GTS Transceiver PHY User Guide

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Date 7/08/2024
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2.4. PCS Architecture

The PCS supports the following features:
  • IEEE 802.3 compliant Clause 49 PCS layer for each transceiver channel
  • 64/66b encoding and decoding functions, data scrambling and word aligner
You can bypass the PCS layer and drive scrambled data directly into the FEC. The following table lists the supported features for the different PCS direct modes.
Table 10.  PCS Direct Supported Modes
Supported Modes TX RX
MII Encoder Scrambler Word Aligner MII Decoder Descrambler
IEEE (No FEC/Firecode) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IEEE (RS-FEC) Yes Yes No Yes Yes
IEEE_FLEXE_66 (No FEC/Firecode) No Yes Yes No Yes
IEEE_FLEXE_66 (RS-FEC) No Yes No No Yes
PCS66 (No FEC/Firecode) No No Yes No No
PCS66 (RS-FEC) No No No No No
PCS BYPASS No No No No No