Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL Overview 2. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL Architecture and Features 3. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL Design Considerations 4. Clock Control Intel® FPGA IP Core 5. IOPLL Intel® FPGA IP Core 6. IOPLL Reconfig Intel® FPGA IP Core 7. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL User Guide Archives 8. Document Revision History for the Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL User Guide
1. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL Overview x
1.1. Clock Networks Overview 1.2. PLLs Overview
2. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL Architecture and Features x
2.1. Clock Networks Architecture and Features 2.2. PLLs Architecture and Features
2.1. Clock Networks Architecture and Features x
2.1.1. Clock Network Architecture 2.1.2. Clock Resources 2.1.3. Clock Control Features
2.1.1. Clock Network Architecture x
2.1.1.1. Clock Network Hierarchy 2.1.1.2. Clock Sectors 2.1.1.3. Programmable Clock Routing
2.1.3. Clock Control Features x
2.1.3.1. Clock Gating 2.1.3.2. Clock Divider
2.1.3.1. Clock Gating x
2.1.3.1.1. Root Clock Gate 2.1.3.1.2. Sector Clock Gate 2.1.3.1.3. I/O PLL Clock Gate 2.1.3.1.4. LAB Clock Gate
2.2. PLLs Architecture and Features x
2.2.1. PLL Features 2.2.2. PLL Usage 2.2.3. PLL Locations 2.2.4. PLL Architecture 2.2.5. PLL Control Signals 2.2.6. PLL Feedback Modes 2.2.7. Clock Multiplication and Division 2.2.8. Programmable Phase Shift 2.2.9. Programmable Duty Cycle 2.2.10. PLL Cascading 2.2.11. PLL Input Clock Switchover 2.2.12. PLL Reconfiguration and Dynamic Phase Shift 2.2.13. PLL Calibration
2.2.5. PLL Control Signals x
2.2.5.1. Reset 2.2.5.2. Locked
2.2.6. PLL Feedback Modes x
2.2.6.1. Direct Compensation Mode 2.2.6.2. LVDS Compensation Mode 2.2.6.3. Source Synchronous Compensation Mode 2.2.6.4. Normal Compensation Mode 2.2.6.5. Zero-Delay Buffer Mode 2.2.6.6. External Feedback Mode
2.2.11. PLL Input Clock Switchover x
2.2.11.1. Automatic Switchover 2.2.11.2. Automatic Switchover with Manual Override 2.2.11.3. Manual Clock Switchover
2.2.13. PLL Calibration x
2.2.13.1. Power-Up Calibration 2.2.13.2. User Calibration
3. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL Design Considerations x
3.1. Guidelines: Clock Switchover 3.2. Guidelines: Timing Closure 3.3. Guidelines: Resetting the PLL 3.4. Guidelines: Configuration Constraints 3.5. Guidelines: I/O PLL Reconfiguration 3.6. Clocking Constraints 3.7. IP Core Constraints 3.8. Guideline: Achieving 5% Duty Cycle for fOUT_EXT ≥ 300 MHz Using tx_outclk Port from LVDS SERDES Intel® FPGA IP
4. Clock Control Intel® FPGA IP Core x
4.1. Release Information for Clock Control Intel® FPGA IP 4.2. Clock Control IP Core Parameters 4.3. Clock Control IP Core Ports and Signals
5. IOPLL Intel® FPGA IP Core x
5.1. Release Information for IOPLL Intel® FPGA IP 5.2. .mif File Generation 5.3. IP-XACT File Generation 5.4. IOPLL IP Core Parameters 5.5. IOPLL IP Core Ports and Signals
5.2. .mif File Generation x
5.2.1. Generating a New .mif File 5.2.2. Adding Configurations to Existing .mif File
5.3. IP-XACT File Generation x
5.3.1. Generating a New IP-XACT File
5.4. IOPLL IP Core Parameters x
5.4.1. IOPLL IP Core Parameters - PLL Tab 5.4.2. IOPLL IP Core Parameters - Settings Tab 5.4.3. IOPLL IP Core Parameters - Cascading Tab 5.4.4. IOPLL IP Core Parameters - Dynamic Reconfiguration Tab 5.4.5. IOPLL IP Core Parameters - Advanced Parameters Tab
6. IOPLL Reconfig Intel® FPGA IP Core x
6.1. Release Information for IOPLL Reconfig Intel® FPGA IP 6.2. Implementing I/O PLL Reconfiguration in the IOPLL Reconfig IP Core 6.3. IOPLL Reconfig IP Core Reconfiguration Modes 6.4. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface Ports in the IOPLL Reconfig IP Core 6.5. Address Bus and Data Bus Settings 6.6. Design Example
6.2. Implementing I/O PLL Reconfiguration in the IOPLL Reconfig IP Core x
6.2.1. Connectivity between the IOPLL and IOPLL Reconfig IP Cores 6.2.2. Connecting the IOPLL and IOPLL Reconfig IP Cores
6.3. IOPLL Reconfig IP Core Reconfiguration Modes x
6.3.1. .mif Streaming Reconfiguration 6.3.2. Advanced Mode Reconfiguration 6.3.3. Clock Gating Reconfiguration 6.3.4. Dynamic Phase Shift Reconfiguration
6.3.1. .mif Streaming Reconfiguration x
6.3.1.1. Recalibration Using .mif
6.3.2. Advanced Mode Reconfiguration x
6.3.2.1. Recalibration Using Advanced Mode
6.5. Address Bus and Data Bus Settings x
6.5.1. Address Bus and Data Bus Settings for Advanced Mode Reconfiguration 6.5.2. Output Clock and the Corresponding Data Bit Setting for Clock Gating Reconfiguration 6.5.3. Data Bus Setting for Dynamic Phase Shift for IOPLL Reconfig IP Core
6.5.1. Address Bus and Data Bus Settings for Advanced Mode Reconfiguration x
6.5.1.1. Data Bus Setting for Bandwidth Control and Charge Pump 6.5.1.2. Data Bus Setting for Ripplecap
6.6. Design Example x
6.6.1. Reconfiguration Option: .mif Streaming Reconfiguration Using IOPLL Reconfig IP Core 6.6.2. Reconfiguration Option: Advanced Mode Reconfiguration and Recalibration Using IOPLL Reconfig IP Core 6.6.3. Reconfiguration Option: Clock Gating Reconfiguration Using IOPLL Reconfig IP Core
1. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL Overview
2. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL Architecture and Features
3. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL Design Considerations
4. Clock Control Intel® FPGA IP Core
5. IOPLL Intel® FPGA IP Core
6. IOPLL Reconfig Intel® FPGA IP Core
7. Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL User Guide Archives
8. Document Revision History for the Intel® Agilex™ Clocking and PLL User Guide

