp voltage (18.V + 1V =
2.8V in this case).
The configuration shown above is technically a bidirectional solution; though gigabit Ethernet by its
definition is unidirectional. When driving from the TCI6482 to the switch/PHY, signals will vary from
0V to 1.5V/1.8V. At the low (0V) voltage level, the FET is turned on and both sides of the buffer
thus see a low level. When a 1.5V/1.8V logic high is applied, the FET is turned off because this
voltage matches (nearly) the voltage applied to the gate. In this case, the pullups on the high
voltage side (switch/PHY side) of the buffer pull the output to the high-side rail. Thus, in both cases
the logic levels on both sides of the buffer match to their respective rails. The application circuit
shown above is shown for the TCI6482’s transmit direction; that is; from the TIC6482 to the switch.
In the receive direction, the application circuit is the same except that the pullups to the 2.5V side of
the buffer, the switch/PHY side that is, are not needed and should be omitted. In this case, pullups
to 1.5V/1.8V are not required, as the buffer will act as a clamp and hold the output voltage to the
1.5V/1.8V level, thus providing the translation directly.
The values for the pullups on the high-voltage side of the CBT/TVC buffer are important. The basic
trade-off that needs to be made is finding a value that is strong enough to pull to the high-side rail
quickly to produce a good low-high edge rate (recall this is when the FET turns off), but is not too
strong so as to not allow the low side to pull the output to a level below the VIL specification of the
switch/PHY device when a low is driven (and the FET is on). In practice, a 150 Ohm pullup is a
good solution.
Shown below are several SPICE plots showing the characteristics of this solution.
Figure A-2
shows the relationship between VIN and VOUT that establishes the clamping to the low voltage
side rail even when the input voltage exceeds that rail.
Figure A-3
shows a square wave driven
from each side and the resulting outputs. Note in all cases the extremely low propagation delay and
good edge rates that result with this solution.
SPRAAC7B – April 2006
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