Application Information (Continued)
Receive Mode
Input(s) Input/Output
DE RE
*
[RI+] − [RI−] RO
LL
>
+100 mV H
LL
<
−100 mV L
L L 100 mV
>&>
−100 mV X
LH X Z
Transmit Mode
Input(s) Input/Output
DE RE
*
DI DO+ DO−
HH L L H
HHHHL
HH2
>
&
>
0.8 X X
LH X Z Z
H
=
Logic high level
L=Logic low level
X=Indeterminant state
Z=High impedance state
TABLE 1. Device Pin Descriptions
Pin
#
Name Mode Description
(In mode only)
3 DE Transmit Driver Enable: When asserted low driver is disabled. And when
asserted high driver is enabled.
1, 7 DI TTL/CMOS driver input pins
10, 13 DO+ Non-inverting driver output pin
11, 12 DO− Inverting driver output pin
4RE
*
Receive Receiver Enable: When asserted low receiver is enabled. And when
asserted high receiver is disabled.
1, 7 RO Receiver output pin
10, 13 RI+ Positive receiver input pin
11, 12 RI− Negative receiver input pin
5 GND Transmit and Ground pin
2V
CC
Receive Positive power supply pin, +5V±10
%
6, 8, 9, 14 NC No Connect
IEEE 1394
The DS36C200 drives and receives IEEE 1394 physical
layer signal levels. The current mode driver is capable of
driving a 55Ω load with V
OD
between 172 mV and 285 mV.
The DS36C200 is not designed to work with a link layer controller IC requiring full 1394 physical layer compliancy to the
standard. No clock generator, no arbitration, and no encode/
decode logic is provided with this device. For a 1394 link
where speed sensing, bus arbitration, and other functions
are not required, a controller and the DS36C200 will provide
a cost effective, high speed dedicated link. This is shown in
Figure 10
. In applications that require fully compliant 1394
protocol, a link layer controller and physical layer controller
will be required as shown in
Figure 10
. The physical layer
controller supports up to three DC36C200 devices (not
shown).
The DS36C200 drivers are current mode drivers and intended to work with a two 110Ω termination resistors in parallel with each other. The termination resistors should match
the characteristic impedance of the transmission media. The
drivers are current mode devices therefore the resistors are
required. Both resistors are required for half duplex operation and should be placed as close to the DO/RI+ and DO/
RI− pins as possible at opposite ends of the bus. However,if
your application only requires simplex operation, only one
termination resistor is required. In addition, note the voltage
levels will vary from those in the datasheet due to different
loading. Also, AC or unterminated configurations are not
used with this device. Multiple node configurations are pos-
sible as long as transmission line effects are taken into account. Discontinuities are caused by mid-bus stubs, connectors, and devices that affect signal integrity.
The differential line driver is a balanced current source design. A current mode driver, generally speaking has a high
output impedance and supplies a constant current for a
range of loads (a voltage mode driver on the other hand supplies a constant voltage for a range of loads). Current is
switched through the load in one direction to produce a logic
state and in the other direction to produce the other logic
state. The typical output current is mere 3.8 mA, a minimum
of 3.1 mA, and a maximum of 5.2 mA. The current mode re-
quires that a resistive termination be employed to terminate
the signal and to complete the loop as shown in
Figure 11
.
The 3.8 mA loop current will develop a differential voltage of
210 mV across the 55Ω termination resistor which the receiver detects with a 110mV minimum differential noise margin neglecting resistive line losses (driven signal minus receiver threshold (210 mV – 100 mV=110 mV)). The signal
is centered around +1.2V (Driver Offset, V
OS
) with respect to
ground as shown in
Figure 7
.
The current mode driver provides substantial benefits over
voltage mode drivers, such as an RS-422 driver. Its quiescent current remains relatively flat versus switching frequency.Whereas the RS-422 voltage mode driver increases
exponentially in most case between 20 MHz–50 MHz. This
is due to the overlap current that flows between the rails of
the device when the internal gates switch. Whereas the current mode driver switches a fixed current between its output
without any substantial overlap current. This is similar to
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