Universal LVDS ribbon cable Marc Defossez 12 th December 2005

Presentation Name 2 QSE / QTE – L-D-DP-A CLK / Sync / IO IO Generic Schematic Symbol PCB mounted QSE part

Presentation Name 3 Schematic Symbol This represents a ground connection. These pins are physically not available on a differential pair QSE / QTE Samtec connector. They are available when using the standard type QSE or QTE connectors. Represented with the ground connections is the middle-connector ground plane.

Presentation Name 4 XLVDS Schematic Symbol CLKSync nc nc N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P Tranmitter PCB side. Due to the symmetry of the cable, both connectors can not be placed the same way. The receiver side of the connector can be found on next page. PCB mounted QSE part

Presentation Name 5 XLVDS Schematic Symbol Receiver PCB side. Due to the symmetry of the cable, both connectors can not be placed the same way. The transmitter side of the connector can be found on previous page. CLK nc 3 N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P Sync 0 nc nc N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P PCB mounted QSE part

Presentation Name 6 XVamPire Schematic Symbol QSE / QTE L-D-DP-A- CLKSync N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P 0 2 N P N P N P N P N P 1 3 N P N P N P N P N P Tranmitter PCB side. On the XVamPire Board there are 64 LVDS channels. This connector shows only part of them. The differential IO are spread over two banks (2*TX and 2*RX). When taking two fully occupied connectors, a third one can be used to share the remaining signals or two not completely occupied connectors can be used only populated with the remaining pins of the bank. 25:0 Clk, sync 63:38 37:26

Presentation Name 7 XVamPire Schematic Symbol Receiver PCB side. On the XVamPire Board there are 64 LVDS channels. This connector shows only part of them. The differential IO are spread over two banks (2*TX and 2*RX). When taking two fully occupied connectors, a third one can be used to share the remaining signals or two not completely occupied connectors can be used only populated with the remaining pins of the bank. 25:0 Clk, sync 63:39 37:26 QSE / QTE – L-D-DP-A- CLK N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P Sync N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P

Presentation Name 8 PCB Layout QSE-028-xx part Number of banks x DIA Courtesy of SAMTEC

Presentation Name 9 If termination resistors need to be placed close to the connector, this can be the lay-out otherwise these pads can be used as test points for differential probes. If termination resistors need to be placed close to the connector, this can be the lay-out. Ground connection of the middle-connector ground shield. Ground connection of the middle-connector ground shield. A ground shield has been placed on the PCB layer under the connector. The differential connector does not have the ground connections between the signal pins ! We decided to design them in to get optimal signal shielding (creation of a guard ring). PCB Layout QSE-040-xx or QSE-028-xx part

Presentation Name 10 Connector details Single v Differential Two different style connectors are available from SAMTEC for the QSE/QTE series, that can share the same PCB layout, shown earlier. QSE x-D-DP-A is a Differential Pair connector and QSE x-D-A – a Single ended connector. The differential pair connector has a pin pair arrangement. surrounded by gaps/or un-populated pins in the body. One out of three pins is missing. The single ended version of the connector can be seen as universal connector since all pins are populated. The connector can thus be used in single ended and differential pair applications.

Presentation Name 11 Cable details Cables are available from Samtec. The order numbers - please see page on cable specification. 50 Ohm Single ended EQCD TEU-TEU Ohm Differential EQDP TEU-TEU-4 The connectors are SAMTEC QSE and QTE. Specifications are available at: Technical specifications can be found at:

Presentation Name 12 Cable Specification READ THIS! Customers should be aware that cables can be specified as wired straight through or twisted, additionally - connector mechanical polarization must be considered. In terms of Cable wiring connections, because a PCB is used to mount connectors at the cable ends there are 16 different combinations that a cable wiring can be specified. The Samtec web site provides circuit diagrams of Cables which can be used to confirm the suitability of any particular cable for an application.