
Arria V Transceiver Native PHY IP Core
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2015.01.19
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The Arria V Transceiver Native PHY IP Core provides direct access to all control and status signals of the
transceiver channels. Unlike other PHY IP Cores, the Native PHY IP Core does not include an Avalon
Memory-Mapped (Avalon-MM) interface. Instead, it exposes all signals directly as ports. The Arria V
Transceiver Native PHY IP Core provides the following datapaths:
• Standard PCS—When you enable the Standard PCS, you can select the PCS functions and control and
status ports that your transceiver PHY requires.
• PMA Direct—When you select PMA Direct mode, the Native PHY provides direct access to the PMA
from the FPGA fabric; consequently, the latency for transmitted and received data is lower. However,
you must implement any PCS function that your design requires in the FPGA fabric. PMA Direct
mode is supported for Arria V GT, ST, and GZ devices only.
The Native Transceiver PHY does not include an embedded reset controller. You can either design
custom reset logic or incorporate Altera’s “Transceiver PHY Reset Controller IP Core” to implement reset
functionality. The Native Transceiver PHY’s primary use in Arria V GT devices is for data rates greater
than 6.5536 Gbps.
As the following figure illustrates, TX PLL and clock data recovery (CDR) reference clocks from the pins
of the device are input to the PLL module and CDR logic. When enabled, the Standard PCS drives TX
parallel data and receives RX parallel data. In PMA Direct mode, the PMA serializes TX data it receives
from the fabric and drives RX data to the fabric.
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