F-tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. F-tile Overview 2. F-tile Architecture 3. Implementing the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 4. Implementing the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP 5. Implementing the F-Tile Global Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface Intel® FPGA IP 6. F-tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Example Implementation 7. Supported Tools 8. Debugging F-Tile Transceiver Links 9. F-tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide Archives 10. Document Revision History for F-tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide
2. F-tile Architecture x
2.1. F-Tile Building Blocks 2.2. F-Tile Placement Rules 2.3. PMA Architecture 2.4. Clock Architecture
2.1. F-Tile Building Blocks x
2.1.1. FHT and FGT PMAs 2.1.2. 400G Hard IP and 200G Hard IP 2.1.3. PMA Data Rates 2.1.4. FEC Architecture 2.1.5. PCIe* Hard IP 2.1.6. Bonding Architecture 2.1.7. Deskew Logic 2.1.8. Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) 2.1.9. IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol for Ethernet 2.1.10. Clock Networks 2.1.11. Reconfiguration Interfaces
2.2. F-Tile Placement Rules x
2.2.1. PMA-to-Fracture Mapping 2.2.2. Determining Which PMA to Map to Which Fracture 2.2.3. Hard IP Placement Rules 2.2.4. IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol Placement Rules 2.2.5. Topologies 2.2.6. FEC Placement Rules 2.2.7. Clock Rules and Restrictions 2.2.8. Bonding Placement Rules 2.2.9. Preserving Unused PMA Lanes
2.2.1. PMA-to-Fracture Mapping x
2.2.1.1. FHT-PMA-to-400G-Hard-IP-Fracture Mapping 2.2.1.2. FGT-PMA-to-400G-Hard-IP-Fracture Mapping 2.2.1.3. FGT-PMA-to-200G-Hard-IP-Fracture Mapping
2.2.2. Determining Which PMA to Map to Which Fracture x
2.2.2.1. Implementing One 200GbE-4 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.2. Implementing One 200GbE-2 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.3. Implementing One 100GbE-1 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.4. Implementing One 100GbE-4 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FGT 2.2.2.5. Implementing One 10GbE-1 Interface with 200G Hard IP and FGT 2.2.2.6. Implementing Three 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.7. Implementing One 50GbE-1 and Two 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.8. Implementing One 100GbE-1 and Two 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.9. Implementing Two 100GbE-1 and One 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.10. Implementing 100GbE-1, 100GbE-2, and 50GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT
2.2.5. Topologies x
2.2.5.1. Topology 5: 400G Hard IP (FHT) + 200G Hard IP (FGT) Example 2.2.5.2. Topology 14: 1x PCIe x4 + 400G Hard IP (FGT) with PTP Example
2.2.8. Bonding Placement Rules x
2.2.8.1. Bonded Lanes Use Case 1 2.2.8.2. Bonded Lanes Use Case 2
2.3. PMA Architecture x
2.3.1. FHT PMA Architecture 2.3.2. FGT PMA Architecture
2.3.1. FHT PMA Architecture x
2.3.1.1. FHT Transmitter PMA Architecture 2.3.1.2. FHT Receiver PMA Architecture 2.3.1.3. FHT PMA Loopback Modes
2.3.1.1. FHT Transmitter PMA Architecture x
2.3.1.1.1. FHT Transmitter Buffer and Phase Generator 2.3.1.1.2. FHT Serializer 2.3.1.1.3. FHT Gray-Coder and Pre-Coder 2.3.1.1.4. FHT Data Pattern Generator and Verifier
2.3.1.2. FHT Receiver PMA Architecture x
2.3.1.2.1. FHT Receiver Buffer and Equalizer 2.3.1.2.2. CDR Block 2.3.1.2.3. FHT Deserializer
2.3.2. FGT PMA Architecture x
2.3.2.1. FGT Transmitter PMA Architecture 2.3.2.2. FGT Receiver PMA Architecture 2.3.2.3. FGT PMA Tuning 2.3.2.4. FGT PMA Loopback Modes
2.3.2.1. FGT Transmitter PMA Architecture x
2.3.2.1.1. FGT Transmitter Buffer and Phase Generator 2.3.2.1.2. FGT Serializer 2.3.2.1.3. FGT Gray-Coder and Pre-Coder 2.3.2.1.4. FGT Data Pattern Generator and Verifier
2.3.2.2. FGT Receiver PMA Architecture x
2.3.2.2.1. FGT Receiver Buffer and Equalizer 2.3.2.2.2. Control Unit 2.3.2.2.3. FGT Deserializer
2.4. Clock Architecture x
