6.2. Sink Interfaces

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6.2. Sink Interfaces

The table lists the port interfaces of the sink.

Table 59. Sink Interfaces `N` is the number of pixels per clock.
Interface	Port Type	Clock Domain	Port	Direction	Description
Reset	Reset	–	`reset`	Input	Main asynchronous reset input. Note: Asserting the reset input resets the SCDC register.
Reset	Reset	–	`reset_vid`		Reset input for the video domain. Note: This signal is only available when Support FRL = 0.
Clock	Clock	–	`ls_clk`	Input	Link speed clock input. This port is only used when Support FRL = 0. The `out_c(3)`, `out_r(2)`, `out_g(1)`, and `out_b(0)`TMDS/FRL encoded data inputs run at this clock frequency. `ls_clk` frequency = data rate per lane/20 This signal connects to the transceiver output clock only if TMDS Bit Rate is above the minimum transceiver data rate, which means no oversampling is required. This signal should connect to a PLL output clock that meets the `vid_clk` relationship if TMDS Bit Rate is below the minimum transceiver data rate, which means oversampling is required. In TMDS mode, data rate per lane is a function of pixel frequency and color depth ratio. Data rate per lane = Pixel frequency * 10 * Color depth ratio. 8 bpc: Color depth ratio = 1 10 bpc: Color depth ratio = 1.25 12 bpc: Color depth ratio = 1.5 16 bpc: Color depth ratio = 2 Note: The `ls_clk` signal is 3 bits wide for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software versions 19.2 and earlier. Refer to for more details.
	Clock	–	`vid_clk`	Input	Video data clock input. When Support FRL = 0, `vid_clk` frequency = data rate per lane/transceiver width/color depth ratio. For RGB and YCbCr 4:4:4/4:2:2 transport: `vid_clk` frequency = (data rate per lane/transceiver width)/color depth ratio. For YCbCr 4:2:0 transport: `vid_clk` frequency = ((data rate per lane/transceiver width)/color depth ratio)/2. `vid_clk` needs to be synchronous to `ls_clk`. When Support FRL = 1,`vid_clk` frequency = 225 MHz. `vid_clk` runs at the maximum frequency across all resolutions and FRL rates. The video data is qualified by the `vid_valid` signal. `vid_clk` can be asynchronous to `ls_clk` and `frl_clk`.
	Clock	–	`frl_clk`	Input	Clock supplied to the FRL path. FRL clock frequency = (data rate * number of lane)s / (FRL characters per clock * 18). `frl_clk` needs to be synchronous to `clk_b`. Note: The number of lanes is always 4. For FRL rates 3, 4, 5, and 6, all 4 FRL lanes are used to transmit data. For FRL rates 1 and 2, only 3 FRL lanes are used to transmit data, and the 4th lane is unused.
	Clock	–	`clk_b`	Input	Transceiver recovered clock from the "Blue" data channel.
	Clock	–	`clk_g`	Input	Transceiver recovered clock from the "Green" data channel.
	Clock	–	`clk_r`	Input	Transceiver recovered clock from the "Red" data channel.
	Clock	–	`clk_c`	Input	Transceiver recovered clock from the clock data channel.
	Clock	–	`i2c_clk`	Input	Avalon-MM SCDC Management Interface clock input.
Video Data Port	Conduit	`vid_clk`	`vid_data[N*48-1:0]`	Output	Video 48-bit pixel data output port. For N pixels per clock, this port produces N 48-bit pixels per clock.
	Conduit	`vid_clk`	`vid_de[N-1:0]`	Output	Video data enable output that indicates active picture region.
	Conduit	`vid_clk`	`vid_hsync[N-1:0]`	Output	Video horizontal sync output.
	Conduit	`vid_clk`	`vid_vsync[N-1:0]`	Output	Video vertical sync output.
	Conduit	`vid_clk`	`vid_valid`	Output	Indicates if the video data is valid. When in TMDS mode and `vid_clk` is running at the actual pixel clock, this signal should always be asserted. When you generate the video data at a frequency higher than the actual pixel clock, use `vid_valid` to qualify the validity of the video data. `vid_valid` and `vid_clk` guarantee the exact pixel clock rate.
	Conduit	`vid_clk`	`locked`	Output	Indicates that the HDMI sink core is locked to the TMDS or FRL signals with successful lane deskew and word alignment. Note: The `locked[2:0]` signal is 3 bits wide for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software versions 19.2 and earlier, where each bit represents the locked status of a TMDS color channel.
	Conduit	`vid_clk`	`vid_lock`	Output	Asserted when the length or duration of `vid_de` is consistent for 3 frames. If the length or duration of `vid_de` is inconsistent for 2 frames, this signal deasserts.
TMDS/FRL Data Port ⁸	Conduit	`Support FRL =1: clk_b` `Support FRL =0: ls_clk[0]`	`in_b[transceiver width-1:0]`	Input	TMDS encoded blue channel (0) input or FRL encoded channel 0. When in TMDS mode, this signal is TMDS encoded blue channel (0) output. When in FRL mode, this signal is FRL lane 0. When Support FRL = 0, transceiver width is configured to 20 bits. When Support FRL = 1, transceiver width is configured to 40 bits. Note: For TMDS mode, only the 20 bits from the least significant bits are used. For FRL mode, all 40 bits are used.
	Conduit	`Support FRL =1: clk_b` `Support FRL =0: ls_clk[0]`	`in_g[transceiver width-1:0]`	Input	TMDS encoded green channel (1) input or FRL encoded channel 1. When in TMDS mode, this signal is TMDS encoded green channel (1) output. When in FRL mode, this signal is FRL lane 1. When Support FRL = 0, transceiver width is configured to 20 bits. When Support FRL = 1, transceiver width is configured to 40 bits. Note: For TMDS mode, only the 20 bits from the least significant bits are used. For FRL mode, all 40 bits are used.
	Conduit	`Support FRL =1: clk_b` `Support FRL =0: ls_clk[0]`	`in_r[transceiver width-1:0]`	Input	TMDS encoded red channel (2) input or FRL encoded channel 2. When in TMDS mode, this signal is TMDS encoded red channel (2) output. When in FRL mode, this signal is FRL lane 2. When Support FRL = 0, transceiver width is configured to 20 bits. When Support FRL = 1, transceiver width is configured to 40 bits. Note: For TMDS mode, only the 20 bits from the least significant bits are used. For FRL mode, all 40 bits are used.
	Conduit	`clk_c`	`in_c[transceiver width-1:0]`	Input	When in TMDS mode, this signal is unused. When in FRL mode, this signal is FRL lane 3. When Support FRL = 1, transceiver width is configured to 40 bits
	Conduit	`Support FRL =1: clk_b` `Support FRL =0: ls_clk[0]`	`in_lock`	Input	Indicates the HDMI RX core is ready to operate. This signal should be driven by the ready signal from the transceiver reset controller that indicates transceiver are locked. Note: The `in_lock` signal is 3 bits wide for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software versions 19.2 and earlier.
Decoder Status Port	Conduit	`Support FRL =1: clk_b` `Support FRL =0: ls_clk[0]`	`ctrl[N*6-1:0]`	Output	DVI (mode = 0) status signals that overwrite the control and synchronization character in the green and red channels.
					Bit-Field	n=0,1.....N-1
					n*6+5	CTL3
					n*6+4	CTL2
					n*6+3	CTL1
					n*6+2	CTL0
					n*6+1	Reserved (0)
					n*6	Reserved (0)
					Refer to the HDMI 1.4b Specification for more information.
	Conduit	`Support FRL =1: clk_b` `Support FRL =0: ls_clk[0]`	`mode`	Output	Indicates the encoding mode of the incoming TMDS signals. 0: DVI 1: HDMI This signal is always 1 in FRL mode.
Link Training Control and Status Port	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_frl_ffe_levels[3:0]`	Input	Indicates the maximum TxFFE level supported by the source at current FRL rate, These bits correspond to the SCDC sink configuration register 0x31 bits 4-7.
	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_frl_rate[3:0]`	Output	Indicates the FRL rate (link rate and number of lanes) that the RX core is running. 0: Disable FRL 1: Fixed rate link at 3 Gbps per lane on 3 lanes 2: Fixed rate link at 6 Gbps per lane on 3 lanes 3: Fixed rate link at 6 Gbps per lane on 4 lanes 4: Fixed rate link at 8 Gbps per lane on 4 lanes 5: Fixed rate link at 10 Gbps per lane on 4 lanes 6: Fixed rate link at 12 Gbps per lane on 4 lanes
	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_frl_locked[3:0]`	Output	Each bit indicates the corresponding FRL lane achieving lock. For 3-lane mode, the RX core asserts the lock bit when it detects SR or SSB followed by 680 FRL Character Periods, repeating for 3 times. Bit 3 is never asserted at 3-lane mode. For 4-lane mode, the RX core asserts the lock bit when it detects SR or SSB followed by 510 Character Periods, repeating for 3 times.
	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_frl_ltp_req[15:0]`	Input	Write to the SCDC status flags 0x41 and 0x42 to request the source to transmit specific link training pattern. Set `scdc_frl_ltp_req[15:0]` 0x0000 to pass the link training process. Bit [15:12]: Link training pattern for lane 3 (SCDC status flag 0x42 bit[7:4]) Bit [11:8]: Link training pattern for lane 2 (SCDC status flag 0x42 bit[3:0]) Bit [7:4]: Link training pattern for lane 1 (SCDC status flag 0x41 bit[7:4]) Bit [3:0]: Link training pattern for lane 0 (SCDC status flag 0x41 bit[3:0]) By default this port is disabled. Sink will always request link training pattern 0x5678. To enable other link training pattern please contact Sale. Sink does not support FFE. Pattern 0xEEEE are not supported. Sink link training process will not automatically change to other FRL rate. Pattern 0xFFFF are not supported.
	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_frl_flt_ready`	Input	Set this bit to 1 when the HDMI RX core is ready for the link training process. When asserted, the `FLT_Ready` bit in the SCDC status flag 0x40 bit 6 is set to 1, the FRL start flag is cleared, and the FLT update flag is set for the link training process.
	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_frl_src_test_config[7:0]`	Input	Configure the Source Test Configuration register (SCDC register 0x35) Bit 7 : FRL_Max Bit 6: SDC_FRL_Max Bit 5: FLT_no_timeout Bit 4: Reserved Bit 3: TxFFE_No_FFE Bit 2: TxFFE_De_Emphasis_only Bit 1: TxFFE_Pre_Shoot_Only Bit 0: Reserved For more information about these bits, refer to the 10.4.1.6.1 Source Test Configuration Request section of the HDMI 2.1 Specifications.
SCDC Control Port	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`in_5v_power`	Input	Detects the presence of 5V input voltage.
	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`rx_hpd_req`	Output	Indicates the Hot Plug Detect (HPD) status. This signal should be driven to the HPD pin on the HDMI connector. Sink will deassert rx_hpd_req if in_5v_power is low or after reset. Sink will assert `rx_hpd_req` after 1 second `in_5v_power` is detected, or after reset Contact sale team if want to change the HPD duration.
	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`TMDS_Bit_clock_Ratio`	Output	Indicates if the TMDS Bit Rate is greater than 3.4 Gbps 0: (TMDS Bit Rate) / (TMDS Clock Rate) ratio is 10 or FRL mode 1: (TMDS Bit Rate) / (TMDS Clock Rate) ratio is 40
Avalon-MM SCDC Management Interface ⁹	Avalon-MM	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_i2c_addr[7:0]`	Input	Address.
	Avalon-MM	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_i2c_r`	Input	Assert to indicate a read transfer.
	Avalon-MM	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_i2c_rdata[7:0]`	Output	Data driven from the core in response to a read transfer.
	Avalon-MM	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_i2c_w`	Input	Assert to indicate a write transfer.
	Avalon-MM	`i2c_clk`	`scdc_i2c_wdata[7:0]`	Input	Data for write transfers.
Auxiliary Data Port (Applicable only when you enable Support auxiliary parameter)	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`aux_valid`	Output	Auxiliary data channel valid output to qualify the data.
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`aux_data[71:0]`	Output	Auxiliary data channel data output. For information about the bit-fields, refer to .
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`aux_sop`	Output	Auxiliary data channel start-of-packet output to mark the beginning of a packet.
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`aux_eop`	Output	Auxiliary data channel end-of-packet output to mark the end of a packet.
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`aux_error`	Output	Asserted when there is auxiliary data channel CRC error.
Auxiliary Status Port (Applicable only when you enable Support auxiliary parameter) ¹⁰	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`gcp[5:0]`	Output	General Control Packet output. For information about the bit-fields, refer to .
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`info_avi[122:0]` (Support FRL = 1) `info_avi[111:0]` (Support FRL = 0)	Output	Auxiliary Video Information InfoFrame output. For information about the bit-fields, refer to .
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`info_vsi[60:0]`	Output	Vendor Specific Information InfoFrame output. For information about the bit-fields, refer to .
Auxiliary Memory Interface (Applicable only when you enable Support auxiliary parameter) ¹⁰	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`aux_pkt_addr[6:0]`	Output	Auxiliary packet memory buffer address output.
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`aux_pkt_data[71:0]`	Output	Auxiliary packet memory buffer data output.
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`aux_pkt_wr`	Output	Auxiliary packet memory buffer write strobe output.
Audio Port (Applicable only when you enable Support auxiliary and Support audio parameters)¹⁰	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`audio_CTS[19:0]`	Output	Audio CTS value output.
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`audio_N[19:0]`	Output	Audio N value output.
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`audio_data[255:0]`	Output	Audio data output. For audio channel values, refer to .
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`audio_de`	Output	Audio data valid output.
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`audio_metadata[164:0]`	Output	Additional information related to 3D audio and MST audio. For information about the bit-fields, refer to , , and .
	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`audio_format[4:0]`	Output	Indicates 3D audio status and the audio format detected.
					Bit-Field	Description
					4	The core asserts to indicate the first 8 channels of each 3D audio sample.
					3:0	For information about the bit-fields, refer to .

