JESD204 Verification IP
Advanced and efficient solution for verifying and debugging of only Chip Interfaces JESD204B, JESD204C and JESD204D IPs
Overview
Chip Interfaces has a solid track record of delivering JESD204B, JESD204C and now the latest JESD204D IPs. To support these IPs, Chip Interfaces also offer a JESD204 Verification IP. This IP provides an advanced and efficient solution for verifying and debugging these standards in a UVM simulation environment.
The verification IP helps reduce time to test, accelerate verification process and ensures a high quality for the end-product. The JESD204 VIP is prepared for seamless functionality on all major simulators with UVM support and can be used only for JESD204 IPs from Chip Interfaces.

Key Features
Delivering Performance
- Supports 32bit data width per converter
- Supports multiple samples per converter per frame cycle
- Supports up to 24 lanes
- Supports 8b 10b link layer functions.
- Supports 64b 66b link layer functions
- Scrambling
- Forward Error Correction (FEC) – For JESD204C
- Reed-Solomon FEC (RS-FEC) – For JESD204D
- RS-FEC encoding, 64b 66b, 64b 80b and 8b 10b
- Extensive error injection and detection
- Built-in protocol checks
- Supports Lane alignment monitoring, correction and character replacement
Deliverables
The IP Core can be delivered in Source code or Encrypted format. The following deliverables will be provided with the IP Core license:
- Solid documentation, including User Manual and Release Note.
- Simulation Environment, including Simple
- Testbed, Test case, Test Script and Random Tests.
- Error Scenario Tests and Basic and Directed Protocol tests (optional).
- Access to support system and direct support from Comcores Engineers.
Block Diagram
JESD204 Verification IP provides an advanced and efficient solution for verifying and debugging JESD204B, JESD204C, and JESD204D standards in a UVM simulation environment, based on a verification IP. The driver will send test case controlled JESD traffic on the Serdes interface to the DUT RX. DUT TX traffic will be received and monitored.
Running regression for coverage is supported and the solution is delivered with Integration Test environment to the Chip Interfaces JESD204 IP, such that is ready to test for a seamless out of the box experience.
JESD204 IP Advantages & Benefits

Test Environment
JESD204 IP is Tested against a VIP model in UVM regression for full functional coverage

Silicon Agnostic
Designed in Verilog and targeting both ASICs and FPGAs

Interoperability Tested
JESD204 IP is interoperability tested with
- All leading PHY providers
- Key data converter ADC & DAC providers

PHY Integration
PHY Integration support with additional hours or off the shelf PHY integration package for quick and efficient deployment

Active Support
All support is actively provided by engineers directly
Solutions at Work

JESD204 powering AESA Radar
Phased Array Radar (Active Electronically Scanned-Array (AESA)) beamforming is used for improved range, accuracy and capability.

JESD204 for synchronizing multiple ADCs and / or DACs
In 5G wireless radio’s (RRH’s) use of multiple ADCs and / or DACs is faciliated by JESD204.

JESD204 in Quantum Computing
JESD204 protocol with its deterministic latency is an ideal choice for use in quantum computing.
Why Work with Chip Interfaces
Interoperability Tested
Chip Interfaces Digital IPs, seamlessly interoperable with all leading PHY providers, saves you time and resources. No more compatibility concerns.
Faster time to Market
Chip Interfaces IP cores seamlessly integrate into your projects, saving you time and resources. Full feature testing across multiple tape-outs guarantees rock-solid reliability and peace of mind.
Quality guaranteed
Chip Interfaces IP cores undergo rigorous UVM regression testing for comprehensive functional coverage, lint and CDC checks for rock-solid design, and exhaustive HW tests to guarantee flawless performance.
Reduced Total cost
Chip Interfaces IP cores are proven & pre-tested, slashing integration time and thereby lowering total project costs.

JESD204 Powering AESA Radar
Phased Array Radar (Active Electronically Scanned-Array (AESA)) beamforming is used for improved range, better target accuracy and possibility to track multiple targets simultaneously while continuing to search, as the array can be configured to steer multiple beams. Phased-array radars consist of hundreds to tens of thousands of radiating elements, where the phase of each transmitter element can be independently controlled. Each array element also includes a receiver, which collects the energy reflected from the target and is phase locked to the transmitter. JESD204 protocol is the ideal choice for transporting data from the data acquisition system to keep track of timing and phase. Chip Interfaces has delivered JESD204 for multiple AESA chip solutions.

JESD204 for synchronizing multiple ADCs and/or DACs
In 5G wireless radio’s (RRH’s) making use of high speed A/D and D/A converters as well as MIMO RX and TX schemes the ability to synchronize multiple ADCs and/or DACs operating at a high sample rate is essential.
By doing this signal sampling, synthesis, and timing across multiple data converters is maintained to ensure minimum complexity of the interfaces and highest signal quality.
Chip Interfaces has delivered JESD204 for multiple 5G chip solutions.

JESD204 in Quantum Computing
Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWGs) are key components of the control system in a Quantum Computer. AWGs are essential for manipulating qubits through precise waveform generation, which for further processing needs the usage of ADCs and DACs.
These are used for control and readout of the qubit states. High-speed serial data interfaces towards ADCs and DACs are needed and precise timing information is more relevant than ever. This makes the JESD204 protocol with its deterministic latency an ideal choice for use in quantum computing.
The set-up effort of a quantum computation is great and the field of quantum error correction is well established. It makes sense to protect the computation results of captured q-bit states through the data link with error correction as well.
For Error Correction, the JESD204C IP offers a Fire Code FEC and JESD204D offers a Reed Solomon FEC that can offer the improved link BER. Chip Interfaces has delivered its JESD204 IP for a Quantum Computer project.