2.4.1. Reference Clock Network 2.4.2. Datapath Clock Network 2.4.3. System PLL 2.4.4. Datapath Clock Cadences
2.4.1. Reference Clock Network x
2.4.1.1. FHT Reference Clock Network 2.4.1.2. FGT and System PLL Reference Clock Network 2.4.1.3. FGT Primary PLL Configuration
3. Implementing the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP x
3.1. F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP Overview 3.2. Designing with F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 3.3. Configuring the IP 3.4. Signal and Port Reference 3.5. Bit Mapping for PMA and FEC Mode PHY TX and RX Datapath 3.6. Clocking 3.7. Custom Cadence Generation Ports and Logic 3.8. Asserting Reset 3.9. Bonding Implementation 3.10. Independent Port Configurations 3.11. Configuration Registers 3.12. Configurable Intel® Quartus® Prime Software Settings 3.13. Configuring the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP for Hardware Testing 3.14. Hardware Configuration Using the Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface
3.1. F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP Overview x
3.1.1. PMA Direct Supported Modes 3.1.2. FEC Direct Supported Modes 3.1.3. Unsupported PMA/FEC Modes
3.2. Designing with F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP x
3.2.1. Preset IP Parameter Settings
3.3. Configuring the IP x
3.3.1. General and Common Datapath Options 3.3.2. TX Datapath Options 3.3.3. RX Datapath Options 3.3.4. RS-FEC (Reed Solomon Forward Error Correction) Options 3.3.5. Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Options 3.3.6. Example Design Generation
3.3.2. TX Datapath Options x
3.3.2.1. TX PMA interface Parameters
3.3.3. RX Datapath Options x
3.3.3.1. RX FGT PMA Interface Options
3.4. Signal and Port Reference x
3.4.1. TX and RX Parallel and Serial Interface Signals 3.4.2. TX and RX Reference Clock and Clock Output Interface Signals 3.4.3. Reset Signals 3.4.4. RS-FEC Signals 3.4.5. Custom Cadence Control and Status Signals 3.4.6. TX PMA Status Signals 3.4.7. RX PMA Status Signals 3.4.8. TX and RX PMA and Core Interface FIFO Signals 3.4.9. PMA Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Signals 3.4.10. Datapath Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Signals
3.4.10. Datapath Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Signals x
3.4.10.1. Number of Datapath Memory Mapped Avalon® Interfaces and Additional Address Bits per Interface
3.5. Bit Mapping for PMA and FEC Mode PHY TX and RX Datapath x
3.5.1. Parallel Data Mapping Information 3.5.2. TX and RX Parallel Data Mapping Information for Different Configurations 3.5.3. Example of TX Parallel Data for PMA Width = 8, 10, 16, 20, 32 (X=1) 3.5.4. Example of TX Parallel Data for PMA width = 64 (X=2) 3.5.5. Example of TX Parallel Data for PMA width = 64 (X=2) for FEC Direct Mode
3.6. Clocking x
3.6.1. Clock Ports 3.6.2. Recommended tx/rx_coreclkin Connection and tx/rx_clkout2 Source 3.6.3. Port Widths and Recommended Connections for tx/rx_coreclkin, tx/rx_clkout, and tx/rx_clkout2 3.6.4. FGT PMA Fractional Mode 3.6.5. FGT Core PLL Mode
3.7. Custom Cadence Generation Ports and Logic x
3.7.1. Enabling the tx_cadence_slow_clk_locked Port 3.7.2. Rate Match FIFO
3.8. Asserting Reset x
3.8.1. Reset Signal Requirements 3.8.2. Power On Reset Requirements 3.8.3. Reset Signals—Block Level 3.8.4. Reset Signals—Descriptions 3.8.5. Status Signals—Descriptions 3.8.6. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX 3.8.7. Run-time Reset Sequence—RX 3.8.8. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX + RX 3.8.9. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX with FEC
3.8.8. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX + RX x
3.8.8.1. Run-time Reset Sequence Approximate Time Durations
3.11. Configuration Registers x
3.11.1. PMA and FEC Direct PHY Soft CSR Register Map 3.11.2. FHT PMA Register Map 3.11.3. FGT PMA Register Map 3.11.4. FEC Register Map 3.11.5. Lane Offset Address 3.11.6. Logical Avalon® Memory-Mapped Port Indexing
3.11.6. Logical Avalon® Memory-Mapped Port Indexing x
3.11.6.1. FGT PMA Lane Addressing Example 1 3.11.6.2. FGT PMA Lane Addressing Example 2
