SDR versus DDR Interfaces

UltraScale Architecture PCB Design User Guide (UG583)

Document ID
UG583
Release Date
2023-11-14
Revision
1.27 English

The difference between Single Data Rate (SDR) and Double Data Rate (DDR) interfaces has to do with the relationship of the data signals of a bus to the clock signal of that bus. In SDR systems, data is only registered at the input flip-flops of a receiving device on either the rising or the falling edge of the clock. One full clock period is equivalent to one bit time. In DDR systems, data is registered at the input flip-flops of a receiving device on both the rising and falling edges of the clock. One full clock period is equivalent to two bit times. The distinction of SDR and DDR has nothing to do with whether the I/O standard carrying the signals is single-ended or differential. A single-ended interface can be SDR or DDR, and a differential interface can also be SDR or DDR.