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Altera Corporation
Stratix II GX Device Handbook, Volume 2
October 2007
Native Modes
Serial RapidIO physical layer specification defines three line rates:
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1.25 Gbps
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2.5 Gbps
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3.125 Gbps
It also defines two link widths—single-lane (1×) and bonded four-lane
(4×) at each line rate.
Stratix II GX transceivers support only single-lane (1×) configuration at
all three line rates. Four 1× channels configured in Serial RapidIO mode
can be instantiated to achieve a 4× Serial RapidIO link. The four
transmitter channels in this 4× Serial RapidIO link are not bonded. The
four receiver channels in this 4× Serial RapidIO link do not have lane
alignment or deskew capability.
Figure 2–147
shows the ALT2GXB transceiver data path when configured
in Serial RapidIO mode.
Figure 2–147. Serial RapidIO Mode
Stratix II GX transceivers, when configured in Serial RapidIO functional
mode, provide the following PCS and PMA functions:
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8B/10B encoding/decoding
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Word alignment
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Lane Synchronization State Machine
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Clock recovery from the encoded data
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Serialization/deserialization
Transmitter Digital Logic
Receiver Digital Logic
Analog Receiver and
Transmitter Logic
FPGA
Logic
Array
TX Phase
Compensation
FIFO
RX Phase
Compen-
sation
FIFO
Byte
Serializer
8B/10B
Encoder
Serializer
Clock
Recovery
Unit
Word
Aligner
Deskew
FIFO
8B/10B
Decoder
Byte
De-
serializer
Byte
Ordering
Rate
Match
FIFO
De-
serializer