Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Transceiver PHY User Guide

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Date 4/14/2023
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5.2.1.7. Interlaken Disparity Generator

The Interlaken disparity generator block is in accordance with the Interlaken protocol specification and provides a DC-balanced data output.

The Interlaken protocol solves the unbounded baseline wander, or DC imbalance, of the 64B/66B coding scheme used in 10Gb Ethernet by inverting the transmitted data. The disparity generator monitors the transmitted data and makes sure that the running disparity always stays within a ±96-bit bound. It adds the 67th bit (bit 66) to signal the receiver whether the data is inverted or not.

Table 180.   Inversion Bit Definition

Bit 66

Interpretation

0

Bits [63:0] are not inverted; the receiver processes this word without modification

1

Bits [63:0] are inverted; the receiver inverts the bits before processing this word

Note: The Interlaken disparity generator is available to implement the Interlaken protocol.