1FEATURES

2• Up to 6.384 Gbps Throughput

• 66MHz to 133MHz Input Clock Support

• Reduces Cable and Connector Size and Cost

• Cable Deskew Function

• DC Balance Reduces ISI Distortion

• For Point-to-Point Backplane or Cable

Applications

• Low Power, 890 mW Typ at 133MHz

• Flow through Pinout for Easy PCB Design

• +3.3V Supply Voltage

• 100-pin TQFP Package

• Conforms to TIA/EIA-644-A-2001 LVDS

Standard

DESCRIPTION

The DS90CR486 receiver converts eight Low Voltage

Differential Signaling (LVDS) data streams back into

48 bits of LVCMOS/LVTTL data. Using a 133MHz

clock, the data throughput is 6.384Gbit/s

(798Mbytes/s).

The multiplexing of data lines provides a substantial

cable reduction. Long distance parallel single-ended

buses typically require a ground wire per active signal

(and have very limited noise rejection capability).

Thus, for a 48-bit wide data and one clock, up to 98

conductors are required. With this Channel Link

chipset as few as 19 conductors (8 data pairs, 1 clock

pair and a minimum of one ground) are needed. This

provides an 80% reduction in interconnect width,

which provides a system cost savings, reduces

connector physical size and cost, and reduces

shielding requirements due to the cables' smaller

form factor.

The DS90CR486 deserializer is improved over prior

generations of Channel Link devices and offers

higher bandwidth support and longer cable drive with

three areas of enhancement. To increase bandwidth,

the maximum clock rate is increased to 133 MHz and

8 serialized LVDS outputs are provided. Cable drive is enhanced with a user selectable pre-emphasis (on

DS90CR485) feature that provides additional output

current during transitions to counteract cable loading

effects. Optional DC balancing on a cycle-to-cycle

basis, is also provided to reduce ISI (Inter-Symbol Interference). With pre-emphasis and DC balancing,

a low distortion eye-pattern is provided at the receiver

end of the cable. A cable deskew capability has been

added to deskew long cables of pair-to-pair skew.

These three enhancements allow long cables to be

driven.

The DS90CR486 is intended to be used with the

DS90CR485 Channel Link Serializer. It is also backward compatible with serializers DS90CR481

and DS90CR483. The DS90CR486 is footprint

compatible with the DS90CR484.

The chipset is an ideal solution to solve EMI and

interconnect size problems for high-throughput pointto-

point applications.

For more details, please refer to the APPLICATIONS

INFORMATION section of this datasheet.