LVDS SERDES User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 7/08/2024
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5.1.7. LVDS SERDES Intel® FPGA IP Signals

Table 21.  Common LVDS SERDES IP TX and RX Signals
Signal Name Width Direction Type Description
inclock 1 Input Clock

PLL reference clock.

pll_areset 1 Input Reset

Active-high asynchronous reset to all blocks in LVDS SERDES IP and PLL.

Note: This signal must always be connected to the reset logic.
pll_locked 1 Output Control

Asserts when internal PLL locks.

Table 22.   LVDS SERDES IP RX SignalsIn this table, N represents the LVDS SERDES interface width and the number of serial channels while J represents the SERDES factor of the interface.
Signal Name Width Direction Type Description
  • rx_in_p
  • rx_in_n
N Input Data

LVDS serial input data differential pair.

rx_bitslip_reset N Input Reset Asynchronous, active-high reset to the clock-data alignment circuitry (bit slip).
rx_bitslip_ctrl N Input Control
  • Positive-edge triggered increment for bit slip circuitry.
  • Each assertion adds one bit of latency to the received bit stream.
rx_dpa_hold N Input Control
  • Asynchronous, active-high signal that prevents the DPA circuitry from switching to a new clock phase on the target channel.
    • Held high—selected channels hold their current phase setting.
    • Held low—the DPA block on selected channels monitors the phase of the incoming data stream continuously and selects a new clock phase when needed.
  • Applicable in DPA-FIFO mode only.
rx_dpa_reset N Input Reset
  • Asynchronous, active-high reset to DPA blocks.
  • Minimum pulse width: one parallel clock period.
  • Applicable in DPA-FIFO and soft-CDR modes only.
rx_fifo_reset N Input Reset
  • Asynchronous, active-high reset to FIFO block.
  • Minimum pulse width: one parallel clock period.
  • Applicable in DPA-FIFO mode only.
rx_out N×J Output Data Receiver parallel data output.
  • DPA-FIFO and non-DPA modes—synchronous to coreclock.
  • Soft-CDR mode—each channel has parallel data synchronous to its rx_divfwdclk.
rx_bitslip_max N Output Control
  • Bit slip rollover signal.
  • High when the next assertion of rx_bitslip_ctrl resets the serial bit latency to 0.

coreclock

1 Output Clock
  • Core clock for RX interfaces provided by the LVDS SERDES Intel® FPGA IP.
  • Applicable in Non-DPA and DPA-FIFO modes only.
rx_divfwdclk N Output Clock

The per channel and divided clock with the ideal DPA phase.

  • This is the recovered slow clock for a given channel.
  • Applicable in soft-CDR mode only.

The rx_divfwdclk signals may not be edge-aligned with each other because each channel may have a different ideal sampling phase. Each rx_divfwdclk must drive the core logic with data from the same channel.

rx_dpa_locked N Output Control

Asserted when the DPA block selects the ideal phase.

  • Driven by the LVDS SERDES IP.
  • Asserts when the signal settles on an ideal phase for that given channel.
  • Deasserts when the DPA moves two phases in the same direction.
  • Applicable in DPA-FIFO and soft-CDR modes only.

Ignore all toggling of the rx_dpa_locked signal after rx_dpa_hold asserts.

Table 23.   LVDS SERDES IP TX SignalsIn this table, N represents the LVDS SERDES interface width and the number of serial channels while J represents the SERDES factor of the interface.
Signal Name Width Direction Type Description
tx_in N×J Input Data

Parallel data from the core.

  • tx_out_p
  • tx_out_n
N Output Data

Serial output data differential pair.

coreclock

1 Output Clock

Drives the core logic feeding the serializer.

Table 24.  External PLL Signals for LVDS SERDES IPFor instructions on setting the frequencies, duty cycles, and phase shifts of the required PLL clocks for external PLL mode, refer to the Clock Resource Summary tab in the IP parameter editor.
Signal Name Width Direction Type Description

ext_outclock_periph[1:0]

2 Input Clock

Fast clock.

  • Used for serial data transfer.
  • Required in all modes.

Connect both ports to the IOPLL Intel® FPGA IP lvds_clk[1:0] ports.

For more information about connecting this port with the signal from the IOPLL Intel® FPGA IP, refer to the related information.

ext_pll_1_outclock2

1 Input Clock
  • Input clock to the LVDS SERDES Intel FPGA IP.
  • Required for RX soft-CDR mode.

ext_phout[7:0]

8 Input Clock
  • Provides the VCO clocks to the DPA circuitry for optimal phase selection.
  • Required for all functional modes

For more information about connecting this port with the signal from the IOPLL IP core, refer to the related information.

ext_phout_periph 1 Input Clock

Input for the single VCO clock routed throughout the periphery.

For more information about connecting this port with the phout_periph signal from the IOPLL IP core, refer to the related information.

ext_pll_locked 1 Input Data

PLL lock signal.

This signal indicates when external PLL is locked. It does not indicate if SERDES is ready for initialization.