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Stratix II GX Device Handbook, Volume 2
October 2007
Adaptive Equalization (AEQ)
AEQ Feature Requirements
The following are device requirements for the AEQ feature:
■
Different device families require different silicon revisions, as shown
in
Table 3–21
:
■
The transceiver data rate needs to be > 2.5 Gbps
■
The receive data needs to be 8B/10B encoded.
■
Not available in PCI-Express (PIPE) functional mode (since the
adaptive equalization hardware cannot perform the equalization
process when the receive link is under the
electrical idle
condition)
■
The receiver input signal should have a minimum envelope of
400 mv (differential peak-to-peak). The Quartus II software does not
check for this requirement.
■
AEQ is supported only in device speed grades C3, C4, or I4.
Enabling the AEQ Hardware
The AEQ hardware is available for each transceiver channel in the
Stratix II GX device. To enable the AEQ hardware, select the
Enable
adaptive equalizer control
option in the
Reconfig
page of the ALT2GXB
MegaWizard plug-in Manager (
Figure 3–66
).
Table 3–21. Silicon Revision Requirements for the AEQ Feature
Device Family
Silicon Revision
(1)
2SGX30
Revision A
2SGX60
Revision A
2SGX90
Revision C
2SGX130
Revision B
Note to
Table 3–21
:
(1)
You can identify the silicon revision by looking at the print below the device name
in the device package. The third letter from the left indicates the silicon revision.
For example, the print
AAC9X0607A
(third letter from left,
“C
”) indicates a REV
C silicon.