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16 years ago

Lock a clock to a 8B10B data stream?

Hi there, I am trying to find a way to synchronize a chain of equipments but don't want to use a dedicated clock network. If I use the transrecivers in Arria II GX to implement GIGE protoc...
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16 years ago

To ask a possibly ignorant question: What's the purpose of "looping back" the received signal clock? It must be expected to result in worse jitter performance, even with a high quality external PLL.