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16 years ago

CVO frequency

I have a design that uses a CVO. This is in a Stratix III part. The User Guide states that the CVO should be able to run around 271 - 317MHz depending on it's configuration. I'm able to approach t...
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16 years ago

Hey guys. Thanks for your input. I'll check the constraints this morning. My FAE was in yesterday and he alluded to what Kevin said. This IP was set up for a maximum of 1080p so probably about 148.5MHz. From looking at the Time Quest output he suggested making our own CVO that maybe we could run faster. He thought there was a big adder in the path that could be coded better. So that's the path going forward.

I've included a .bmp of the Time Quest output.