SBASAO8 June 2025 DAC39RF20
ADVANCE INFORMATION
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The data link layer converts the 10-bit characters received across the Serdes link into 8-bit octets for the transport layer using 8b/10b decoding. 8b/10b encoding makes sure the DC balance to allow use of AC-coupling between the SerDes transmitter and receiver and specifies a sufficient number of edge transitions for the receiver to reliably recover the data clock. 8b/10b encoding also provides some error detection since a single bit error in a character likely results in either not being able to find the 10-bit character in the 8b/10b decoder lookup table or an incorrect character disparity.