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11 years ago

Arria II - GX Jitter performance

Hi All, I am using arria II GX : EP2AGX45DF29I3 fpga in my porject. I referred the datasheet of arria II GX and saw the transceiver jitter performances of the GX series fpga's for different pro...
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11 years ago

I'm not convinced GX parts will run at 6.375Gbps.

The maximum refclk for the GX parts is 622.08MHz. The serializer then gives a maximum serial data rate of 6.22Gbps. The GZ parts support a 637.5MHz refclk (and higher) giving the 6.375Gbps you're after.

So, I think the devil is in the detail and, perhaps, explains why there are no references to anything over 6Gbps in the datasheet for GX parts.

Cheers,

Alex