3.13. Configuring the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP for Hardware Testing x
3.13.1. Using Debug Endpoint Interface within the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 3.13.2. Using JTAG to Avalon® Master Bridge Intel FPGA IP
3.13.1. Using Debug Endpoint Interface within the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP x
3.13.1.1. RTL Connection Example for Debug Endpoint Avalon® Interface
3.13.2. Using JTAG to Avalon® Master Bridge Intel FPGA IP x
3.13.2.1. RTL Connection Example for JTAG to Avalon® Master Bridge Intel IP
3.14. Hardware Configuration Using the Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface x
3.14.1. FHT PMA 3.14.2. FGT PMA
3.14.1. FHT PMA x
3.14.1.1. Enabling Loopback 3.14.1.2. Enabling the PRBS Generator and Verifier 3.14.1.3. TX Equalizer Settings 3.14.1.4. TX Error Injection 3.14.1.5. RX Reconvergence 3.14.1.6. Preserving Unused Lanes
3.14.2. FGT PMA x
3.14.2.1. Direct Register Method 3.14.2.2. FGT Attribute Access Method
3.14.2.1. Direct Register Method x
3.14.2.1.1. Direct Register Method Example
3.14.2.2. FGT Attribute Access Method x
3.14.2.2.1. FGT Attribute Access Method Example
4. Implementing the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP x
4.1. IP Parameters 4.2. IP Port List 4.3. Mode of System PLL - System PLL Reference Clock and Output Frequencies
5. Implementing the F-Tile Global Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface Intel® FPGA IP x
5.1. IP Parameters 5.2. IP Port List 5.3. Hardware Flow Using the F-Tile Global Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface Intel® FPGA IP
6. F-tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Example Implementation x
6.1. Implementing the F-tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Example 6.2. Instantiating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 6.3. Implementing a RS-FEC Direct Design in the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 6.4. Instantiating the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP 6.5. Enabling Custom Cadence Generation Ports and Logic 6.6. Connecting the F-tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design IP 6.7. Simulating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Example 6.8. F-tile Interface Planning
6.2. Instantiating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP x
6.2.1. Setting General and Common Datapath Options 6.2.2. Setting TX Datapath Options 6.2.3. Setting RX Datapath Options
6.7. Simulating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Example x
6.7.1. PAM4 Encoding Schemes in Simulation
6.8. F-tile Interface Planning x
6.8.1. F-tile Interface Planner Design Example
7. Supported Tools x
7.1. F-Tile Channel Placement Tool 7.2. F-Tile PMA and FEC Direct Port Mapping Calculator 7.3. F-Tile Clocking and Datapath Tool 7.4. F-Tile TX Equalizer Tool
8. Debugging F-Tile Transceiver Links x
8.1. F-Tile Transceiver Toolkit GUI 8.2. F-Tile Transceiver Debugging Flow Walkthrough 8.3. Transceiver Toolkit Parameter Settings 8.4. Troubleshooting Common Errors
8.1. F-Tile Transceiver Toolkit GUI x
8.1.1. Collection View
8.2. F-Tile Transceiver Debugging Flow Walkthrough x
8.2.1. Modifying the Design to Enable F-Tile Transceiver Debug 8.2.2. Programming the Design into an Intel FPGA 8.2.3. Loading the Design to the Transceiver Toolkit 8.2.4. Creating Transceiver Links 8.2.5. Loading the Placement JSON File 8.2.6. Running BER Tests
1. F-tile Overview
2. F-tile Architecture
3. Implementing the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP
4. Implementing the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP
5. Implementing the F-Tile Global Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface Intel® FPGA IP
6. F-tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Example Implementation
7. Supported Tools
8. Debugging F-Tile Transceiver Links
9. F-tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide Archives
10. Document Revision History for F-tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide

