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 163

2026-11-06 06:51 PST (2026-11-06T14:51:15Z UTC) · commit 10b615f (10b615f7ff63e95a40c47f77ea3ae0c52733f7d0)

ADOPTED

pass 163: TIA_OUT U1.6-R1.1 routed on F (grid route, DRC-verified). DRC: violations 156 -> 156 (class table unchanged), unconnected 46 -> 45, TIA_OUT items 4 -> 3

Nets fully routednot recorded
Pins failednot recorded
Clearance violations71
Unconnected nets38
Audit verdictFAIL

Routes — all copper layers and each layer

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

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