AN 522: Implementing Bus LVDS Interface in Supported Intel® FPGA Device Families

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Implementing Bus LVDS Interface in Supported Intel® FPGA Device Families
Implementing Bus LVDS Interface in Supported Intel® FPGA Device Families x
BLVDS Overview BLVDS Technology in Intel Devices BLVDS Power Consumption BLVDS Design Example Performance Analysis Document Revision History for AN 522: Implementing Bus LVDS Interface in Supported Intel® FPGA Device Families
BLVDS Overview x
Design Considerations Effective Impedance Propagation Delay
BLVDS Technology in Intel Devices x
I/O Standards for BLVDS Interface in Intel FPGA Devices
BLVDS Design Example x
Design Example Guidelines for Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices Design Example Guidelines for Intel® Arria® 10 Devices Design Example Guidelines for Intel® MAX® 10 Devices Design Example Guidelines for All Supported Devices Except Intel® Arria® 10, Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX, and Intel® MAX® 10
Performance Analysis x
System Setup Bus Termination Stub Length Stub Termination Driver Slew Rate Overall System Performance
Implementing Bus LVDS Interface in Supported Intel® FPGA Device Families

BLVDS Design Example

The design example shows you how to instantiate the BLVDS I/O buffer in the supported devices with the relevant general purpose I/O (GPIO) IP cores in the Intel® Quartus® Prime software.
  • Intel® Stratix® 10, Intel® Arria® 10, and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX devices—use the GPIO Intel® FPGA IP core.
  • Intel® MAX® 10 devices—use the GPIO Lite Intel® FPGA IP core.
  • All other supported devices—use the ALTIOBUF IP core.

You can download the design example from the link in the related information.

For the BLVDS I/O buffer instance, Intel recommends the following items:

  • Implement the GPIO IP core in bidirectional mode with the differential mode turned on.
  • Assign the I/O standard to the bidirectional pins:
    • BLVDS— Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP, Cyclone® IV, Cyclone® III, and Intel® MAX® 10 devices.
    • Differential SSTL-2 Class I or Class II— Stratix® V, Stratix® IV, Stratix® III, Arria® V, Arria® II, and Cyclone® V devices.
    • Differential SSTL-18 Class I or Class II— Intel® Stratix® 10, Intel® Arria® 10, and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX devices.
Table 3.  Input or Output Buffers Operation During Write and Read Operations
Write Operation (BLVDS I/O Buffer) Read Operation (Differential Input Buffer)
  • Receive a serial data stream from the FPGA core through the doutp input port
  • Create an inverted version of the data
  • Transmit the data through the two single-ended output buffers connected to the p and n bidirectional pins
  • Receive the data from the bus through the p and n bidirectional pins
  • Sends the serial data to the FPGA core through the din port
  • The oe port receives the oe signal from the device core to enable or disable the single-ended output buffers.
  • Keep the oe signal low to tri-state the output buffers during read operation.
  • The function of the AND gate is to stop the transmitted signal from going back into the device core. The differential input buffer is always enabled.

Section Content
Design Example Guidelines for Intel Stratix 10 Devices
Design Example Guidelines for Intel Arria 10 Devices
Design Example Guidelines for Intel MAX 10 Devices
Design Example Guidelines for All Supported Devices Except Intel Arria 10, Intel Cyclone 10 GX, and Intel MAX 10

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