RocketIO™ Transceiver User Guide
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UG024 (v3.0) February 22, 2007
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Appendix B
8B/10B Valid Characters
8B/10B encoding includes a set of Data characters and K-characters. Eight-bit values are
coded into 10-bit values keeping the serial line DC balanced. K-characters are special Data
characters designated with a CHARISK. K-characters are used for specific informative
designations.
and
show the Data and K tables of valid characters.
Valid Data Characters
Table B-1:
Valid Data Characters
Data Byte
Name
Bits
HGF EDCBA
Current RD –
abcdei fghj
Current RD +
abcdei fghj
D0.0
000 00000
100111 0100
011000 1011
D1.0
000 00001
011101 0100
100010 1011
D2.0
000 00010
101101 0100
010010 1011
D3.0
000 00011
110001 1011
110001 0100
D4.0
000 00100
110101 0100
001010 1011
D5.0
000 00101
101001 1011
101001 0100
D6.0
000 00110
011001 1011
011001 0100
D7.0
000 00111
111000 1011
000111 0100
D8.0
000 01000
111001 0100
000110 1011
D9.0
000 01001
100101 1011
100101 0100
D10.0
000 01010
010101 1011
010101 0100
D11.0
000 01011
110100 1011
110100 0100
D12.0
000 01100
001101 1011
001101 0100
D13.0
000 01101
101100 1011
101100 0100
D14.0
000 01110
011100 1011
011100 0100
D15.0
000 01111
010111 0100
101000 1011
D16.0
000 10000
011011 0100
100100 1011
D17.0
000 10001
100011 1011
100011 0100
D18.0
000 10010
010011 1011
010011 0100
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