Appendix: 1G Ethernet BASE-T and BASE-X Using Transceiver
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Appendix: 1G Ethernet BASE-T and BASE-X
Using Transceiver
The PolarFire FPGA family includes multiple embedded low-power, performance-optimized transceivers.
Each transceiver has both the physical medium attachment (PMA), protocol physical coding sub-layer
(PCS) logic, and interfaces to the FPGA fabric. The transceiver has a multi-lane architecture with each
lane natively supporting serial data transmission rates from 250 Mbps to 12.7 Gbps. For more
information, see
UG0677: PolarFire FPGA Transceiver User Guide
.
This section describes how 1G Ethernet BASE-T and BASE-X designs are implemented in PolarFire
FPGAs using the transceivers.
7.1
1G Ethernet BASE-T and BASE-X
page 33 shows the typical FPGA design for 1G Ethernet BASE-T.
Figure 37 •
1G BASE-T Design
page 33 shows the typical FPGA design for 1G Ethernet BASE-X.
Figure 38 •
1G BASE-X Design
1G Ethernet BASE-T
Link
Partner
XCVR
MAC
(CoreTSE/
CoreSGMII)
Mi-V
Soft
Processor
User Interface
Copper
PHY
FPGA Board
FPGA
Auto-negotiation
By PHY
Auto-negotiation By MAC
SGMII
TBI
MDIO Interface
1G Ethernet BASE-X
Link
Partner
XCVR
MAC
(CoreTSE/
CoreSMII)
Mi-V
Soft
Processor
User Interface
Optical SFP
Pluggable
Module
FPGA Board
FPGA
Auto-negotiation By MAC
TBI
SGMII