Does the Virtex-II Pro RocketIO meet the jitter compliance specifications for 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel?
Shortly before August 31, 2004, the Jitter Tolerance and Jitter Generation numbers published in the latest (August 2004) Virtex-II Pro data sheet were updated with additional data showing that the Virtex-II Pro MGTs do meet the 2G Fibre Channel specifications. These numbers were updated to show performance at 2.125Gbps specifically. (The original data sheet numbers were for 3.125 Gbps operation.)
A summary of the newly added data sheet numbers follows:
SPEC VIRTEX-II PRO DATASHEET
(2.125G)
Tx Jitter Generation Deterministic 0.08 UI Max
Tx Jitter Generation Random 0.19 UI Max
Rx Jitter Tolerance Deterministic 0.43 UI Max
Rx Jitter Tolerance Total 0.65 UI Max