DS90UR241

The DS90UR241/124 Chipset translates a 24-bit parallel bus into a fully transparent data/control LVDS serial stream with embedded clock information. This single serial stream simplifies transferring a 24-bit bus over PCB traces and cable by eliminating the skew problems between parallel data and clock paths. It saves system cost by narrowing data paths that in turn reduce PCB layers, cable width, and connector size and pins.

The DS90UR241/124 incorporates LVDS signaling on the high-speed I/O. LVDS provides a low power and low noise environment for reliably transferring data over a serial transmission path. By optimizing the Serializer output edge rate for the operating frequency range EMI is further reduced.

In addition the DS90UR241 device features pre-emphasis to boost signals over longer distances using lossy cables. Internal DC balanced encoding/decoding is used to support AC-Coupled interconnects. Using National Semiconductor's proprietary random lock, the Serializer's parallel data are randomized to the Deserializer without the need of REFCLK.

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