Questions tagged [differential]
Differential refers to any kind of signaling where the signal information is carried by two or more paths and both are required to properly reconstruct the signal. For example, USB D+ and D-
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Charge mode piezoelectric signal conditioning
I have a charge-mode piezoelectric dynamic pressure sensor (datasheet link) that I want to read a signal from. If you look at the datasheet it says the sensor outputs are in a balanced and floating ...
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Differentiator circuit sees noise on PCB after 2 min
I'm new to PCB design, and looking for some advice. I designed a PCB shield and I'm seeing a lot of noise in my differentiator circuit. The circuit will run perfectly for about 2 min and then all of ...
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Is there an antenna problem with CAN Bus selectable split termination header pin?
I am trying to implement a jumper-selectable CAN Bus termination with a SPLIT configuration, as shown in this Analog Devices example:
https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/user-...
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Mux switching one leg of differential signal
I found the schematic below for a muxed thermocouple circuit from this web page. This circuit uses a mux to switch just one leg of the thermocouples. While I am sure that this works fine I have a ...
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Is it OK to have flying leads on a differential pair?
I'm designing a small daughterboard that contains a microcontroller and a USB port. This board also has a connector to allow it to connect to a motherboard.
What I'd like to be able to do is to have ...
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Gain of single input differential amplifier
When performing the small signal analysis of the circuit shown below, with \$ V_{1} = V_{in} \$ and \$ V_{2} = 0 \$, and output taken from \$ V_{02}\$, I consider the small signal model for half of ...
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Use of virtual ground to split ground loops?
So I have a "broadband" signal (DC-5MHz) which I'd like to send over coax cable to two other circuits referenced to the same ground. Simply floating the other two circuits is not an option for ...
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Transmitting differential video signal to the ADC input
I'm designing a circuit that converts a single-ended analog video signal (f = 10 MHz) to a differential pair and then is processing the data to a digital form. The signal is transmitted through a ...
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Differential DAC filter capacitor options
The standard output filter for a DAC with a differential voltage output looks this way:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
However, some DACs have this filter ...
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USB to FTDI connection
I try to connect USB 2.0 to a FTDI FT2232HL. This is my first high speed layout.
I am planning to use 2-layer board 1.6 mm. I know that I have to keep 50 Ω Z0 and 90 Ω Zdiff. However with the 2-layer ...
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TRS differential input and output connector wiring for balanced audio CODEC I/O connections
I've been studying the ADAU1361 evaluation board and noticed an odd thing how the differential input and output connectors are connected in their schematic on its user guide, page 7, focus on the left ...
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Are the supply voltage and differential signals put on the same connector?
I have a circular connector. Assembly card size coming from the mechanical department limits me so I must use the pins of the same circular connector for 28V DC power supply and some differential ...
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HDMI: What is the maximum acceptable differential impedance variation and for which length
Imagine I have a HDMI bus with differential impedance 100 Ohm and length 10cm
Imagine that for a segment of length "L" there is an impedance variation of "DELTA"
Question: in order ...
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Is it possible to convert LVDS (TI DS90c241/124) differential signals to optical signals?
I have a circuit that uses the TI DS90C241 DS90C124 serdes pair to serialize 24bits of data from one board to the other. Either due to electrical interference or the transmission media's ...
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Differential pair length matching considering phase
According to Microchip's document Implementation Guidelines for Microchip’s USB 2.0 and USB 3.1 Gen 1 and Gen 2 Hub and Hub-Combo Devices, the Superspeed differential pairs should be length matched ...
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