Virtex-5 RocketIO GTP Transceiver User Guide
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Other Minor Differences
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Other Minor Differences
Termination
In Virtex-II Pro devices, the transceivers contain on-chip termination and reference
voltages for VTTX and VTRX. In Virtex-4 devices, the MGTs use a reference resistor to
create the termination circuitry for each MGT column. The Virtex-5 GTP transceiver
simplifies the termination circuitry by providing a calibrated 50
Ω
termination.
shows the termination options for each FPGA generation.
CRC
CRC support has changed over the generations of transceivers.
shows the CRC
support provided by all four transceiver families.
Loopback
The loopback options of the Virtex transceivers have evolved to improve flexibility.
Virtex-II Pro MGTs have two loopback modes, and Virtex-4 MGTs have four loopback
modes.
shows this evolution.
Table A-8:
Termination Options
Termination Virtex-II Pro MGT
Virtex-4 MGT
Virtex-5 GTP
Transceiver
Value
50/75
Ω
50
Ω
50
Ω
Voltage Pins
VTTX/VTRX
VTTX/VTRX
MGTAVTTTX/MGTAVTTRX
Table A-9:
CRC Transceiver Support
Virtex-II Pro
MGT
Virtex-4
MGT
Virtex-5
GTP Transceiver
CRC-32
Independent CRC-32
block supports datapath
from 8 to 64 bits wide.
Independent CRC block supports two CRC-32
calculations over 32-bit datapaths or a single
CRC-32 calculation over a 64-bit datapath.
Table A-10:
Loopback Options
Mode
Virtex-II Pro
MGT
Virtex-4
MGT
Virtex-5 GTP
Transceiver
Parallel Loopback (Tx
→
RX)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Serial Pre-Driver
–
Yes
Yes
Serial Post-Driver
Yes
–
–
Serial Digital Receiver
–
Yes
–
External Data PMA-Only Parallel
Loopback
–
–
Yes
PCI Express Repeater
–
–
Yes