2.2.10. PLL Cascading

Intel® Agilex™ devices support PLL-to-PLL cascading. You can cascade a maximum of two PLLs. PLL cascading synthesizes more output clock frequencies than a single PLL.

If you cascade PLLs in your design, the source (upstream) PLL must have a low-bandwidth setting, and the destination (downstream) PLL must have a high-bandwidth setting for I/O PLL. During cascading, the output of the source PLL serves as the reference clock (input) of the destination PLL. The bandwidth settings of cascaded PLLs must be different. If the bandwidth settings of the cascaded PLLs are the same, the cascaded PLLs may amplify phase noise at certain frequencies. Intel® Agilex™ devices do not support I/O PLL cascading within the same I/O bank.

Intel® Agilex™ devices support the following PLL-to-PLL cascading modes for I/O bank I/O PLL:

  • I/O-PLL-to-I/O-PLL cascading via dedicated cascade path—upstream I/O PLL and downstream I/O PLL must be in the same I/O column.
  • I/O-PLL-to-I/O-PLL cascading via core clock fabric—no restriction on locations of upstream and downstream I/O PLL.

The permit_cal input of the downstream I/O PLL must be connected to the locked output of the upstream I/O PLL in both PLL cascading modes.

The following figures show the connectivity required between the upstream and downstream I/O PLL for both the PLL cascading modes.

Figure 17. I/O-PLL-to-I/O-PLL Cascading Via Dedicated Cascade Path
Figure 18. I/O-PLL-to-I/O-PLL Cascading Via Core Clock Fabric
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