Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Quick Reference 2. About the Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP 3. Getting Started 4. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Design Examples 5. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Functional Description 6. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Clocking Guidelines 7. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Configuration and Status Registers 8. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Debugging Guidelines 9. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives 10. Document Revision History for the Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
2. About the Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP x
2.1. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Protocol 2.2. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Protocol Operating Modes 2.3. Performance and Resource Utilization
2.2. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Protocol Operating Modes x
2.2.1. Continuous Mode 2.2.2. Burst Mode
3. Getting Started x
3.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.2. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode 3.3. Specifying IP Core Parameters and Options 3.4. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Parameters 3.5. Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller for Stratix® V and Arria® V GZ Designs 3.6. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 3.7. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) 3.8. Simulating
3.2. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode x
3.2.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode Timeout Behavior
3.3. Specifying IP Core Parameters and Options x
3.3.1. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Parameter Editor 3.3.2. Intel® Arria® 10 Designs
3.4. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Parameters x
3.4.1. Parameters 3.4.2. Parameter Settings for Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices 3.4.3. Parameter Settings for Intel® Arria® 10 Devices 3.4.4. Parameter Settings for Stratix V and Arria V GZ Devices
3.8. Simulating x
3.8.1. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.8.2. Simulation Parameters 3.8.3. Simulating and Verifying the Design
4. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Design Examples x
4.1. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Design Example for Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices 4.2. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Design Example for Intel® Arria® 10 Devices 4.3. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Design Examples for Stratix® V Devices
5. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Functional Description x
5.1. IP Architecture 5.2. Transmission Overheads and Lane Rate Calculations 5.3. Reset 5.4. Link-Up Sequence 5.5. Error Detection, Reporting, and Recovering Mechanism 5.6. CRC-32 Error Injection 5.7. FIFO ECC Protection 5.8. User Data Interface Waveforms 5.9. Signals 5.10. Accessing Configuration and Status Registers
5.1. IP Architecture x
5.1.1. Serial Lite III Streaming Source Core 5.1.2. Serial Lite III Streaming Sink Core 5.1.3. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Duplex Core 5.1.4. Interlaken PHY IP Duplex Core or Native PHY IP Duplex Core - Interlaken Mode or PCS Gearbox Mode 5.1.5. Intel® Stratix® 10, Intel® Arria® 10, Stratix® V, and Arria® V GZ Variations
5.1.1. Serial Lite III Streaming Source Core x
5.1.1.1. Source Application Module 5.1.1.2. Source Adaptation Module 5.1.1.3. Interlaken PHY IP TX Core or Native PHY IP TX Core - Interlaken Mode 5.1.1.4. Source Clock Generator
5.1.2. Serial Lite III Streaming Sink Core x
5.1.2.1. Sink Application Module 5.1.2.2. Sink Adaptation Module 5.1.2.3. Lane Alignment Module 5.1.2.4. Interlaken PHY IP RX Core or Native PHY IP RX Core - Interlaken Mode 5.1.2.5. Sink Clock Generator
5.9. Signals x
5.9.1. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Interface Signals 5.9.2. Signals for Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices 5.9.3. Signals for Intel® Arria® 10 Devices 5.9.4. Signals for Stratix® V and Arria® V GZ Devices
6. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Clocking Guidelines x
6.1. Standard Clocking Mode 6.2. Advanced Clocking Mode 6.3. Standard Clocking Mode vs Advanced Clocking Mode 6.4. Clocking Implementation Guidelines 6.5. Core Latency
6.1. Standard Clocking Mode x
6.1.1. Standard Clocking Mode in Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Core ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices) 6.1.2. Standard Clocking Mode in Intel® Arria® 10, Stratix® V, and Arria® V Devices
6.2. Advanced Clocking Mode x
6.2.1. Advanced Clocking Mode Structure for Serial Lite III Streaming Intel FPGA IP Core ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices) 6.2.2. Advanced Clocking Mode Structure For Intel® Arria® 10, Stratix® V, and Arria® V Devices
6.4. Clocking Implementation Guidelines x
6.4.1. Choosing TX PLL Type
7. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Configuration and Status Registers x
7.1. Register Map 7.2. Configuration and Status Registers
8. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Debugging Guidelines x
8.1. Creating a Signal Tap Debug File to Match Your Design Hierarchy 8.2. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Link Debugging
8.2. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Link Debugging x
8.2.1. Source Core Link Debugging 8.2.2. Sink Core Link Debugging
1. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Quick Reference
2. About the Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP
3. Getting Started
4. Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Design Examples
5. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Functional Description
6. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Clocking Guidelines
7. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Configuration and Status Registers
8. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP Debugging Guidelines
9. Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives
10. Document Revision History for the Serial Lite III Streaming Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

5.2. Transmission Overheads and Lane Rate Calculations

The Serial Lite III Streaming IP core lane data rate (transceiver data rate) is composed of the input data rate and transmission overheads. 

Lane Rate = Input Data Rate + Transmission Overheads (10% of Input Data Rate)

The parameter editor uses the above equation to ensure that the lane rate is within the maximum supported transceiver lane rates. This puts an upper limit on the input data rate or the user clock frequency, where the user clock frequency equates to: 

User Clock Frequency = Input Data Rate/64

The Serial Lite III Streaming IP core uses the Interlaken protocol for transferring data and therefore incurs encoding and metaframe overheads.

In the standard clocking mode, the IP core employs an fPLL or I/O PLL for clock generation. To ensure that the fPLL or I/O PLL generates the clock as close as possible to the user clock that you have specified, the fPLL or I/O PLL incurs additional overheads. The transmission overheads can thus be derived in the following functions: 

Transmission Overheads = Maximum (Interlaken Overheads + fPLL or I/O PLL Overheads) 
where Interlaken Overheads = [MetaFrame Length /(MetaFrame length - 4)]* 67/64

Therefore, the IP core standard clocking mode lane data rate can be calculated with the following equation: 

Lane Data Rate in Standard Clocking Mode = (User Clock Frequency × 64) × 1.1
where 1.1 is referring to additional 10% of Input Data Rate as the transmission overheads.

In the advanced clocking mode, the transmission overheads equals the Interlaken overheads because no fPLL or IOPLL is present. Therefore, the lane rate in advanced clocking mode equals: 

Lane Rate = Input Data Rate × Interlaken overheads
Tip: You can obtain the Serial Lite III Streaming IP Core Function Data Efficiency Calculator for 28 nm Intel FPGA devices from your local Intel sales representative.
Table 21.  Example of Transmission Overheads and Lane Rate Calculations per Clocking ModesThis example is based on 12.5 Gbps lane rate with metaframe length of 200.
Parameters Standard Clocking Mode Advanced Clocking Mode
Lane rate 12.5 Gbps 12.5 Gbps
Interlaken overheads

[Metaframe length/(metaframe length - 4)] * (67/64)

200 / (200 - 4) * (67/64) = 1.06824

[Metaframe length/(metaframe length - 4)] * (67/64)

200 / (200 - 4) * (67/64) = 1.06824

Transmission overheads 1.1

Interlaken overheads
Input data rate

Lane rate/transmission overheads

12.5 Gbps/1.1 = 11.364 Gbps

Lane rate/transmission overheads

12.5 Gbps/1.06824 = 11.701 Gbps

User clock frequency

Input data rate/64

11.364 Gbps/64 = 177.5625 MHz

Input data rate/64

11.701 Gbps/64 = 182.828 MHz

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