Reference Designs

• 2-port SuperSpeed USB xHCI PCIe Card Reference Design
  TUSB7320EVM: The TUSB7320EVM board is a free-standing reference design for a two-port PCIe-based SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Extensible Host Controller (xHCI). It is used to evaluate system compatibility. A Microsoft WHQL certified xHCI compliant driver stack is provided as well. The TUSB7320 is fully backwards compatible to USB 2.0 supporting USB peripherals and hubs that support all data transfer speeds: USB 2.0 Low-speed (1.5Mbps), USB 2.0 Full-speed (12 Mbps), USB 2.0 High-speed (480 Mbps) as well as SuperSpeed USB (5 Gbps). A SuperSpeed peripheral is required to evaluate SuperSpeed data transfer.
• TIDA-00069 FPGA Firmware Example of How To Interface Altera FPGAs to High-Speed LVDS-Interface Data Converters | TI.com
  TIDA-00069: This reference design and the associated example Verilog code can be used as a starting point for interfacing Altera FPGAs to Texas Instruments' high-speed LVDS-interface analog-to-digital converters (ADC) and digital-to-analog converters (DAC). The firmware implementation is explained and the required timing constraints are discussed.
• TIDA-01215 Power Supply Reference Design for Optimizing Spur and Phase Noise in RF-sampling DACs | TI.com
  TIDA-01215: This reference design provides an efficient power supply scheme to power-up the RF-sampling DAC38RF8x digital-to-analog data converter (DAC) without sacrificing performance and also reduces board area and BOM. The reference design uses both DC/DC switchers and an LDO to power-up the DAC38RF8x while achieving high analog performance (spurious and phase noise) and minimizing power efficiency trade-offs. The design method outlined here can be extended to the power supply design of other RF-sampling data converters.
• 4-port SuperSpeed USB xHCI PCIe Card Reference Design
  TUSB7340EVM: The TUSB7340EVM board is a free-standing reference design for a four-port PCIe–based SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Extensible Host Controller (xHCI). It is used to evaluate system compatibility. A Microsoft WHQL certified xHCI compliant driver stack is provided as well. The TUSB7340 is fully backwards compatible to USB 2.0 supporting USB peripherals and hubs that support all data transfer speeds: USB 2.0 Low–speed (1.5Mbps), USB 2.0 Full–speed (12 Mbps), USB 2.0 High–speed (480 Mbps) as well as SuperSpeed USB (5 Gbps). A SuperSpeed peripheral is required to evaluate SuperSpeed data transfer.
• TIDA-00270 Current-Sharing Dual LDOs | TI.com
  TIDA-00270: This power supply topology is capable of sourcing 6A via two LDOs operating in parallel. The solution sources current evenly between the two TPS74401’s, each capable of supplying 3A. This design allows for higher currents to be supplied than is typically possible with a single LDO. It also allows for additional heat syncing not available with an individual LDO.
• TIDA-00269 Gigabit Ethernet Link Aggregator Reference Design | TI.com
  TIDA-00269: The Gigabit Ethernet Link Aggregator reference design features the TLK10081 device which is a multi-rate link aggregator intended for use in high-speed bi-directional point-to-point data transmission systems to reduce the number of physical links by multiplexing lower speed serial links into higher speed serial links. This reference design helps customers reduce the number of serial links that need to be implemented and managed within an application. TLK10081 enables customers to aggregate and de-aggregate multiple serial links, of all types including raw data types. Also, featured is the CDCM6208 device that can provide extremely low-jitter Clock input to the TLK10081 in customer systems that do not have one available (or does not meet the jitter requirement of the system). The high-speed signals of channel A have been routed to SFP+ modules for easy evaluation in systems that implement optical fiber configurations. The high-speed signals of channel B have been routed to edge launch SMA connectors for easy evaluation in systems that use standard test equipment.
• TIDA-00352 SDI Video Aggregation Reference Design | TI.com
  TIDA-00352: This verified reference design is a complete four channel SDI aggregation and de-aggregation solution. One TLK10022 is used to aggregate four synchronous HD-SDI sources together into one 5.94 Gbps serial link. The serial data is transferred via copper or optical fiber where a second TLK10022 is used to de-aggregate and seamlessly redisplay the original video content.
• Dual-channel XAUI to SFI Reference Design for Systems with Two or More SFP+ Optical Ports
  TIDA-00234: The TIDA-00234 XAUI to SFI reference design is intended for Enterprise and Service Provider Networking applications like Ethernet Switches and Routers that implement multiple 10G Ethernet compliant Optical (SFP+) ports. This reference design features the TLK10232 device which is the most compact Dual-channel XAUI-to-SFI Transceiver with the lowest power consumption in its category. This reference design allows access to the high-speed signals (up to 10Gbps) generated by the TLK10232 via SMA connectors or an SFP+ Module via the SFP+ optical module cage. Also, featured is the CDCM6208 device that can provide extremely low-jitter Clock input to the TLK10232 in customer systems that do not have one available (or does not meet the jitter requirement of the system).
• DisplayPort Video 4:1 Aggregation Reference Design
  TIDA-00309: This verified reference design is a complete four channel DisplayPort aggregation and de-aggregation solution. One TLK10022 is used to aggregate four synchronous DisplayPort (DP) sources together into one 10.8 Gbps serial link. The serial data is transferred via copper or optical fiber where a second TLK10022 is used to de-aggregate and seamlessly redisplay the original video content.
