Table 1-18: Word Aligner Operations in Manual Alignment Mode
Word Alignment Operation
PMA–PCS
Interface Width
(bits)
PCS Mode
1. After the
rx_digitalreset
signal deasserts, a 0-to-1
transition on the
rx_enapatternalign
register triggers the
word aligner to look for the predefined word alignment pattern in
the received data stream and automatically synchronize to the new
word boundary.
2. Any alignment pattern found thereafter in a different word
boundary does not cause the word aligner to resynchronize to this
new word boundary because there is a lack of a preceding 0-to-1
transition on the
rx_enapatternalign
register.
3. To resynchronize to the new word boundary, create a 0-to-1
transition in the
rx_enapatternalign
register.
4. If you set the
rx_enapatternalign
register to 1 before the
deassertion of the
rx_digitalreset
signal, the word aligner
updates the word boundary when the first alignment pattern is
found, even though a 0-to-1 transition was not explicitly generated.
5. To resynchronize to the new word boundary, create a 0-to-1
transition to the
rx_enapatternalign
register.
6. When the word aligner synchronized to the new word boundary,
the
rx_patterndetect
and
rx_syncstatus
signals will
assert for one parallel clock cycle.
8
Single Width
1. After the
rx_digitalreset
signal deasserts, setting the
rx_
enapatternalign
register to 1 triggers the word aligner to
look for the predefined word alignment pattern, or its complement
in the received data stream, and automatically synchronize to the
new word boundary.
2. Any alignment pattern found thereafter in a different word
boundary causes the word aligner to resynchronize to this new
word boundary if the
rx_enapatternalign
register remains
set to 1.
3. If you set the
rx_enapatteralign
register to 0, the word
aligner maintains the current word boundary even when it finds
the alignment pattern in a new word boundary.
4. When the word aligner synchronized to the new word boundary,
the
rx_patterndetect
and
rx_syncstatus
signals will
assert for one parallel clock cycle.
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Transceiver Architecture in Cyclone V Devices
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Word Aligner in Manual Alignment Mode
CV-53001
2013.05.06