SNAS512K September 2011 – October 2025 LMK00301
PRODUCTION DATA
The current consumption values specified in Electrical Characteristics can be used to calculate the total power dissipation and IC power dissipation for any device configuration. Use Equation 6 to calculate the total VCC core supply current (ICC_TOTAL):
where
Since the output supplies (VCCOA, VCCOB, VCCOC) can be powered from 3 independent voltages, the respective output supply currents (ICCO_BANK_A, ICCO_BANK_B, ICCO_CMOS) must be calculated separately.
ICCO_BANK for either Bank A or B can be directly taken from the corresponding output supply current specification (ICCO_PECL, ICCO_LVDS, or ICCO_HCSL) provided the output loading matches the specified conditions. Otherwise, ICCO_BANK must be calculated as follows:
where
Table 9-1 shows the typical IBANK_BIAS values and IOUT_LOAD expressions for the three differential output types.
For LVPECL, using a larger termination resistor (RT) to ground instead of terminating with 50Ω to VTT = VCCO – 2V is possible; this technique is commonly used to eliminate the extra termination voltage supply (VTT) and potentially reduce device power dissipation at the expense of lower output swing. For example, when VCCO is 3.3V, a RT value of 160Ω to ground eliminates the 1.3V termination supply without sacrificing much output swing. In this case, the typical IOUT_LOAD is 25mA, so ICCO_PECL for a fully-loaded bank reduces to 158mA (versus 165mA with 50Ω resistors to VCCO – 2V).
| CURRENT PARAMETER | LVPECL | LVDS | HCSL |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBANK_BIAS | 33mA | 34mA | 6mA |
| IOUT_LOAD | (VOH - VTT)/RT + (VOL - VTT)/RT | 0mA (No DC load current) | VOH/RT |
When the current consumption is calculated or known for each supply, the total power dissipation (PTOTAL) can be calculated as:
If the device configuration has LVPECL or HCSL outputs, then calculating the power dissipated in any termination resistors (PRT_ PECL and PRT_HCSL) and in any termination voltages (PVTT) is also necessary. The external power dissipation values can be calculated as follows:
Finally, the IC power dissipation (PDEVICE) can be computed by subtracting the external power dissipation values from PTOTAL as follows:
where