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

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Date 11/04/2024
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2.2.9. Preserving Unused PMA Lanes

You must peseve the uused FHT ad FGT PMA laes that you pla to use late i you desig to esue o degadatio i the PMA lae pefomace o maximum data ate duig the peiod of use.

To peseve the pefomace of uused PMA laes, the Quatus® Pime softwae ca pogam the uused PMA laes, such that the aalog cicuity i thei tasmit ad eceive stages toggles at a low data ate.

Uused PMA laes may appea i ay of the followig ways i the F-Tile:
  • Uused PMA laes i a completely uused F-Tile.
  • Uused PMA laes i a patially used F-Tile.

Uused PMA Laes i a Completely Uused F-Tile

You must eithe peseve the completely uused F-Tile with .qsf assigmets o goud the powe ails. If you do ot pla to use the F-Tile i the futue ad do ot wat to peseve the PMA laes:
  • You must tie the vaious F-Tile powe ails to goud to save powe.
  • You must ot use .qsf assigmets show below i you poject, to peseve the F-Tile.
If you do ot follow these ecommedatios, it ca esult i a cofiguatio eo.
To peseve a completely uused F-Tile to use it late:
  • You must cofigue ad powe the F-Tile ad coect all powe ails to the appopiate powe supplies.
  • You must asset the PHY eset whe PMA laes ae uused.
  • You must use .qsf assigmets i you poject to peseve the uused F-Tile.
If you do ot follow these ecommedatios, it ca esult i a cofiguatio eo.

You must use oe of the .qsf assigmets show below to peseve uused laes i the F-Tile.

To peseve all uused PMA laes i a sigle F-Tile i a package, use the followig sigle pi F-Tile .qsf:
set_istace_assigmet -ame PRESERVE_UNUSED_XCVR_CHANNEL ON -to <piame>
Example:
set_istace_assigmet -ame PRESERVE_UNUSED_XCVR_CHANNEL ON -to JW83
  • <piame> idetifies the coespodig uused F-Tile fo pesevatio.
  • Peseves the etie F-Tile with a sigle pi. Pi ca be specified o ay lae, eve if you do ot coect the pi o the boad.
  • You ca also use this .qsf assigmet multiple times with coespodig pis fom each F-Tile to peseve multiple uused F-Tiles.
If you have multiple uused tiles (icludig all uused F-Tiles ad othe tiles such as R-Tiles i a package), you ca use the followig global .qsf assigmet to peseve all uused PMA laes i all uused tiles i a package:
set_global_assigmet -ame PRESERVE_UNUSED_XCVR_CHANNEL ON
Note: Do ot use this .qsf assigmet if you do ot eed to peseve all the uused tiles ad have tied the powe ails to goud fo some of the tiles. This ca esult i a cofiguatio eo.
Example cases:
  • You have 4 tiles i a package – oe patially used tile ad thee othes you wat to peseve. You ca use the global .qsf assigmet to peseve the thee tiles.
  • You have 4 tiles i a package – oe patially used tile, oe tile with the powe ails tied to goud to save powe ad two othe tiles that you wat peseve. Do ot use the global .qsf assigmet, but istead you must use the sigle pi F-Tile .qsf assigmet to peseve those two tiles.

Uused PMA laes i a Patially Used F-Tile

If you desig does ot istatiate (does ot use) a PMA lae, pesevatio of the uused PMA lae i the patially used F-Tile takes place by default.

If you istatiate a PMA lae i you patially used F-Tile desig fo futue use, you must fulfill the followig coditios:
  1. If the PMA efeece clock is ot available, the the PMA must be held i eset befoe discoectig the efeece clock. Fo example, whe you ae usig the HDMI IP.
  2. You must ot sed log peiods of all zeos o all oes o the TX PMA lae. If the PMA is held i eset, you do ot eed to follow this ule.
  3. Fo the FHT PMA laes, you must set cfg_peseve_eable (0xF0030[3:0]) to 4’b1111 to peseve the laes. LSB is fo lae 0 ad MSB is fo lae 3. Refe to FHT PMA Registe Map to access the cfg_peseve_eable egiste.