Reference Clock Output Buffer

Versal ACAP GTM Transceivers Architecture Manual (AM017)

Document ID
AM017
Release Date
2022-04-27
Revision
1.0 English

The reference clock pins can be configured to be output pins that drive an RX recovered clock from one of the transceivers in the Quad. Operation and configuration of this buffer is discussed in Reference Clock Input/Output Structure. This output is designed to supply a signal through DC blocking capacitors on the PCB. The signal levels are comparable to those of LVDS after the DC blocking capacitors. See the Versal ACAP data sheets for output levels.

Figure 1. Versal Architecture GTM Transceiver Reference Clock Output Connection