Part Number:TMDS181
Dear TI support team,
We would like to use the TMDS181 as HDMI2.0 sink buffer (directly after the HDMI connector). It seems like this is possible, because the front page of the datasheet says "The TMDS181x can be configured to support the HDMI2.0a standard."
However, this standard requires an HDMI connector to accept 0.15Tbit+112ps of intrapair skew (HDMI 2.0 standard, Table 6-7). The intrapair skew tolerance (tRX_INTRA) in the TMDS181x datasheet is only 112ps (no mention of 0.15Tbit). Of course, an input common-mode filter will suppress some intrapair skew, but it will never reduce it to zero. Moreover, the routing will always add some intrapair skew. How to achieve HDMI2.0 compliance, then? Is this a typo in the datasheet or am I missing something?
Similarly, the standard requires an HDMI connector to accept 0.2Tcharacter+1.78ns of interpair skew (HDMI 2.0 standard, Table 6-7). The interpair skew tolerance (tRX_INTER) in the TMDS181x datasheet is maximum 1.8ns (no mention of 0.2Tcharacter). I would expect a 'tolerance' value to have a minimum and not a maximum value (in the current datasheet, the tolerance could also be 0, which is bad). I suppose this is a typesetting mistake.To my knowledge, there is no means of reducing interpair skew by routing (in general, it becomes worse). How to achieve HDMI2.0 compliance, then? Is this also a typo in the datasheet or am I missing something?
Please note I also submitted these questions both as datasheet feedback (no response) and as REQ0010878 and REQ0010876 (response: please post to E2E).
Thanks in advance for your feedback,
Sjoerd Op 't Land