	Conduit	`aux_clk`	`audio_info_ai[47:0]`	Output	Audio InfoFrame output bundle. For information about the bit-fields, refer to .
PHY Control Interface Port	Conduit	`Support FRL:clk_b` `Support FRL =0:ls_clk`	`os`	Input	Indicates to the core that the current receiving data rate requires downsampling with a factor of 5. Assert this signal when the receiving TMDS Bit Rates is less than 1 Gbps.
I²C Slave Interface Port	Conduit	–	`i2c_scl`	Input	SCL signal from I²C bus on the HDMI connector. This signal is not available if you turn off the Include I2C parameter.
	Conduit	–	`i2c_sda`	Inout	SDA signal from I²C bus on the HDMI connector. This signal is not available if you turn off the Include I2C parameter.
		`i2c_clk`	`edid_i2cslv_rdata[7:0]`	Input	Connect this signal to the output `q` port of an EDID RAM. This signal returns the value from a certain address in the RAM to the internal I²C slave. This signal is available only if you turn on the Include I2C parameter and turn off the Include EDID RAM parameter.
	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`edid_i2cslv_addr[31:0]`	Output	Connect this signal to the output `address` port of an EDID RAM. This signal indicates the address that the I²C slave would access to the RAM. This signal is available only if you turn on the Include I2C slave parameter and turn off the Include EDID RAM parameter.
	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`tmds_config_trans_det`	Output	Indicates that there is a new write operation to the SCDC address offset 0x20 (TMDS configuration). Connect this signal to a reconfiguration controller to restart the reconfiguration flow. This signal is not available if you turn off the Include I2C parameter.
EDID RAM Interface Port	Conduit	`i2c_clk`	`edid_ram_access`	Input	Assert this signal when you are reading or writing to the EDID RAM. Deassert this signal when the read and write operations are complete. Asserting this signal would trigger an HPD event to the source. When you deassert this signal, the source reads the new EDID which you have just written into the RAM. This signal is not available if you turn off the Include EDID RAM parameter.
	Avalon® -MM	`i2c_clk`	`edid_ram_address`	Input	Avalon® memory mapped interface to the EDID RAM. Connect these signals to an Avalon® memory mapped master, such as NIOS, to perform read and write operation to the EDID RAM. These signals are not available if you turn off the Include EDID RAM parameter.
	Avalon® -MM	`i2c_clk`	`edid_ram_read`	Input
	Avalon® -MM	`i2c_clk`	`edid_ram_write`	Input
	Avalon® -MM	`i2c_clk`	`edid_ram_waitrequest`	Output
	Avalon® -MM	`i2c_clk`	`edid_ram_readdata[7:0]`	Output
	Avalon® -MM	`i2c_clk`	`edid_ram_writedata[7:0]`	Input
HDCP Port (Applicable only when you enable Support HDCP 2.3 or Support HDCP 1.4 parameters)	Reset	–	`hdcp_reset`	Input	Main asynchronous reset.
	Clock	–	`hdcp_i2c_clk`	Input	HDCP clock for control and status registers. Typically, shares the I²C slave clock (100 MHz).
		–	`crypto_clk`	Input	HDCP 2.3 clock for authentication and cryptographic layer. You can use any clock with a frequency up to 200 MHz. Not applicable for HDCP 1.4. Note: The clock frequency determines the authentication latency.
		–	`rpt_msg_clk`	Input	HDCP clock for the Repeater registers in the Control and Status Register layer. Typically, shares the clock (100 MHz) that drives the repeater downstream Nios II processor. Available only when you turn on the `SUPPORT_REPEATER` parameter.
	Avalon-MM	`hdcp_i2c_clk`	`hdcp_i2c_addr[7:0]`	Input	The Avalon-MM slave port that provides access to HDCP registers. The I2C slave must drive this port for HDMI application.
			`hdcp_i2c_wr`	Input
			`hdcp_i2c_rd`	Input
			`hdcp_i2c_wrdata[7:0]`	Input
			`hdcp_i2c_rddata[7:0]`	Output
	Conduit	`hdcp_i2c_clk`	`i2c_stop_det`	Input	Assert this signal to indicate the stop condition for each I2C command.
