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UG190 (v5.0) June 19, 2009
Regional Clocking Resources
BUFR Use Models
BUFRs are ideal for source-synchronous applications requiring clock domain crossing or
serial-to-parallel conversion. Unlike BUFIOs, BUFRs are capable of clocking logic
resources in the FPGAs other than the IOBs. Figure 1-22 is a BUFR design example.
X-Ref Target - Figure 1-22
Figure 1-22: BUFR Driving Various Logic Resources
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CLBs
CLBs
CLBs
CLBs
CLBs
CLBs
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CLBs
Block
RAM
Block
RAM
DSP
Tile
DSP
Tile
BUFR
To Region
Above
To Center
of Die
To Region
Below
I/O Tile
I/O Tile
I/O Tile
I/O Tile
I/O Tile
I/O Tile
I/O Tile
I/O Tile
BUFIO
Clock Capable I/O