Figure 6-5: Reverse Serial Pre-CDR Loopback Datapath
Transmitter PCS
Note: Grayed-out blocks are not active when the reverse serial pre-CDR loopback is enabled.
Transmitter PMA
Receiver PMA
Receiver PCS
FPGA
Fabric
Byte
Ordering
RX
Phase
Compensation
FIFO
Byte
Deserializer
8B/10B
Decoder
Rate
Match
FIFO
Word
Aligner
Deserializer
CDR
TX
Phase
Compensation
FIFO
Byte
Serializer
8B/10B
Encoder
TX
Bit
Slip
Serializer
rx_serial_data
tx_serial_data
Reverse Serial
Pre-CDR
Loopback
Datapath
Related Information
Altera Transceiver PHY IP Core User Guide
Document Revision History
The table below lists the revision history for this chapter.
Table 6-1: Document Revision History
Changes
Version
Date
• Added the Forward Parallel Loopback topic.
• Updated the Reverse Serial Loopback topic.
• Updated the Reverse Serial Pre-CDR Loopback topic.
• Added link to the known document issues in the Knowledge Base.
2013.05.06
May 2013
• Reorganized content and updated template.
• Minor updates for the Quartus II software version 12.1.
2012.11.19
November 2012
Initial release.
1.0
June 2012
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Transceiver Loopback Support
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Document Revision History
CV-53006
2013.05.06