[time-nuts] IC for 1 PPS Output

[Chuck Harris]

Bill Janssen wrote:

>>
> Why do you need to drive the cable with a 50  Ohm source. You need a 50 
> Ohm load on the receiving
> end to reduce reflections. But that is not a problem for the drivers. I 
> would use a low impedance
> driver to minimize losses in the driver.

What you say is completely true, but in the case where you have a less
than perfect match at the load side, having a matched source will reduce
the edge smearing caused by the reflections off of that the load that would
otherwise reflect back off of the source...

-Chuck Harris