Arria® V Device Handbook: Volume 2: Transceivers

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Date 5/29/2020
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6.3.1. Transceiver Datapath Configuration

The transceiver datapaths for PCI Express are different depending on whether or not Gen3 is enabled.
Figure 167. PCIe Gen1 and Gen2 PIPE Datapath ConfigurationThis transceiver datapath configuration is for a configuration without Gen3 enabled.


Figure 168. PCIe Gen1, Gen2, and Gen3 Hard IP and PHY IP Core for PCI Express Datapath ConfigurationThis transceiver datapath configuration is for a configuration with Gen3 enabled.


Transceiver Channel Datapath

The following figure shows the Arria V GZ transmitter and receiver channel datapath for PCIe Gen1/Gen2 configurations when using PIPE configuration with Gen3 disabled. In this configuration, the transceiver connects to a PIPE 2.0 compliant interface.

Figure 169. Transceiver Channel Datapath for PCIe Gen1/Gen2 in PIPE Configuration with Gen3 Disabled


The following figure shows the Arria V GZ transmitter and receiver channel datapath for PCIe Gen1/Gen2/Gen3 configurations with a 32-bit PIPE 3.0-like interface and PCI Express Base Specification Version 3.0 is enabled.

Figure 170. Transceiver Channel Datapath for PCIe Gen1/Gen2/Gen3 Configurations