Resources

Signal integrity resources from Xilinx, our partners and the web.

Choose from the following resources:

Documentation

Device Family User Guide
Presents device capabilities, supported IO standards, SSO guidelines and PCB design considerations for each family.

Xilinx Software Documentation
Provides documentation about the generation of IBIS models specific to your design using IBISWriter.

Methodologies for Efficient FPGA Integration into PCBs (White Paper)
Summarizes PCB design flow at the system level, with emphasis on signal and power integrity aspects.

Related Products

Development / Reference Boards
Xilinx and its partners provide a complete line of development / reference boards to help you develop and test designs with the high-speed RocketIO serial transceivers, high-speed memory interfaces and more.

Related Information

Industry Resources

The following links provide additional information and services on high speed PCB design and measurement.

• Xilinx AllianceEDA Tool Vendors
• Xilinx XPERT Partners (Design Services Vendors)
• Applied Wave Research (AWR)
• Be The Signal (Eric Bogatin's website)
• GigaTest Labs
• Signal Consulting, Inc. (Dr. Howard Johnson's website)
• Signal Integrity Documents (QSL.Net)
• Speeding Edge
• TDA Systems
• Teraspeed Consulting Group
• UltraCAD Design, Inc.

Books

• “Computer Circuits Electrical Design” by Ron K. Poon
• “Digital Systems Engineering” by William J. Daly and John W. Poulton
• “High-Frequency Characterization of Electronic Packaging” by Luc Martens
• “Signal Integrity – Simplified” by Eric Bogatin
• “High-Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic” by Howard Johnson
• “High Speed Signal Propagation: Advanced Black Magic” by Howard Johnson
• “Digital Signal Integrity: Modeling and Simulation with Interconnects and Packages” by Brian Young
• “MECL System Design Handbook,” Motorola Semiconductor Products, Inc.
• “High-Speed Digital System Design: A Handbook of Interconnect Theory and Design Practices” by Stephen H. Hall, Garrett W. Hall, and James A. McCall

Forums

• Xilinx User Community Forums
  Get help from the Xilinx user's community.
• SI-list
  Read the SI-list for topics related to signal integrity.

Training

Xilinx Education Courses

Xilinx offers courses about SI and PCB considerations when designing with high-performance FPGAs. For example, the “Signal Integrity for High-speed Memory and Processor I/O” course teaches signal integrity techniques applicable to high-speed interfaces between Xilinx FPGAs and semiconductor memories. The course covers:

• High-speed bus and clock design effects such as transmission line termination, loading, and jitter.
• Hands-on opportunities to work with IBIS models and complete simulations using CAD packages.
• PCB effects and on-chip termination.

Services

Xilinx Design Services

Xilinx provides a comprehensive service offering that includes education services, support services, and design services to accelerate time to knowledge and time to market. To effectively design new multi-gigabit serial systems, we must understand the complete channel. Xilinx RocketIO design services leverage new techniques, relying on in-house expertise and state-of-the-art tools to create accurate models, evaluation platforms, and production backplanes. Xilinx helps companies design, simulate, and characterize every aspect of the channel from 1 Gbps to more than 10 Gbps.

XPERTS Partners Design Services

Our partners provide a broad range of design services including signal integrity analysis and PCB design.