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. F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Implementation 6. Supported Tools 7. Debugging F-Tile Transceiver Links 8. F-Tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide Archives 9. Document Revision History for the F-Tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide A. Appendix
1. F-Tile Overview x
1.1. Device Family Support
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 6a: 400G Hard IP with Mixed Transceiver Mode Example 2.2.5.3. 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
2.4.1.2. FGT and System PLL Reference Clock Network x
2.4.1.2.1. FGT Reference Clock Receiver Analog Front End
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 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. Register Map IP-XACT Support 3.3.7. Example Design Generation 3.3.8. Analog Parameter Options
3.3.1. General and Common Datapath Options x
3.3.1.1. FGT PMA Configuration Rules for SATA mode 3.3.1.2. FGT PMA Configuration Rules for GPON Mode
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 Control 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
3.5.2. TX and RX Parallel Data Mapping Information for Different Configurations x
3.5.2.1. TX Parallel Data Mapping Information for SATA Protocol Mode for Different Configurations
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 RX CDR Clock Output
3.6.5. FGT RX CDR Clock Output x
3.6.5.1. Dynamically Configure the FGT RX CDR Clock Output
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. Accessing Configuration Registers
3.11.6. Accessing Configuration Registers x
3.11.6.1. Accessing PMA and FEC Direct PHY Soft CSR Registers 3.11.6.2. Accessing FHT PMA Registers 3.11.6.3. Accessing FGT PMA Registers
3.11.6.2. Accessing FHT PMA Registers x
3.11.6.2.1. FHT PMA Register Address Range 0x40000 to 0x48000 3.11.6.2.2. FHT PMA Register Address Range 0x60000 to 0xF0030 3.11.6.2.3. FHT PMA Register Address 0xFFFFC
3.11.6.3. Accessing FGT PMA Registers x
3.11.6.3.1. FGT PMA Register Address Range 0x40000 to 0x48000 3.11.6.3.2. FGT PMA Register Address Range 0x62000 to 0x62004 3.11.6.3.3. FGT PMA Register Address Range 0x9003C to 0xF0028 3.11.6.3.4. FGT PMA Register Address 0xFFFFC
3.12. Configurable Quartus® Prime Software Settings x
3.12.1. FHT PMA Settings 3.12.2. FGT PMA Settings
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 Examples
3.14.2.2. FGT Attribute Access Method x
3.14.2.2.1. FGT Attribute Access Method Example 1 3.14.2.2.2. FGT Attribute Access Method Example 2 3.14.2.2.3. FGT Attribute Access Method Example 3
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 4.4. Guidelines for F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP Usage 4.5. Guidelines for Refclk #i is Active At and After Device Configuration
4.5. Guidelines for Refclk #i is Active At and After Device Configuration x
4.5.1. Guidelines for System PLL Reference Clock 4.5.2. Guidelines for FGT Reference Clock
5. F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Implementation x
5.1. Implementing the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design 5.2. Instantiating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 5.3. Implementing a RS-FEC Direct Design in the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 5.4. Instantiating the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP 5.5. Enabling Custom Cadence Generation Ports and Logic 5.6. Connecting the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design IP 5.7. Simulating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design 5.8. F-Tile Interface Planning
5.2. Instantiating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP x
5.2.1. Setting General and Common Datapath Options 5.2.2. Setting TX Datapath Options 5.2.3. Setting RX Datapath Options
5.7. Simulating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design x
5.7.1. PAM4 Encoding Schemes in Simulation
5.8. F-Tile Interface Planning x
5.8.1. F-Tile Interface Planner Usage Example
6. Supported Tools x
6.1. F-Tile Channel Placement Tool 6.2. F-Tile PMA and FEC Direct Port Mapping Calculator 6.3. F-Tile Clocking and Datapath Tool 6.4. F-Tile TX Equalizer Tool
7. Debugging F-Tile Transceiver Links x
7.1. F-Tile Transceiver Toolkit GUI 7.2. F-Tile Transceiver Debugging Flow Walkthrough 7.3. Transceiver Toolkit Parameter Settings 7.4. Using F-Tile Multirate IPs with Transceiver Toolkit 7.5. Troubleshooting Common Errors 7.6. Transceiver Toolkit Scripts
7.1. F-Tile Transceiver Toolkit GUI x
7.1.1. Collection View
7.2. F-Tile Transceiver Debugging Flow Walkthrough x
7.2.1. Modifying the Design to Enable F-Tile Transceiver Debug 7.2.2. Programming the Design into an Intel FPGA 7.2.3. Loading the Design to the Transceiver Toolkit 7.2.4. Creating Transceiver Links 7.2.5. Running BER Tests 7.2.6. Running Eye Viewer Tests 7.2.7. Running Link Optimization Tests 7.2.8. Checking FEC Statistics 7.2.9. Vertical Bathtub Curve Measurements (VBCM) Data
7.3. Transceiver Toolkit Parameter Settings x
7.3.1. Dashboard
7.4. Using F-Tile Multirate IPs with Transceiver Toolkit x
7.4.1. F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Multirate Intel FPGA IP 7.4.2. F-Tile Ethernet Multirate Intel FPGA IP 7.4.3. Ethernet Subsystem Intel FPGA IP
7.6. Transceiver Toolkit Scripts x
7.6.1. Supported Transceiver Toolkit Scripts 7.6.2. Modifying the Scripts 7.6.3. Script Execution 7.6.4. Example of the Results in Tcl Console
A. Appendix x
A.1. F-Tile Production Revision OPNs A.2. OSC_CLK_1 QSF Assignment Requirement
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. F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Implementation
6. Supported Tools
7. Debugging F-Tile Transceiver Links
8. F-Tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide Archives
9. Document Revision History for the F-Tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide
A. Appendix

4.2. IP Port List

The following table lists the ports for the IP; all ports are 1-bit wide.

