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Transceiver Protocol Configurations in Cyclone V
Devices
2013.10.17
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The dedicated transceiver physical coding sublayer (PCS) and physical medium attachment (PMA) circuitry
supports the following communication protocols.
Table 4-1: Transceiver PCS Features for Cyclone V Devices
Receiver Datapath
Transmitter Datapath
Data Rates (Gbps)
PCS Support
PIPE interface to the PCIe
Hard IP
PIPE (PHY Interface
for the PCIe architec-
ture) interface to the
PCIe Hard IP
2.5, 5
PCI Express
®
(PCIe
®
) Gen1
(x1, x2, and x4) and Gen2 (x1,
x2, and x4)
The same as custom single-
and double-width modes, plus
the rate match FIFO
The same as custom
single- and double-
width modes
1.25, 3.125
Gbps Ethernet (GbE)
Phase compensation FIFO and
byte deserializer
Phase compensation
FIFO and byte
serializer
0.27
(10)
, 1.485, and
2.97
Serial Digital Interface (SDI)
Phase compensation FIFO,
byte deserializer, word aligner,
and 8B/10B decoder
Phase compensation
FIFO, byte serializer,
and 8B/10B encoder
1.5 and 3.0
SATA, SAS
The same as custom single-
and double-width modes, plus
the receiver (RX) deterministic
latency
The same as custom
single- and double-
width modes, plus the
transmitter (TX)
deterministic latency
0.6144, 1.2288,
2.4576, 3.072, 4.9152,
6.144
(11)
Common Public Radio
Interface (CPRI)
(10)
The 0.27 gigabits per second (Gbps) data rate is supported using oversampling user logic that must be
implemented by the user in the FPGA core.
(11)
Cyclone V GT devices support data rates greater than 5.0 Gbps only in CPRI.
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