Figure 33:
Transmitted PAM4 Signal Bit Encoding
Ports and Attributes
The following table defines the attributes required for TX Gray encoder control.
Table 41: Gray Encoder Attributes
Attribute
Type
Description
CH[0/1]_TX_PCS_CFG0
16-bit
Reserved.
Bit Name
Address
Description
TX_GRAY_ENDIAN
[13]
In PAM4 mode, this attribute controls transmitted
endianness. In NRZ mode, the default Wizard value must be
used.
1’b0
: Non-inverting.
1’b1
: Inverting.
TX_GRAY_BYP_EN
[12]
In PAM4 mode, this attribute enables Gray encoding. In NRZ
mode, the default Wizard value must be used.
1’b0
: Enables Gray encoding.
1’b1
: Disables Gray encoding.
IMPORTANT! In PAM4 mode, if Gray encoder is enabled for the transmitter, the receiver Gray decoder
should also be enabled for proper data recovery.
TX Pre-Coder
GTM transmitters in Ult devices support pre-coding. Pre-coding can be used to reduce
receiver decision feedback equalization (DFE) error propagation by reducing 1-tap burst error
runs into two errors for every error event.
Chapter 3: Transmitter
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