Table 99.   F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP Port ListRefer to Port Connection Guidelines between F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP and F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP for recommended connections.
Port Name Direction Description
FHT
in_refclk_fht_i Input FHT reference clock input port. Must be mapped to device reference clock pin. Maximum of 2 (i = 0 to 1) ports of this type.
out_fht_cmmpll_clk_i Output FHT common PLL output port. Must be connected to protocol IPs, connected to FHT building-block. There can be a maximum of 2(i = 0 to 1) ports of this type.
FGT and System PLL
in_refclk_fgt_i Input FGT and system PLL reference clock input port. Must be mapped to device reference clock pin. This reference clock port can be connected to FGT PMA, system PLL or both. There can be a maximum of 10 (i = 0 to 9) ports of this type.
avmm_clk Input
Avalon® memory-mapped interface clock. This port is only available when at least one of Refclk #i is active at and after device configuration is set as Off. Altera recommends 100 to 250 MHz for this clock.
Note: Starting with Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 24.2, this port no longer functions and serves as a dummy port for backward compatibility.
avmm_reset Input
Avalon® memory-mapped interface reset. This port is only available when at least one of Refclk #i is active at and after device configuration is set as Off.
Note: Starting with Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 24.2, this port no longer functions and serves as a dummy port for backward compatibility.
FGT
out_refclk_fgt_i Output FGT Refclk output port. Must be connected to protocol IPs, connected to FGT building-block. There can be a maximum of 10 (i = 0 to 9) ports of this type.
en_refclk_fgt_i Input
FGT reference clock status control signal. This port is only available when the corresponding Refclk #i is active at and after device configuration set as Off. There can be a maximum of 10 (i = 0 to 9) ports of this type.
  • 1'b0 -> 1'b1: Low to high transition enables Refclk #i
  • 1'b1 -> 1'b0: High to low transition disables Refclk #i
disable_refclk_monitor_i Input
FGT reference clock monitor control signal. This port is only available when the corresponding Refclk #i is used by the FGT PMA or the system PLL. There can be a maximum of 10 (i = 0 to 9) ports of this type.
  • 1'b0: Enable Refclk #i monitor and protection circuit.
  • 1'b1: Disable Refclk #i monitor and protection circuit.
Altera recommends that you always enable the monitor and protection circuit by either driving this port to 1'b0 or leaving it unconnected. This port is exposed for debugging purposes. You should only disable the monitor and protection circuit when the system PLL behaves abnormally.
When the Refclk #i becomes inactive, to prevent FGT PMA lane performance from degradation the following conditions occur:
  • If the monitor is enabled, a protection circuit acts automatically.
  • If the monitor is disabled, you have to control the en_refclk_fgt_i to perform high to low (1'b1 -> 1'b0) transition.
refclk_fgt_enabled_i Output
FGT reference clock status signal. This port is only available when the corresponding Refclk #i is active at and after device configuration is set to Off. There can be a maximum of 10 (i = 0 to 9) ports of this type.
  • 1'b0: Indicates Refclk #i is disabled
  • 1'b1: Indicates Refclk #i is enabled
This signal has valid outputs only when Refclk #i monitor is enabled.
in_cdrclk_i Input Input port for FGT reference clock configured as CDR output. This must be connected to protocol IP output CDR port. There can be a maximum of 2 (i = 0 to 1) ports of this type.
out_cdrclk_i Output Output port for FGT reference clock configured as CDR output. This must be connected to one of two FGT reference clock pins that can be configured as CDR outputs. You must specify the location assignment in the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software qsf settings file for correct functionality. There can be a maximum of 2 (i = 0 to 1) ports of this type.
out_coreclk_i Output
FGT reference clock output port for user logic. This port is only available when the corresponding Export Refclk #i for use in user logic is set to On.
Note: This signal cannot directly feed the reference clock of the IOPLL Intel FPGA IP.
System PLL
out_systempll_clk_i Output Output port of system PLL. This must be connected to system PLL clock input of protocol IP. There can be a maximum of 3 (i = 0 to 2) ports of this type.
out_systempll_synthlock_i Output System PLL lock status port which indicates if system PLL is locked to incoming reference clock. There can be a maximum of 3 (i = 0 to 2) ports of this type. You can use this port as a status or debug signal.
refclock_ready [2:0] Input
System PLL reference clock status control signal. This port is only available when all the enabled system PLL's corresponding Refclk #i is active at and after device configuration are set as Off.
  • bit[0] is used to control system PLL #0 reference clock.
  • bit[1] is used to control system PLL #1 reference clock.
  • bit[2] is used to control system PLL #2 reference clock.

When system PLL #i is disabled, bit[i] can be any value and does not matter. When system PLL #i is enabled, after the reference clock is available, you must assert bit[i] to notify the system PLL to start locking to the incoming reference clock.

refclock_status Output
System PLL reference clock status signal. This port is only available when all the enabled system PLL's corresponding Refclk #i is active at and after device configuration are set to Off. After you assert the refclock_ready signal, the system PLL starts to phase-lock to the reference clock and outputs its status.
  • 1'b0: The reference clock is inactive, or has an inaccurate frequency.
  • 1'b1: The reference clock is active and has an accurate frequency.
You can also use the out_systempll_synthlock_i signal to check the system PLL lock status.
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