What Is JESD204 and Why Should We Pay Attention to It?
A new converter interface is steadily picking up steam and looks to become the protocol of choice for future converters. This new interface, JESD204, was originally rolled out several years ago but has undergone revisions that are making it a much more attractive and efficient converter interface.
As the resolution and speed of converters has increased, the demand for a more efficient interface has grown. The JESD204 interface brings this efficiency and offers several advantages over its complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) and low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) predecessors in terms of speed, size, and cost. Designs employing JESD204 enjoy the benefits of a faster interface to keep pace with the faster sampling rates of converters. In addition, there is a reduction in pin count that leads to smaller package sizes and a lower number of trace routes that make board designs much easier and offers lower overall sy