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15 years ago

use scrambler not 8b10b

I want to use altgx at 3G . most serdes I used before using 8b10b before parallel-serial trans,but there is 20% payload wasted.so I want to use scrambler like 3G sdi .the there is no 8b10b in 3G sdi ...
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15 years ago

Besides providing sufficient bit transitions, 8b10b encoding has also unique "komma" characters for frame synchronization, idle signaling and similar. Without adding some redundancy to the data coding, you can't have it.