DDR-II Applications

With the separate V

is possible to use the LP2994 in applications utilizing DDR-II

memory.

Figure 7 and Figure 8 show several implementa-

tions of recommended circuits with output curves displayed

in the Typical Performance Characteristics.

Figure 7 shows

the recommended circuit configuration for DDR-II applica-

tions. The output stage is connected to the 1.8V rail and the

AVIN pin can be connected to either a 3.3V or 5V rail.

If it is not desirable to use the 1.8V rail it is possible to

connect the output stage to a 3.3V rail. Care should be taken

to not exceed the maximum junction temperature as the

thermal dissipation increases with lower V

For this reason, it is not recommended to power PVIN off a

rail higher than the nominal 3.3V. The advantage of this

configuration is that it has the ability to source and sink a

higher maximum continuous current.

If standards other than SSTL-2 are required, such as

SSTL-3, it may be necessary to use a different scaling factor

than 0.5 times V

eral options are available to scale the output to any voltage

required. One method is to level shift the output by using

feedback resistors from V

been illustrated in

Figure 9 and Figure 10. Figure 9 shows

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FIGURE 6. SSTL-2 Implementation with higher voltage rails

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FIGURE 7. Recommended DDR-II Termination

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FIGURE 8. DDR-II Termination with higher voltage rails

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