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Oliver_I_Sedlacek's avatar
2 years ago
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Cyclone IV GX LVDS placement and termination

I need to place 48 LVDS receiver pairs on to a 484 pin Cyclone IV GX package. I've been studying the Cyclone 4 handbook, specifically section 6 Table 6.2 and I'm still confused. 1. According to this...
  • FvM's avatar
    2 years ago
    Hi,
    1. "true LVDS" refers to transmitters, these banks support LVDS TX IO-standard, the other banks support only emulated LVDS with three resistor network. LVDS RX can be configured for all banks.

    2. Cyclone III, IV and 10LP doesn't provide on-chip parallel termination (Rd) for LVDS RX. External 100 ohm resistors are required.