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Altera_Forum
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11 years ago100MHz is fast for external I/O. With an external interface you have not only the internal capacitance to deal with (including your I/O protection and connector), but also the external connector and cable or whatever is out there. 5-15pF may be no problem depending on what you're doing, but I would recommend speaking about your application with the vendor of your TVS array. In these days of on-line forums like this one people seem to turn to vendors for information much less frequently. They have resources to help you so go ahead and use them.
At the speeds you're talking about impedance control is going to be very important. Tread carefully! And good luck.