Chapter 15: Hard IP Reconfiguration and Transceiver Reconfiguration
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Transceiver PHY IP Reconfiguration
November 2012
Altera Corporation
Arria V GZ Hard IP for PCI Express
Transceiver PHY IP Reconfiguration
As silicon progresses towards smaller process nodes, circuit performance is affected
by variations due to process, voltage, and temperature (PVT).
Figure 15–1
shows the
reconfiguration functions required for Gen1, Gen2, and Gen3 variants.
1
You must disable offset cancellation if your design includes CvP.
Connecting the Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller IP Core
You can instantiate this component using the MegaWizard Plug-In Manager or Qsys.
It is available for Arria V GZ devices and can be found in the
Interfaces/Transceiver
PHY
category for the MegaWizard design flow. In Qsys, you can find the Transceiver
Reconfiguration Controller in the
Interface Protocols/Transceiver PHY
category.
When you instantiate your Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller IP core the
Enable
offset cancellation block
option is
On
by default. For Gen3 variants, you should also
turn on adaptive equalization.
Figure 15–1
shows the connections between the Transceiver Reconfiguration
Controller instance and the PHY IP Core for PCI Express instance for a ×4 variant.
Table 15–1. Re
Data Rate
Required Reconfiguration Functions
Gen1 and Gen2
Offset cancellation
Gen3
Offset cancellation and adaptive equalization (AEQ)
Figure 15–1. Altera Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller Connectivity
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reconfig_mgmt_readdata[31:0]
reconfig_mgmt_write
reconfig_mgmt_read
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