Dear Rui, It is not as bad as it looks. The noise on the supply gives phase jitter on the rocket io clock. As you are using your rocket io at 1Gig instead of the maximum 3.3 Gig your margin for jitter is much bigger. I do not expect any problem -without bead - if you are using your link in "normal applications" normal means : limited link length; no backplane ;or to an optical connector You can place an 0603 footprint on the layout, place a 0ohm resistor and -if needed- place a small value. If you have more info on your link i can give you more feed-back. Best Regards, Tim, -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rui Pimenta Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 10:55 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Dear all, I am designing a new PCB boards which contains the Virtex-II pro XC2VP50-5FF1152C. I want to use 12 RocketIO Transceivers with speeds above 1Gb/s. These boards will be working in a heavy-ion detector under a magnetic field of ~5 Tesla. ^^^^^^^^ As discribed, in Xilinx user guide ug024 page 111, it is recommended the use of ferrite beads from Murata for the power filtering on each transceiver power pin. Since I have a magnetic field of ~5 Tesla I have some questions: 1- Is there any other way of designing these power filters without using ferrite/coils, and similar performance? 2- What are the risks that I will be taken if I don't place the ferrite? The RocketIOs will not work? 3- Any suggestions for overcome this issue? I have inquired Xilinx on this matter and I am waiting for their answer. What I am afraid is that their answer may include something like: We cannot guarantee anything that goes out of specs. Which doesn't help me. That is why I am contacting the list seeking for suggestions/advises. Thanks in advance, Rui Pimenta ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu - - - - - - - DISCLAIMER- - - - - - - - Unless indicated otherwise, the information contained in this message is privileged and confidential, and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and/or attachments is strictly prohibited. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Furthermore, the company does not warrant a proper and complete transmission of this information, nor does it accept liability for any delays. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the message. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu