Advanced Bus Interface Logic Selection Guide
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T HE WORLD LEADER IN DSP AND ANALOG SLL Advanced Bus Interface Logic Products Selection Guide and Reference SLL Advanced Bus Interface Logic Products Selection Guide and Reference Contents Page Bus Interface Solutions Overview Introduction . .2 Advanced Bus Interface Logic . .4 Enhanced Transceiver Logic (ETL) . .5 Backplane Transceiver Logic (SN74FBxxx) . .7 Gunning Transceiver Logic (SN74GTLxxx) . .7 Gunning Transceiver Logic Plus (SN74GTLPxxx) . .8 Combined Applications . .10 Product Selection Guide (ABT, ABTE/ETL, ALVT, FB+/BTL, FCT, GTL, GTLP and LVT) . .11 Appendix A For More Information . .20 Application Reports Summary . .20 TI Worldwide Technical Support . .23 For more information about Advanced Bus Interface Products, visit www.ti.com/sc/logic Texas Instruments Incorporated 1 SLL Advanced Bus Interface Logic Products Bus Interface Solutions Overview Bus Interface Solutions Overview Introduction systems and rate at which data has to be passed to the In today’s information-hungry society, transmitting data receiving device. Different transmission standards, such as over several inches between computer memory and display RS-232, FireWire, LVDS and Gigabit CMOS, provide solu- screen is just as critical as sending it halfway around the tions for various needs in terms of speed and line length globe on fiber optics. Texas Instruments (TI) is constantly for tier 1, 2 and 3 users as shown in Figure 2. Advanced pushing the capabilities and extending the performance bus solution logic products offer an alternative to tier 2 parameters of practically every data transmission standard, users over shorter transmission lengths especially with the including RS-232, RS-423, RS-422, RS-485, Fibre Channel, new GTLP devices. VME, LVDS (low voltage differential signaling), IEEE 1394 Every data transmission solution is a translator with one (Firewire), USB (Universal Serial Bus), GeoPort, IrDA side of the device typically operating at common LVTTL (Infrared Data Association), BTL and GTL. Over the past signal levels but the other side optimized for higher data 3 years, TI SLL has combined its expertise in high-speed throughput. Shorter voltage swings reduce EMI since the digital and analog technologies to offer new single-ended edge rate (slew rate) can be slower and still allow higher backplane optimized transceivers, which provide higher transmission rates. Differential complementary signals data rates in distributed loads to allow tier 2 uses an alter- cancel out common-mode noise that improves signal quality. native to more complex and costly differential solutions. For Differential or Balanced Transmission, a pair of Within a data transmission system, there are numerous cables or traces is necessary for each channel. On one line, ways of connecting the transmitters, receivers, boards and a “true” signal is transmitted, while on the second one, backplanes. Figure 1 shows how cards are connected in a the inverted signal is transmitted. The receiver detects typical equipment cabinet. In some situations, it is neces- basically the difference in inputs and voltage switches the sary to connect individual cards together with high data output depending on which input line is more positive throughput point to point connections but most equip- than the other one. Due to the common-mode rejection ment racks include multicard backplanes where control or capability of a differential amplifier this noise will be data signals are shared via backplane board traces. This rejected. Additionally, any external noise is coupled onto selection guide features the best single-ended solutions both lines as a common-mode voltage and is rejected by that provide tier 2 users excellent signal integrity across the receivers. their multicard backplanes. Single-Ended Transmission is performed on one signal Data transmission is the catch-all phrase for moving line and the output is interpreted with respect to ground. data from one location to another and two parameters are The advantages of single-ended transmission are simplicity important—the distance between the sending and receiving and low cost of implementation. Since a single-ended Figure 1. Solutions for System Connections Card-to-card connection: Card-to-card connection: Over backplane Point-to-point using LVDS, multipoint-to-multipoint SERDES (TLK2501, etc.) using GTLP, FB+ or VME single-ended or LVDM differential Rack-to-rack connection: Point-to-point using LVDS or PECL Cabinet-to-cabinet connection: • Backplane-to-backplane with SERDES (TLK2500, etc.) • Card-to-card with SERDES (TLK2501, etc.) 2 Texas Instruments Incorporated Bus Interface Solutions Overview SLL Advanced Bus Interface Logic Products Figure 2. Data Rate vs. Transmission Length TLK2500 2500 Tier 1 CML ) User s 655 PECL/ p b 400 LVPECL M ( GTLP 1394.a e Tier 2 t BTL a User R 35 ETL LVDS = RS-644 r e f 10 s n a