Resources

• Xilinx Software Documentation
  Provides documentation about the generation of IBIS models specific to your design using IBIS Writer.
  
  
• Methodologies for Efficient FPGA Integration into PCBs (WP)
  Summarizes PCB design flow at the system level, with emphasis on signal and power integrity aspects.

Xilinx offers courses about SI and PCB considerations when designing with high-performance FPGAs. For example, the “Signal Integrity for High-speed Memory and Processor I/O” course teaches signal integrity techniques applicable to high-speed interfaces between Xilinx FPGAs and semiconductor memories. The course covers:

• High-speed bus and clock design effects such as transmission line termination, loading, and jitter.
• Hands-on opportunities to work with IBIS models and complete simulations using CAD packages.
• PCB effects and on-chip termination.

Our partners provide a broad range of design services including signal integrity analysis and PCB design.

Industry Resources:

• Be The Signal (Eric Bogatin's website)
• GigaTest Labs
• Signal Consulting, Inc. (Dr. Howard Johnson's website)
• Signal Integrity Documents (QSL.Net)
• Speeding Edge
• TDA Systems
• Teraspeed Consulting Group
• UltraCAD Design, Inc.

Forums:

• Xilinx User Community Forums
  Get help from the Xilinx user's community.
• SI-list
  Read the SI-list for topics related to signal integrity.
• IBIS Vendor Models
  Provides links to publicly available IBIS models

Books:

• “Computer Circuits Electrical Design” by Ron K. Poon
• “Digital Systems Engineering” by William J. Daly and John W. Poulton
• “High-Frequency Characterization of Electronic Packaging” by Luc Martens
• “Signal Integrity – Simplified” by Eric Bogatin
• “High-Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic” by Howard Johnson
• “High Speed Signal Propagation: Advanced Black Magic” by Howard Johnson
• “Digital Signal Integrity: Modeling and Simulation with Interconnects and Packages” by Brian Young
• “MECL System Design Handbook,” Motorola Semiconductor Products, Inc.
• “High-Speed Digital System Design: A Handbook of Interconnect Theory and Design Practices” by Stephen H. Hall, Garrett W. Hall, and James A. McCall