Virtex - 5 FPGA Interface to a JESD 204 A Compliant ADC

www.xilinx.com 1 © 2009–2010 Xilinx, Inc. XILINX, the Xilinx logo, Virtex, Spartan, ISE, and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Summary This application note describes how to interface the Virtex®-5 LXT, SXT, TXT, and FXT devices featuring GTP/GTX transceivers to an analog-to-digital (ADC) converter compliant to JEDEC Standard No. 204A (JESD204A) Serial Interface for Data Converters [Ref 1]. With some restrictions that are highlighted in the text, this application note can also be used for ADC devices compliant to the older JESD204 standard.