5.3. Source Clock Tree

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5.3. Source Clock Tree

The source uses various clocks.

Figure 33. Source Clock TreeThe following figure shows how the different clocks connect in the source core.

For HDMI source, you must instantiate four transceiver channels: three channels to transmit data and one channel to transmit clock information.

Figure 34. Source Clock Tree when Support FRL = 1

When Support FRL =1, the transceiver PLL has two reference clocks:

Reference clock 0 supplied with arbitrary TMDS clock frequency from a programmable oscillator.
Reference clock 1 supplied with free running 100 MHz clock.

The transceiver PLL switches between reference clock 0 and reference clock 1 in TMDS and FRL modes.

A general purpose phase-locked loop (GPLL), that is referenced by a Transceiver Clock Out (tx_clk) clock is used to generate the FRL clock (frl_clk). You can fix the video clock (vid_clk) at a static frequency of 225 MHz. The link speed clock (ls_clk) is not required when you turn on the Support FRL parameter. Refer to Table 41 for more details.

Figure 35. Source Clock Tree when Support FRL =0

When Support FRL =0, the transceiver PLL in high-speed serial interface (HSSI) block only has one reference clock which supplied with arbitrary TMDS clock frequency from a programmable oscillator.

A general-purpose phase-locked loop (GPLL), that is referenced by same clock from the same programmable oscillator, is used to generate the video clock (vid_clk) and link speed clock (ls_clk). FRL clock (frl_clk) is not required when you turn off the Support FRL parameter.

The video data clocks into the core at vid_clk, the TMDS or FRL data clocks out from the core at tx_clk (Support FRL = 1) or ls_clk (Support FRL = 0), and the FRL data clocks with frl_clk.

If an application requires low TMDS Bit Rate (below the transceiver minimum data rate requirement), then the application needs a user logic consisting of a DCFIFO and oversampling logic.

The DCFIFO synchronizes the TMDS data from ls_clk to a faster transceiver output clock (tx_clk[0]). This DCFIFO is not required when Support FRL =1.
The oversampling logic repeats each bit of the TMDS data a given number of times.
When you enable the oversampling control bit, the transceiver transmits the TMDS data between the HDMI source core and the oversampling logic.
You can use tx_clk[0] across four channels if the transceiver is in bonding mode.

When Support FRL = 0, if an application does not require low TMDS Bit Rate, you can connect the core output directly to the transceiver with tx_clk[0] driving the core ls_clk. You do not require the GPLL to generate CLK1 (ls_clk).

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5.3. Source Clock Tree