SerDes Architecture

Course Description

Dive into SerDes architecture with this course. We will take you through the basics of serializer-deserializer (SerDes) technology and explore the SerDes architecture on the new Avant platform. Gain a system-level overview of SerDes, followed by deeper dives into the blocks within the transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX). Learn about features critical to high-speed data transmission in the Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) and Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) blocks, including the feed forward equalizer (FFE), decision feedback equalizer (DFE), and forward error correction (FEC).