High-Speed Serial I/O Made Simple - Xilinx

Connectivity Solutions

Edition 1.0

High-Speed Serial I/O Made Simple

A Designers' Guide, with FPGA Applications

by Abhijit Athavale

and Carl Christensen

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CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS: EDITION 1.0

High-Speed Serial I/O Made Simple

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION

A Designer's Guide with FPGA Applications

by

Abhijit Athavale

Marketing Manager, Connectivity Solutions, Xilinx, Inc.

and

Carl Christensen

Technical Marketing

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? 2005 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved. XILINX, the Xilinx Logo, and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx, Inc. PowerPC is a trademark of IBM, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

NOTICE OF DISCLAIMER: The information stated in this book is "Preliminary Information" and is not to be used for design purposes. Xilinx is providing this design, code, or information "as is." By providing the design, code, or information as one possible implementation of this feature, application, or standard, Xilinx makes no representation that this implementation is free from any claims of infringement. You are responsible for obtaining any rights you may require for your implementation. Xilinx expressly disclaims any warranty whatsoever with respect to the adequacy of the implementation, including but not limited to any warranties or representations that this implementation is free from claims of infringement and any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. All terms mentioned in this book are known to be trademarks or service marks and are the property of their respective owners. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without written permission from the publisher. For copies of this book, write to:

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Acknowledgements

We would like to offer our deepest thanks to Paul Galloway and Craig Abramson. Without their constant motivation, direction, and encouragement, we could not have completed this project.

We are also indebted to Ryan Carlson for his invaluable assistance in structuring the book, and to Chuck Berry for his great support and sales interface.

To a host of reviewers that included Matt DiPaolo, Mike Degerstrom, and Scott Davidson, we want to offer our gratitude. They kept us honest, accurate, and up to date.

To Babak Hedayati and Tim Erjavec for their unwavering support and encouragement

Finally, we offer special thanks to Ray Johnson. He fully supported our effort and placed his personal stamp of approval on this book by providing the Forward.

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