• TUSB7340EVM 4-port SuperSpeed USB xHCI PCIe Card Reference Design | TI.com
  TUSB7340EVM: The TUSB7340EVM board is a free-standing reference design for a four-port PCIe–based SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Extensible Host Controller (xHCI). It is used to evaluate system compatibility. A Microsoft WHQL certified xHCI compliant driver stack is provided as well. The TUSB7340 is fully backwards compatible to USB 2.0 supporting USB peripherals and hubs that support all data transfer speeds: USB 2.0 Low–speed (1.5Mbps), USB 2.0 Full–speed (12 Mbps), USB 2.0 High–speed (480 Mbps) as well as SuperSpeed USB (5 Gbps). A SuperSpeed peripheral is required to evaluate SuperSpeed data transfer.
• Current-Sharing Dual LDOs
  TIDA-00270: This power supply topology is capable of sourcing 6A via two LDOs operating in parallel. The solution sources current evenly between the two TPS74401’s, each capable of supplying 3A. This design allows for higher currents to be supplied than is typically possible with a single LDO. It also allows for additional heat syncing not available with an individual LDO.
• TIDA-01240 RF-Sampling S-Band Radar Transmitter Reference Design | TI.com
  TIDA-01240: Synthesis of waveforms appropriate for an S-band multifunction phased array radar (MPAR) is demonstrated with an RF sampling architecture utilizing the DAC38RF80, a 9GSPS 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The RF sampling transmit architecture simplifies the signal chain, bringing the data converter closer to the antenna, allowing flexibility with high performance.
• TIDA-00234 Dual-channel XAUI to SFI Reference Design for Systems with Two or More SFP+ Optical Ports | TI.com
  TIDA-00234: The TIDA-00234 XAUI to SFI reference design is intended for Enterprise and Service Provider Networking applications like Ethernet Switches and Routers that implement multiple 10G Ethernet compliant Optical (SFP+) ports. This reference design features the TLK10232 device which is the most compact Dual-channel XAUI-to-SFI Transceiver with the lowest power consumption in its category. This reference design allows access to the high-speed signals (up to 10Gbps) generated by the TLK10232 via SMA connectors or an SFP+ Module via the SFP+ optical module cage. Also, featured is the CDCM6208 device that can provide extremely low-jitter Clock input to the TLK10232 in customer systems that do not have one available (or does not meet the jitter requirement of the system).
• TUSB7320EVM 2-port SuperSpeed USB xHCI PCIe Card Reference Design | TI.com
  TUSB7320EVM: The TUSB7320EVM board is a free-standing reference design for a two-port PCIe-based SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Extensible Host Controller (xHCI). It is used to evaluate system compatibility. A Microsoft WHQL certified xHCI compliant driver stack is provided as well. The TUSB7320 is fully backwards compatible to USB 2.0 supporting USB peripherals and hubs that support all data transfer speeds: USB 2.0 Low-speed (1.5Mbps), USB 2.0 Full-speed (12 Mbps), USB 2.0 High-speed (480 Mbps) as well as SuperSpeed USB (5 Gbps). A SuperSpeed peripheral is required to evaluate SuperSpeed data transfer.
• FPGA Firmware Example of How To Interface Altera FPGAs to High-Speed LVDS-Interface Data Converters
  TIDA-00069: This reference design and the associated example Verilog code can be used as a starting point for interfacing Altera FPGAs to Texas Instruments' high-speed LVDS-interface analog-to-digital converters (ADC) and digital-to-analog converters (DAC). The firmware implementation is explained and the required timing constraints are discussed.
• TIDA-01084 Continuous Wave Phase-aligned Multitone Generator: DC-to-6-GHz RF-Sampling DAC Reference Design | TI.com
  TIDA-01084: The TIDA-01084 reference design demonstrates the use of RF sampling DAC to generate continuous phase-aligned multitone waveforms. With four 48-bit independent NCOs, the 14-bit, 9GSPS DAC38RF83 can generate four CW tones placed anywhere within the first Nyquist zone or up to 6 GHz in the second. This reference design covers the theory of operations, explanation of the GUI, and directions for programming NCOs to generate the tones without the requirement of an external pattern generator. This design demonstrates an easy-to-use method which greatly simplifies and reduces the bill of materials (BOM) for continuos waveform generation.
• SDI Video Aggregation Reference Design
  TIDA-00352: This verified reference design is a complete four channel SDI aggregation and de-aggregation solution. One TLK10022 is used to aggregate four synchronous HD-SDI sources together into one 5.94 Gbps serial link. The serial data is transferred via copper or optical fiber where a second TLK10022 is used to de-aggregate and seamlessly redisplay the original video content.
• Gigabit Ethernet Link Aggregator Reference Design
  TIDA-00269: The Gigabit Ethernet Link Aggregator reference design features the TLK10081 device which is a multi-rate link aggregator intended for use in high-speed bi-directional point-to-point data transmission systems to reduce the number of physical links by multiplexing lower speed serial links into higher speed serial links. This reference design helps customers reduce the number of serial links that need to be implemented and managed within an application. TLK10081 enables customers to aggregate and de-aggregate multiple serial links, of all types including raw data types. Also, featured is the CDCM6208 device that can provide extremely low-jitter Clock input to the TLK10081 in customer systems that do not have one available (or does not meet the jitter requirement of the system). The high-speed signals of channel A have been routed to SFP+ modules for easy evaluation in systems that implement optical fiber configurations. The high-speed signals of channel B have been routed to edge launch SMA connectors for easy evaluation in systems that use standard test equipment.
• TIDA-00309 DisplayPort Video 4:1 Aggregation Reference Design | TI.com
  TIDA-00309: This verified reference design is a complete four channel DisplayPort aggregation and de-aggregation solution. One TLK10022 is used to aggregate four synchronous DisplayPort (DP) sources together into one 10.8 Gbps serial link. The serial data is transferred via copper or optical fiber where a second TLK10022 is used to de-aggregate and seamlessly redisplay the original video content.