I've recently been dealing with a plethora of high-speed serial data streams. LVDS is nice. The interface I've recently been given (80MHz serial, 3.3V 50R coax, data and clock, driven by a BUF602 video amplifier, single-ended and referred to ground) is not.
Right now I'm thinking of co-opting an LVDS receiver (with some biasing to bring the common-mode back up to around 1.2V) to receive the data stream. Short of using ECL, that's the best I can find in current/available components. Can't help feeling that there's a better way, but all of the single-ended receivers I've looked at fall far short of the 80MHz data rate.
Am I missing something? All sanity checks and 2"*4" cluesticks gratefully received.
Steve