Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer: User Guide

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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 Termination tab Pulse Shaping tab PAM-n Options FIR / Pre-emphasis tab TX Analysis PLL tab Options tab and Die Model tab 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

2.1.3.2. Transmitter Options

Transmitter options provide further configuration and setting options for transmitters. The additional options are only displayed or valid for transmitter devices that allow custom configurations.
Note: Not all transmitter options are available for all transmitter devices.

Termination tab

This section specifies the transmitter impedance.

Figure 26. Transmitter Advanced Options Window: Transmitter Termination

For selected Intel devices, use the TX Impedance pull-down menu to select a termination configuration. You can also customize the termination configuration by selecting the Custom option. When the Custom TX Impedance method is chosen, the termination can be configured as follows:

  • Ideal TX termination—The transmitter is ideal with a 50 ohms (single-ended) termination.
  • Non-ideal TX termination—Select one of the following options:
    • R—Transmitter impedance is modeled as a resistance R ohms (single-ended).
    • R//C1—Transmitter impedance is modeled as an RC network with a parallel resistor (in ohms) and a capacitance (in pF).
    • File Input (Frequency Real Imaginary)—Transmitter impedance is modeled by a frequency-dependent complex impedance table described in the input file.

For an Intel transmitter, the default termination configurations are automatically selected and specified.

Pulse Shaping tab

Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer supports three pulse-shaping methods for Custom transmitters:

  • Edge Rate—A pulse-shaping filter is generated by using a Gaussian low-pass filter that matches the specified edge rate.
  • Rise/Fall Time —A pulse shaping filter is generated by using a Gaussian low-pass filter that matches the specified 20%-80% rise/fall time.
  • S-parameter—Your S-parameter file specifies a pulse-shaping filter. Only the differential insertion loss (for example, Sdd21), is applied in the pulse shaping.
  • For standards-based transmitters, for example, PCI Express* 8GT/16GT, pulse shaping types and configurations are set by the transmitter model and, hence, cannot be changed. You can override the default standards-based transmitter model setting by turning on Override generic/standard device setting.
Figure 27. Transmitter Options: Pulse Shaping Configuration

PAM-n Options

  • PAM-n Codec Method— Select the PAM-n coder/decoder method. The selections are Default, Gray, and Linear. The default setting is Gray coding.
  • PAM-n Gray Coding Option— Select Gray coding options. Selections are Default, MSB first, and LSB first. The default setting is MSB first.
  • PAM-n TX Linearity— Set the linearity of the PAM-n output waveform. PAM-n linearity means a mismatch between amplitude levels. The default value is 1.0. The PAM-n TX linearity is defined in the same way as specified in IEEE 802.3 PAM-4 transmitter linearity (RLM).

FIR / Pre-emphasis tab

Specify the length of the TX FIR and the location of the main cursor tap. This setting is only valid for the Custom transmitter type.

When Custom TX is selected, the TX FIR configuration table is displayed. You can configure the range of TX FIR coefficients to be used in the TX EQ optimization process.

Figure 28. Transmitter Options: Transmitter FIR, Pre-emphasis, and De-emphasis Configuration

TX Analysis

Configure transmitter output analysis options.
  • TX FIR Fitting— TX FIR Fitting measures the effective transmitter equalization approximated by FIR (finite impulse response) coefficients. The selections are Default, IEEE 802.3bj/CEI-25G-LR, CEI-56G-MR, Custom, and Disable. The default setting is Disable.
  • TX SNDR— TX SNDR measures the signal-to-distortion-and-noise ratio of transmitter output. The selections are Default, IEEE 802.3bj/CEI-25G-LR, CEI-56G-MR, Custom, and Disable. The default setting is Disable.
  • Enforce Fitting Length— This setting is effective when custom TX FIR Fitting is selected. The selections are Default, Enable, and Disable. When Enable is selected, the fitting algorithm ignores the transmitter configuration and performs the FIR fitting per the tap length specified in the Fitting Length and Fitting Pre-cursor Length settings. When Disable is selected, the FIR fitting uses the transmitter's FIR configuration to calculate the fitting. The default setting is Enable.
  • Fitting Length— TX FIR fitting length.
  • Fitting Pre-cursor Length— TX FIR fitting pre-cursor tap length.
Figure 29. Transmitter Analysis Configuration

PLL tab

Use this panel to set the custom PLL divider ratio. This panel provides an alternative to Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer’s automatic divider ratio configuration. For example, Intel transmitters provide three programmable dividers: L, M, and N. You can set the divider ratio manually. Refer to Intel transceiver documentation for PLL setting recommendations.

Note: Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer does not support the N divider.
Figure 30. Transmitter Options: PLL Configuration

Options tab and Die Model tab

Reserved. These tabs are blank.

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