3.5.2. TX and RX Parallel Data Mapping Information for Different Configurations

The following show the TX and RX parallel data mapping information for different configurations, using the calculations from Parallel Data Mapping information for TX and RX. Refer to Table 1 for full variable definitions.

Table 59.  TX and RX Parallel Data Mapping Information (PMA Lanes, N = 1) Table Notes:
  1. For unused bits, you can tie the signal to '0' or '1' or leave it unconnected.
  2. The core interface FIFO TX Write Enable and RX Data Valid signal is only valid when you are using PMA clocking mode, and when the core FIFO is in elastic mode.
  3. The TX and RX PMA interface data valid signal is only valid when you are using System PLL clocking mode.
PMA Configuration Bits TX Parallel Data RX Parallel Data

FGT

PMA Width = 8, 10, 16, 20, 32

Single Width

(One PMA Lane [N=1] with PMA Width ≤ 32)

FHT

PMA Width = 32

Single Width

 79 Write Enable for TX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode Data valid for RX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode
38 TX PMA Interface Data Valid RX PMA Interface Data Valid
[D-1]:0 TX Data RX Data

FGT

PMA Width = 8, 10, 16, 20, 32

Double Width

(One PMA Lane [N=1] with PMA Width ≤ 32)

FHT

PMA Width = 32

Double Width

 79 Write Enable for TX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode Data Valid for RX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode
[D -1 + 40]:40 TX Data (Upper Data Bits) RX Data (Upper Data Bits)
38 TX PMA Interface Data Valid RX PMA Interface Data Valid
[D -1]:0 TX Data (Lower Data Bits) RX Data (Lower Data Bits)

FGT/FHT

PMA Width = 64

Double Width

(One PMA Lane [N=1] with PMA Width = 64)

Second Stream

 159 Write Enable for TX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode Data Valid for RX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode
158   RX Deskew
151:120 TX Data (Upper Data Bits) RX Data (Upper Data Bits)
118 TX PMA Interface Data Valid RX PMA Interface Data Valid
111:80 TX Data (Lower Data Bits) RX Data (Lower Data Bits)
First Stream 79 Write Enable for TX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode Data Valid for RX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode
78   RX Deskew
71:40 TX Data (Upper Data Bits) RX Data (Upper Data Bits)
38 TX PMA Interface Data Valid RX PMA Interface Data Valid
31:0 TX Data (Lower Data Bits) RX Data (Lower Data Bits)

FHT

PMA Width = 128

Double Width

(One PMA Lane [ N =1] with PMA Width = 128 )