	Avalon-MM	`rpt_msg_clk`	`rpt_msg_addr[7:0]`	Input	The Avalon-MM slave port that provides access to the Repeater registers, mainly for `Receiver ID List` and `RxInfo`. This interface is expected to operate at repeater downstream Nios II processor clock domain. Because of the extremely large bit portion of message, the IP transfers the message in burst mode with full handshaking mechanism. Write transfers always have a wait time of 0 cycle while read transfers have a wait time of 1 cycle. The addressing should be accessed as word addressing in the Platform Designer flow. For example, addressing of 4 in the Nios II software selects the address of 1 in the slave.
			`rpt_msg_wr`	Input
			`rpt_msg_rd`	Input
			`rpt_msg_wrdata[31:0]`	Input
			`rpt_msg_rddata[31:0]`	Output
	Conduit (Key)	`crypto_clk`	`kmem_wait`	Input	Always keep this signal asserted until the key is ready to be read. This signal is not available if you turn on the Support HDCP Key Management parameter.
			`kmem_rdaddr[7:0]` (HDCP 2.3) `kmem_rdaddr[13:8]` (HDCP 1.4)	Output	Key read address bus. This signal is not available if you turn on the Support HDCP Key Management parameter.
			`kmem_q[31:0]` (HDCP 2.3) `kmem_q[87:32]` (HDCP 1.4)	Input	32-bit (HDCP 2.3) or 56-bit (HDCP 1.4) data for read transfers. Read transfer always have a wait time of 1 cycle. This signal is not available if you turn on the Support HDCP Key Management parameter.
	Avalon-MM	`hdcp_i2c_clk`	`hdcp1_kmem_wr`	Input	The Avalon-MM slave port provides write access to internal HDCP 1.4 key storage. Write transfers always have a wait time of 0. The Avalon® memory-mapped master access the addressing as word addressing in the Platform Designer flow. For example, addressing of 4 in the Avalon® memory-mapped master selects the address of 1 in the slave. These signals are only available if you turn on the Support HDCP Key Management parameter and the Support HDCP 1.4 parameter
			`hdcp1_kmem_wrdata[31:0]`	Input
			`hdcp1_kmem_addr[6:0]`	Input
	Avalon-MM	`hdcp_i2c_clk`	`hdcp2_kmem_wr`	Input	The Avalon® memory-mapped slave port that provides write access to internal HDCP 2.3 key storage. Write transfers always have a wait time of 0. The Avalon® memory-mapped master access the addressing as word addressing in the Platform Designer flow. For example, addressing of 4 in the Avalon® memory-mapped master selects the address of 1 in the slave. These signals are only available if you turn on the Support HDCP Key Management parameter and the Support HDCP 2.3 parameter.
			`hdcp2_kmem_wrdata[31:0]` Avalon®	Input
			`hdcp2_kmem_addr[7:0]`	Input
	Conduit	`ls_clk`	`hdcp1_enabled`	Output	This signal is asserted by the IP if the incoming video and auxiliary data are HDCP 1.4 encrypted.
			`hdcp2_enabled`	Output	This signal is asserted by the IP if the incoming video and auxiliary data are HDCP 2.3 encrypted.
			`streamid_type`	Output	0: The received stream type is 0. 1: The received stream type is 1.
		`hdcp_i2c_clk`	`hdcp1_disable`	Input	Assert this signal to disable the HDCP 1.4 IP. Note: You must reset the HDCP IP (`hdcp_reset`) and trigger a Hot Plug event after toggling this signal.
		`hdcp_i2c_clk`	`hdcp2_disable`	Input	Assert this signal to disable the HDCP 2.3 IP. Note: You must reset the HDCP IP (`hdcp_reset`) and trigger a Hot Plug event after toggling this signal.

⁸ Connect to the transceiver data output if no oversampling is required. If oversampling is required, the port should connect to a DCFIFO and an oversampling user logic before connecting to a transceiver data output. Refer to Sink Clock Tree for more information.

⁹ Refer to HDMI 2.0b Specification Section 10.4 for address and data bit mapping.

¹⁰

aux_clk = ls_clk (Support FRL = 0)

aux_clk = vid_clk (Support FRL = 1)

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