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Stratix II GX Device Handbook, Volume 2
Stratix II GX Dynamic Reconfiguration
Option 1: Share a Single Transmitter Core Clock Between Transmitters
This option enables the Quartus II software to select channel 0
tx_clkout
of a transceiver block and routes it to itself and three other
channels. This is typically used when all four transmit channels are of the
same mode (and also the same data rate) and switch to another mode.
For example,
Figure 3–24
shows a setup which has all the transmits
configured at 3 Gbps and in the same functional mode. With the dynamic
reconfiguration controller and using the channel reconfiguration feature,
all four channels switch to 1.5 Gbps and vice versa. Option 1 is applicable
in this case and saves clock resources.
Figure 3–24. Option 1: Channel Reconfiguration—Transmit Core Clocking
Option 2: Use Respective Channel Transmitter Core Clocks
This option enables the Quartus II software to select the individual
channel
tx_clkout
signals and route them back through PLD write
clock resources to the TX Phase Comp FIFO. This type of core clocking
configuration is needed when individual transmit channels can switch
modes (basically, each channel switches to a different mode using channel
reconfiguration).
CMU
PLL0
TX1 (3 Gbps)
RX1
TX0 (3 Gbps)
RX0
TX2 (3 Gbps)
RX2
TX3 (3 Gbps)
RX3
CMU
PLL1