Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer: User Guide

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Date 4/01/2024
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Overview 2. Functional Description 3. Tutorial: PCI Express* 8GT 4. Document Revision History for Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer User Guide
1. Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Overview x
1.1. System Requirements 1.2. Installation 1.3. Program and File Types 1.4. Accessing the User Guide
2. Functional Description x
2.1. Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Control Module 2.2. Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Data Viewer Module 2.3. Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Channel Viewer Module 2.4. Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Batch Simulation Controller 2.5. Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Channel Designer
2.1. Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Control Module x
2.1.1. Constructing Communication Links in the Link Designer Module 2.1.2. Link and Simulation Setting 2.1.3. Transmitter Setting 2.1.4. Receiver Setting 2.1.5. IBIS-AMI Wrapper 2.1.6. Channel Setting 2.1.7. Batch Channel Simulation Configuration 2.1.8. Crosstalk Aggressor Transmitter Setting 2.1.9. Repeater and Retimer Configurations 2.1.10. Noise Source Link Component 2.1.11. System Options 2.1.12. Project Management Functions 2.1.13. Archiving and Unarchiving Projects 2.1.14. Device Model Importer 2.1.15. Analysis Functions and Pre-Simulation and Pre-Analysis Checklists 2.1.16. COM Analysis 2.1.17. Link Builder
2.1.3. Transmitter Setting x
2.1.3.1. Jitter/Noise Component 2.1.3.2. Transmitter Options 2.1.3.3. Characterization Data Access 2.1.3.4. IBIS-AMI Transmitter Configuration 2.1.3.5. Pulse Fitting Analysis 2.1.3.6. SNDR Analysis 2.1.3.7. Jnu/Jrms/EOJ Analysis 2.1.3.8. Clock Path Custom Transmitter
2.1.4. Receiver Setting x
2.1.4.1. Jitter/Noise Setting 2.1.4.2. Characterization Data Access 2.1.4.3. Receiver Options 2.1.4.4. IBIS-AMI Receiver Configuration 2.1.4.5. Custom Receiver With Input Clock
2.1.9. Repeater and Retimer Configurations x
2.1.9.1. Repeater/Retimer RX Configuration 2.1.9.2. Repeater/Retimer TX Configuration
2.3. Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Channel Viewer Module x
2.3.1. Channel Plot Panel 2.3.2. Channel List Panel 2.3.3. Plot Option Panel
2.3.3. Plot Option Panel x
2.3.3.1. S-parameter Mode Panel 2.3.3.2. Plot Configuration Panel 2.3.3.3. Options
3. Tutorial: PCI Express* 8GT x
3.1. Methodology 3.2. Setup and Initialization 3.3. Analysis
3.2. Setup and Initialization x
3.2.1. Setting Up the Control Module 3.2.2. Constructing the Channel 3.2.3. Completing the System
1. Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Overview
2. Functional Description
3. Tutorial: PCI Express* 8GT
4. Document Revision History for Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer User Guide

3.2.2. Constructing the Channel

Next, construct the channel between the transmitter and receiver. In Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer, the package models for the Stratix® V GX transmitter and PCI Express* 8GT receiver are embedded. The transmitter and receiver packages are automatically included in the simulation.

Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer supports crosstalk modeling capabilities. The channel engine and simulation engine can extract and interpret crosstalk characteristics from a single or a multi-lane S-parameter file and compute the crosstalk effects. In the channel list, crosstalk channels are assumed to run in parallel with the victim channel and the crosstalk noises are superimposed. This section describes how to set up crosstalk simulation in Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer.

The backplane model is provided as a 12-port S-parameter. It consists of both insertion loss and crosstalk characteristics. However, Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer requires you to add them one at a time (even if the loss and crosstalk characteristics are from the same multiple-lane S-parameter file). Therefore, you are going to insert three channel components during channel setup: one backplane victim channel and two backplane aggressor channels.

Perform the following steps to add a victim channel:

  1. Click Channel in the Link Designer and select Transmission.
  2. Use the file browser to locate the channel model file Demo.s12p and add it to the channel list as victim.
  3. The Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Channel Wizard displays the Sdd21 characteristics of the middle lane (lane 2) in the 12-port S-parameter.
  4. Click OK to close the Channel Wizard.
  5. Place the channel icon in the Link Designer.
Figure 206. Configure Victim Channel with Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Channel Wizard

Perform the following steps to add the first crosstalk channel:

  1. Click Channel in the Link Designer panel and select Far-end Crosstalk (FEXT).
  2. Use the file browser to locate the channel model file Demo.s12p and add it to the channel list as FEXT.
  3. The Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Channel Wizard displays the FEXT #1 characteristic. Note that the Crosstalk Aggressor Location 1 is selected in for this channel.
  4. Click OK to close the Channel Wizard.
  5. Place the channel icon in the Link Designer.
Figure 207. First Far-end Crosstalk Configuration in Channel Wizard

Perform the following steps to add the second crosstalk channel:

  1. Click Channel in the Link Designer panel and select Far-end Crosstalk (FEXT).
  2. Use the file browser to locate the channel model file Demo.s12p and add it to the channel list as second FEXT.
  3. The Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer Channel Wizard displays the first FEXT channel characteristic by default.
  4. Change the Crosstalk Aggressor Location to 2. This tells Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer to select the second FEXT in the12-port S-parameter.
  5. Set the aggressor frequency offset to 300 ppm to emulate the phase shifting effect for this crosstalk noise source. This setting indicates the 2nd crosstalk is not frequency synchronous to the victim channel.
  6. Click OK to close the Channel Wizard.
  7. Place the channel icon in the Link Designer.
Figure 208.  Second Far-end Crosstalk Configuration in Channel Wizard
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