Capacitor on CC line

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Hello,

A capacitor of 390pF is put on each CC lines in CCG3 datasheet.

What purpose is this capacitor on CC line?

Best regards,

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ShifangZ_26
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Hi Takeshi,

The purpose of capacitor on CC1/CC2 is compensation capacitor mainly. For CCG3, the range is 300pF-400pF. Which is used to trim eye diagram of BCM.

Best Regards,

Lisa

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ShifangZ_26
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Hi Takeshi,

The purpose of capacitor on CC1/CC2 is compensation capacitor mainly. For CCG3, the range is 300pF-400pF. Which is used to trim eye diagram of BCM.

Best Regards,

Lisa

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Anonymous
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Hello Lisa,

I can guess the abbreviation of BCM.

But let me confirm about BCM.

Tell me the BCM without abbreciation.

Best regards,

Takeshi

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Hi Takeshi San,

Correction my answer: Biphase Mark Coding (BMC).

Best Regards,

Lisa

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