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Introduction
Introduction
The Texas Instruments (TI) TLK1501 serdes evaluation module (EVM) board
is used to evaluate the TLK1501 device(VQFP) and associated optical inter-
face (NetLight) for point-to-point data transmission applications.
The board enables the designer to connect 50 Ω parallel buses to both
transmitter and receiver connectors. The TLK1501, using high speed PLL
technology, serializes, encodes (8b/10b) and transmits data along one
differential pair. The receiver part of the device deserializes, decodes and
presents data on the parallel bus. The high speed (up to 1.6 Gbps) data lines
interface to four 50-Ω controlled-impedance SMA connectors. The designer
can either use this copper interface directly or loop back to the laser module
section for an optical interface(not provided).
Topic Page
1.1 Introduction 1–2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 1