r RS-422 T a RS-485 t General a Purpose 1 D Tier 3 Logic User 0.1 RS-232 RS-423 0.01 0.5 0 10 100 1000 Backplane Length (meters) Cable Length (meters) system requires only one line per signal, while differential receiver device, thus increasing its susceptibility to signals require two, it is ideal for parallel communication electromagnetic fields. Additionally, the large voltage where many lines are required, e.g., PC, parallel printer swings contribute to EMI. port or serial communication with many handshaking lines, e.g., EIA-232 at tier 3 levels and on VME or Continued on next page proprietary backplanes at tier 2 levels. Finally, single- ended devices transfer data Figure 3. Every Bus Solution Is a Translator but also offer various logic functions like flip-flops and Differential Single Ended registers in addition to trans- Diff. Diff. ceivers that come in small, Driver Receiver VCM Driver Signal Receiver medium and large bit widths. R VCM Data Signal V Data Data O Line Data Most differential devices only IN Lines Diff OUT IN OUT V RT send or receive data. VCM VO V V The main disadvantage of GND N the single-ended solution is VGND Common Ground Return its poor noise immunity. Because the ground wire 5 V ABT, FCT VME & forms part of the system, & LVT ABTE transient voltages or shifts LVDM = Multi-Point RS422/485 LVDS & SERDES = Point-Point LVTTL ETL in voltage potential may be 3.3 V VCC induced (from nearby high PECL LVD- V BTL frequency logic or high cur- 2.4 OH LVDS LVPECL SCSI 1394 2.0 V rent power circuits), leading IH RS644 GTL+ to signal degradation. This 1.5 Vt V may lead to false receiver 0.8 IL CML 0.4 VOL 0 V triggering. For example, a 0 GND TLK2500 FB+ GTL GTLP shift in the ground potential voltages are typical ECL at the receiver end of the LVTTL system can lead to an appar- A-Port & ent change in the input Control Pins –2 V B-Port switching thresholds of the Texas Instruments Incorporated 3 SLL Advanced Bus Interface Logic Products Bus Interface Solutions Overview Continued from previous page • Many industrial and telecom applications already use parallel backplanes. (Many designers and engineers are New Advanced Bus Interface Logic devices such as familiar with these kinds of systems and have the knowl- GTLP and VME have, however, been optimized to reduce edge and experience to quickly implement such systems.) these disadvantages while at the same time offering the The advantages of serial transmission include: simplicity of implementation of previous single-ended • More flexible approach to data rates allowing longer devices. GTLP features relatively small voltage swings to cable lengths and less expensive cable costs reduce EMI and has a reduced threshold differential input • Reduction in the number of signal lines and GND lines that increases the noise margin. Similarly, VME offers a required to transmit the data from one point to another reduced threshold input region to increase the noise margin if SERDES devices are used but has full swing outputs since it is designed to operate into existing TTL backplanes. Both GTLP and VME were • Higher data rate throughput per channel with differen- designed into models of distributed loads with their per- tial solutions formance optimized for the low impedance environment Advanced Bus Interface Logic they are going to be operated in. They both have slower edge rates (0.4 to 0.5 V/ns) that reduce ringing and For a long time, TTL busses have been the standard solu- improve signal integrity. tion for backplane systems. Different logic families are To better understand the principle of parallel and serial available to fulfill the requirement for backplane busses transmission, Figure 4 shows the difference between the and the choice for the appropriate logic strongly depended two. In a purely parallel situation, such as a typical telecom on the physical characteristics of the bus and the required backplane, the driver attached to the bus places n-bits of signal integrity. The main factor affecting signal integrity is data in parallel onto the bus and all the information is sent the number of receiving and transmitting modules con- at the same time along the backplane. In the case of serial nected into that bus. More cards on the backplane with transmission, the data must first be converted to a serial closer spacing will lower the impedance of the bus due to stream to effectively take advantage of the higher additional capacitive loading (driver and receiver input/ output capacitance, printed stub line capacitance and connector capacitance) resulting in the need for a higher Figure 4. Parellel vs. Serial Transmission drive capability of the logic device. Mature 5-V TTL and 5-V CMOS as well as 3.3-V CMOS Parallel Data Parallel Data technologies provide a drive capability of 24 mA and can Figure 5. Typical Termination Models Parallel Data VCC Thevenin R1 Serialization D ZO R Serial Data R R1R2 2 Reff =R1/R2 = R1 + R2 throughputs available.