1. JESD204B IP Quick Reference
2. About the JESD204B Intel® FPGA IP
3. Getting Started
4. JESD204B IP Functional Description
5. JESD204B IP Deterministic Latency Implementation Guidelines
6. JESD204B IP Debug Guidelines
7. JESD204B Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives
8. Document Revision History for the JESD204B Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
3.1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA IP Cores
3.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores
3.3. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
3.4. Upgrading IP Cores
3.5. IP Catalog and Parameter Editor
3.6. Design Walkthrough
3.7. JESD204B Design Examples
3.8. JESD204B IP Design Considerations
3.9. JESD204B Intel® FPGA IP Parameters
3.10. JESD204B IP Component Files
3.11. JESD204B IP Testbench
2.3. Datapath Modes
The JESD204B IP supports TX-only, RX-only, and Duplex (TX and RX) mode. The IP is a unidirectional protocol where interfacing to ADC utilizes the transceiver RX path and interfacing to DAC utilizes the transceiver TX path.
The JESD204B IP generates a single link with a single lane and up to a maximum of 8 lanes. If there are two ADC links that need to be synchronized, you have to generate two JESD204B IP cores and then manage the deterministic latency and synchronization signals, like SYSREF and SYNC_N, at your custom wrapper level.
The JESD204B IP supports duplex mode only if the LMF configuration for ADC (RX) is the same as DAC (TX) and with the same data rate. This use case is mainly for prototyping with internal serial loopback mode. This is because typically as a unidirectional protocol, the LMF configuration of converter devices for both DAC and ADC are not identical.