About multipoint LVDS design (power superimposed)

HI Satoshi,

In theory this should work but at this time unfortunately I do not have any empirical data to support the design. We are currently tossing around the idea of assembling a TI design around this but have not put anything official together yet. We may have something out around mid year to support this though.

The important parameters to consider when approaching this design are the input parameters of the MLVDS device. We need to make sure that they are not violated. Did you have a particular device in mind for this design? Once I know what device your are considering I can help to guide you through any pitfalls that may be unseen at this point.

One problem that you may encounter during this design goes back to your comment in the initial post about the enable lines. How will you deal with turning the driver off and on when certain MLVDS devices are not communicating? There will be a bus contention problem if multiple nodes are trying to talk across the bus simultaneously.