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12 years ago

In what ways is the altlvds megafunction block used in design without protocols.

As far as I understand, the transceivers have a PCS and PMA and the SERDES is always a part of them, in the PMA. The SERDES can be made by using altlvds blocks, one for the transmitter and another fo...
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12 years ago

Note that altlvds logic Stratix IV and all V series has completely different dedicated logic than the high-speed serdes(PMA/PCS). It is designed for high-speed LVDS interfaces, common in ADC/DACs, chip-to-chip, etc.