Ver: 2.3

May 16, 2006

TEL: 886-3-5788833

http://www.gmt.com.tw

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G2996

Global Mixed-mode Technology Inc.

Pin Description

NUMBER

NAME

FUNCTION

1

GND

Ground

2

SD

Active low shutdown control pin

3

VSENSE

4

VREF

Buffered output that is a reference output of VDDQ/2

5

VDDQ

Power Input for internal reference

6

AVIN

Analog input pin

7

PVIN

Power input pin

8

VTT

Output voltage for connection to termination resistors, equal to VDDQ/2

Block Diagram

Description

The G2996 is a linear bus termination regulator de-

signed to meet the JEDEC SSTL-2 and SSTL-3 (Se-

ries Stub Termination Logic) specifications for termina-

sinking and sourcing current while regulating the out-

put voltage equal to VDDQ/2. The G2996 is designed

to maintain the excellent load regulation and with fast

response time to minimum the transition preventing

shoot-through. The G2996 also incorporates two dis-

tinct power rails that separates the analog circuitry

(AVIN) from the power output stage (PVIN). This

power rails split can be utilized to reduce the internal

power dissipation. And this also permits G2996 to pro-

vide a termination solution for the next generation of

DDR-SDRAM (DDR II).

Series Stub Termination Logic (SSTL) was created to

improve signal integrity of the data transmission

across the memory bus. This termination scheme is

essential to prevent data error from signal reflections

while transmitting at high frequencies encountered

with DDR-SDRAM. The most common form of termi-

nation is Class II single parallel termination. This in-

volves one RS series resistor from the chipset to the

memory and one RT termination resistor, both 25

Ω

typically. The resistors can be changed to scale the

current requirements from the G2996. This implemen-

tation can be seen below in Figure 1.

AVIN, PVIN

AVIN and PVIN are two independent input supply pins

for the G2996. AVIN is used to supply all the internal

analog circuits. PVIN is only used to supply the output

tion successfully, AVIN should be equal to or larger

than PVIN. Using a higher PVIN voltage will produce a

power loss will also increase and then the heat in-

creases. If the junction temperature exceeds the

thermal shutdown threshold than the G2996 will enter

the shutdown state that is the same as manual shut-

For SSTL-2 applications, the AVIN and PVIN can be

short together at 2.5V to minimize the PCB complexity

and to reduce the bypassing capacitors for the two

supply pins separately.

+

-

+

-

PV

IN

AV

IN

V

DDQ

SD

50k

50k

GND

V

REF

V

SENSE

V

TT

+

-

+

-

+

-

+

-

PV

IN

AV

IN

V

DDQ

SD

50k

50k

GND

V

REF

V

SENSE

V

TT

V

DD

CHIPSET

R

S

V

TT

R

T

MENORY

V

REF

Figure 1. SSTL-Termination Scheme

V

DD

CHIPSET

R

S

V

TT

R

T

MENORY

V

REF

Figure 1. SSTL-Termination Scheme