
Chapter 1: Introduction 1–3
November 2012 Altera Corporation Altera Transceiver PHY IP Core
User Guide
For detailed information about these IP cores, refer to the following chapters:
■ Stratix V Transceiver Native PHY IP Core
■ Arria V Transceiver Native PHY IP Core
■ Arria V GZ Transceiver Native PHY IP Core
■ Cyclone V Transceiver Native PHY IP Core
■ Additional PHYs—These PHYs provide more flexible settings than the
protocol-specific transceiver PHYs. They include an Avalon
®
Memory-Mapped
(Avalon-MM) interface to access control and status registers and an Avalon
Streaming (Avalon-ST) interface to connect to the MAC for data transfer.
■ Custom PHY IP Core
■ Low Latency PHY IP Core
■ Deterministic Latency PHY IP Core
The following sections provide a brief introduction to the modules included in the
transceiver PHYs and the separately instantiated Transceiver Reconfiguration
Controller and Transceiver PHY Reset Controller IP Cores.
PCS
The PCS implements part of the physical layer specification for networking protocols.
Depending upon the protocol that you choose, the PCS may include many different
functions. Some of the most commonly included functions are: 8B/10B, 64B/66B, or
64B/67B encoding and decoding, rate matching and clock compensation, scrambling
and descrambling, word alignment, phase compensation, error monitoring, and
gearbox.
PMA
The PMA receives and transmits differential serial data on the device external pins.
The transmit (TX) channel supports programmable pre-emphasis and programmable
output differential voltage (V
OD
). It converts parallel input data streams to serial data.
The receive (RX) channel supports offset cancellation to correct for process variation
and programmable equalization. It converts serial data to parallel data for processing
in the PCS. The PMA also includes a clock data recovery (CDR) module with separate
CDR logic for each RX channel.
Avalon-MM PHY Management
You can use the Avalon-MM PHY Management module to read and write the control
and status registers in the PCS and PMA for the protocol-specific transceiver PHY.
The Avalon-MM PHY Management module includes both Avalon-MM master and
slave ports and acts as a bridge. It transfers commands received from an embedded
controller on its slave port to its master port. The Avalon-MM PHY management
master interface connects the Avalon-MM slave ports of PCS and PMA registers and
the Transceiver Reconfiguration module, allowing you to manage these Avalon-MM
slave components through a simple, standard interface. (Refer to Transceiver PHY
Top-Level Modules.)
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