
Chapter 12: Stratix V Transceiver Native PHY IP Core 12–7
PMA Parameters
November 2012 Altera Corporation Altera Transceiver PHY IP Core
User Guide
TX PLL<n>
Table 12–5 allows you to define multiple TX PLLs for your Native PHY. The Native
PHY GUI provides a separate tab for each TXPLL.
Table 12–5. TX PLL Parameters
Parameter Range Description
PLL type CMU, ATX
You can select either the CMU or ATX PLL. the CMU PLL has a
larger frequency range than the ATX PLL. The ATX PLL is
designed to improve jitter performance and achieves lower
channel-to-channel skew; however, it supports a narrower range
of data rates and reference clock frequencies. Another advantage
of the ATX PLL is that it does not use a transceiver channel, while
the CMU PLL does.
Because the CMU PLL is more versatile, it is specified as the
default setting. An error message displays in the message pane if
the settings chosen for Data rate and Input clock frequency are
not supported for selected PLL.
PLL base data rate Device Dependent
Shows the base data rate of the clock input to the TX PLL.The
PLL base data rate is computed from the TX local clock division
factor multiplied by the Data rate.
Select a PLL base data rate that minimizes the number of PLLs
required to generate all the clocks for data transmission. By
selecting an appropriate PLL base data rate, you can change
data rates by changing the TX local clock division factor used by
the
clock generation block.
Reference clock frequency Device Dependent
Specifies the frequency of the reference clock for the Selected
reference clock source index you specify. You can define a single
frequency for each PLL. You can use the Transceiver
Reconfiguration Controller shown in Stratix V Native Transceiver
PHY IP Core to dynamically change the reference clock input to
the PLL.
Note that the list of frequencies updates dynamically when you
change the Data rate.
The Input clock frequency drop down menu is populated with all
valid frequencies derived as a function of the data rate and base
data rate. However, if fb_compensation is selected as the
bonding mode then the input reference clock frequency is limited
to the data rate divided by the PCS-PMA interface width.
Selected reference clock source 0–4
You can define up to 5 frequencies for the PLLs in your core. The
Reference clock frequency selected for index 0, is assigned to
TX PLL<0>. The Reference clock frequency selected for index 1,
is assigned to TX PLL<1>, and so on.
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