5–2
Chapter 5: Interlaken PHY IP Core
Device Family Support
Altera Transceiver PHY IP Core
March 2012
Altera Corporation
User Guide
■
Lane-based CRC32
■
Disparity DC balancing
f
For more detailed information about the Interlaken transceiver channel datapath,
clocking, and channel placement, refer to the “
Interlaken
” section in the
Transceiver
Protocol Configurations in Stratix V Devices
chapter of the
Stratix V Device Handbook
.
f
Refer to
PHY IP Design Flow with Interlaken for Stratix V Devices
for a reference design
that implements the Interlaken protocol in a Stratix V device.
Device Family Support
IP cores provide either final or preliminary support for target Altera device families.
These terms have the following definitions:
■
Final support—V
erified with final timing models for this device.
■
Preliminary support
—Verified with preliminary timing models for this device.
Table 5–1
shows the level of support offered by the Interlaken PHY IP core for Altera
device families
Parameter Settings
To configure the Interlaken PHY IP core in the parameter editor,
c
lick I
nstalled
Plug-Ins
>
Interfaces > Interlaken > Interlaken PHY v11.1
. The Interlaken PHY IP
core is only available when you select the
Stratix V
device family.
General Options
Table 5–2
describes the parameters that you can set on the
General
tab.
Table 5–1. Device Family Support
Device Family
Support
Stratix V devices–Hard PCS + PMA
Preliminary
Other device families
Not supported
Table 5–2. General Option (Part 1 of 2)
Parameter
Value
Description
Device family
S
tr
a
t
ix V
Specifies the device family.
Da
t
apa
t
h mode
Duplex
,
RX
,
TX
Specifies the mode of operation as
Duplex
,
RX
,
or
TX
mode.
Lane
r
a
t
e
3125 Mbps
5000 Mbps
6250 Mbps
6375 Mbps
10312.5 Mbps
Specifies the link bandwidth. The
Inpu
t
clock f
r
equency
and
Base
da
t
a
r
a
t
e
parameters update automatically based on the
Lane
r
a
t
e
you specify; however, you can change these default values.
Numbe
r
of lanes
1–24
Specifies the number of lanes in a link over which data is striped.
Me
t
af
r
ame leng
t
h in
wo
r
ds
5–8191
Specifies the number of words in a metaframe. The default value
is 2048.