Fourth Stream

319 Write Enable for TX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode Data valid for RX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode
318   RX Deskew
311:280 TX Data (Upper Data Bits) RX Data (Upper Data Bits)
278 TX PMA Interface Data Valid RX PMA Interface Data Valid
271:240 TX Data (Lower Data Bits) RX Data (Lower Data Bits)
Third Stream 239 Write Enable for TX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode Data valid for RX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode
238   RX Deskew
231:200 TX Data (Upper Data Bits) RX Data (Upper Data Bits)
198 TX PMA Interface Data Valid RX PMA Interface Data Valid
191:160 TX Data (Lower Data Bits) RX Data (Lower Data Bits)
Second Stream 159 Write Enable for TX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode Data valid for RX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode
158   RX Deskew
151:120 TX Data (Upper Data Bits) RX Data (Upper Data Bits)
118 TX PMA Interface Data Valid RX PMA Interface Data Valid
111:80 TX Data (Lower Data Bits) RX Data (Lower Data Bits)
First Stream 79 Write Enable for TX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode Data valid for RX Core FIFO in Elastic Mode
78   RX Deskew
71:40 TX Data (Upper Data Bits) RX Data (Upper Data Bits)
38 TX PMA Interface Data Valid RX PMA Interface Data Valid
31:0 TX Data (Lower Data Bits)

RX Data (Lower Data Bits)

Table 60.  TX and RX Parallel Data Mapping Information (Number of PMA Lanes (N) = 1)
PMA Configuration Bits TX Parallel Data RX Parallel Data

FEC

FGT/FHT

One PMA Lane (N)=1

Total Streams = 1

PMA Width = 32

First stream

 77 Alignment Marker -
72:40 TX Data (Upper 33 bits) RX Data (Upper 33 Bits)
38 TX PMA Interface Data Valid Bit RX PMA Interface Data Valid Bit
37 Alignment Marker Alignment Marker
32:2 TX Data (Lower 31 Bits) RX Data (Lower 31 Bits)
1:0 Sync Head Sync Head

FEC

FGT/FHT

One PMA Lane (N) = 1

Total Streams = 2

PMA Width = 64

Second Stream

158 - RX Deskew Bit
157 Alignment Marker -
152:120 TX Data (Upper 33 bits) RX Data (Upper 33 Bits)
118 TX PMA Interface Data Valid Bit -
117 Alignment Marker -
112:82 TX Data (lower 31 bits) RX Data (lower 31 bits)
81:80 Sync Head Sync Head

First stream

 78 - RX Deskew Bit
77 Alignment Marker -
72:40 TX Data (Upper 33 Bits) RX Data (Upper 33 Bits)
38 TX PMA Interface Data Valid Bit RX PMA Interface Data Valid Bit
37 Alignment Marker Alignment Marker
32:2 TX Data (Lower 31 Bits) RX Data (Lower 31 Bits)
1:0 Sync Head Sync Head

FEC

FHT

One PMA Lane(N) =1

Total Streams = 4

PMA Width = 128

Fourth Stream

318 - RX Deskew Bit
317 Alignment marker -
312:280 TX Data (Upper 33 Bits) RX Data (Upper 33 Bits)
278 TX PMA Interface Data Valid Bit -
277 Alignment Marker -
272:242 TX Data (Lower 31 Bits) RX Data (Lower 31 Bits)
241:240 Sync Head Sync Head

Third Stream

 238 - RX Deskew Bit
237 Alignment Marker -
232:200 TX Data (Upper 33 Bits) RX Data (Upper 33 Bits)
198 TX PMA Interface Data Valid Bit -
197 Alignment Marker -
192:162 TX Data (Lower 31 Bits) RX Data (Lower 31 Bits)
161:160 Sync Head Sync Head

Second Stream

 158 RX Deskew Bit
157 Alignment Marker -
152:120 TX Data (Upper 33 Bits) RX Data (upper 33 Bits)
118 TX PMA Interface Data Valid Bit -
117 Alignment Marker -
112:82 TX Data (Lower 31 Bits) RX Data (Lower 31 Bits)
81:80 Sync Head Sync Head

First stream

 78 - RX Deskew Bit
77 Alignment Marker -
72:40 TX Data (Upper 33 Bits) RX Data (Upper 33 Bits)
38 TX PMA Interface Data Valid Bit RX PMA Interface Data Valid Bit
37 Alignment Marker Alignment Marker
32:2 TX Data (Lower 31 Bits) RX Data (Lower 31 Bits)
1:0 Sync Head Sync Head
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