PDLVDS-RX — photodiode LVDS receiver

Clean-room receiver for the Miniscope Zero optical uplink: Excelitas C30737LH Si APD → OPA657 TIA → LMH7220 comparator (LVDS out, DAC-set threshold) → ADN2813 CDR → STM32H723 + USB3300 USB-HS. Design target: 50 Mbps line rate, 8b/10b (40 Mbps payload); the paper's mode: 8 Mbps Manchester (16 Mbaud), as transmitted. LT3757 flyback APD bias 150–420 V. USB-C powered; verify on any laptop over USB, no FPGA attached.

Pass 63

2026-11-04 12:57 PST (2026-11-04T20:57:44Z UTC) · commit d8ff341 (d8ff3415f801efd2c03d952a3fc2ee14908f7a1b)

ADOPTED

ULPI_NXT escape hand-placed: from U7.11’s surgery stub, SW 2.2 mm to open field at (27.69,65.85), 4 ULPI_STP/DIR fence items ripped (heal owes them back); the router’s grid could not start from the lone stub cell at any expansion cap

Nets fully routednot recorded
Pins failednot recorded
Clearance violations4
Unconnected nets35
Audit verdictFAIL

Routes — all copper layers and each layer

F.Cu
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F.Cu layerF.CuIn1.Cu layerIn1.CuIn2.Cu layerIn2.CuB.Cu layerB.Cu

F.Cu In1.Cu In2.Cu B.Cu

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