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Preface
About This Guide
This guide describes the Spartan®-6 FPGA GTP Transceiver Signal Integrity Simulation
(SIS) Kit for Mentor Graphics HyperLynx.
Guide Contents
This user guide contains this chapter and appendices:
• Chapter 1, Spartan-6 FPGA GTP Transceiver Signal Integrity Simulation Kit, explains
installation, configuration, and use of the HyperLynx software to simulate
Spartan-6 FPGA GTP transceivers.
• Appendix A, Frequently Asked Questions, explains HyperLynx error messages.
• Appendix B, HSPICE and HyperLynx/Eldo Correlation Results, contains the
correlation results and explains how they were derived.
Additional Support Resources
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http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/index.htm
.
To search the Answer Database of silicon, software, and IP questions and answers, or to
create a technical support WebCase, see the Xilinx website at:
http://www.xilinx.com/support
.
Typographical Conventions
This document uses the following typographical conventions. An example illustrates each
convention.
Convention Meaning or Use Example
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program files that the system
displays
speed grade: - 100
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Literal commands that you enter
in a syntactical statement
ngdbuild design_name
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Commands that you select from
a menu
File → Open
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