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MPC8315E PowerQUICC™ II Pro Processor Hardware Specifications, Rev. 0

Freescale Semiconductor

High-Speed Serial Interfaces (HSSI)

The peak value of the differential transmitter output signal or the differential receiver input signal

is defined as Differential Peak Voltage, VDIFFp = |A – B| Volts.

5. Differential Peak-to-Peak, VDIFFp-p

Because the differential output signal of the transmitter and the differential input signal of the

receiver each range from A – B to –(A – B) Volts, the peak-to-peak value of the differential

transmitter output signal or the differential receiver input signal is defined as Differential

Peak-to-Peak Voltage, VDIFFp-p = 2*VDIFFp = 2 * |(A - B)| Volts, which is twice of differential

swing in amplitude, or twice of the differential peak. For example, the output differential peak-peak

voltage can also be calculated as VTX-DIFFp-p = 2*|VOD|.

6. Differential Waveform

The differential waveform is constructed by subtracting the inverting signal (TXn, for example)

from the non-inverting signal (TXn, for example) within a differential pair. There is only one signal

trace curve in a differential waveform. The voltage represented in the differential waveform is not

referenced to ground. Refer to Figure 47 as an example for differential waveform.

7. Common Mode Voltage, Vcm

The Common Mode Voltage is equal to one half of the sum of the voltages between each conductor

of a balanced interchange circuit and ground. In this example, for SerDes output, Vcm_out = (VTXn

+ VTXn )/2 = (A + B) / 2, which is the arithmetic mean of the two complimentary output voltages

within a differential pair. In a system, the common mode voltage may often differ from one

component’s output to the other’s input. Sometimes, it may be even different between the receiver

input and driver output circuits within the same component. It’s also referred as the DC offset in

some occasion.

Figure 38. Differential Voltage Definitions for Transmitter or Receiver

To illustrate these definitions using real values, consider the case of a CML (Current Mode Logic)

transmitter that has a common mode voltage of 2.25 V and each of its outputs, TD and TD, has a swing

that goes between 2.5V and 2.0V. Using these values, the peak-to-peak voltage swing of each signal (TD

or TD) is 500 mV p-p, which is referred as the single-ended swing for each signal. In this example, since

the differential signaling environment is fully symmetrical, the transmitter output’s differential swing

(VOD) has the same amplitude as each signal’s single-ended swing. The differential output signal ranges

Differential Swing, VID or VOD = A - B

A Volts

B Volts

TXn or RXn

Differential Peak Voltage, VDIFFp = |A - B|

Differential Peak-Peak Voltage, VDIFFpp = 2*VDIFFp (not shown)

Vcm = (A + B) / 2

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