V-Series Transceiver PHY IP Core User Guide

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Date 7/26/2022
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11.14. Dynamic Reconfiguration

As silicon progresses towards smaller process nodes, circuit performance is affected more by variations due to process, voltage, and temperature (PVT). These process variations result in analog voltages that can be offset from required ranges. The calibration performed by the dynamic reconfiguration interface compensates for variations due to PVT.

Each channel and each TX PLL have separate dynamic reconfiguration interfaces. The MegaWizard Plug-In Manager provides informational messages on the connectivity of these interfaces. The following example shows the messages for a single duplex channel.

Informational Messages for the Transceiver Reconfiguration Interface

PHY IP will require 2 reconfiguration interfaces for connection to the external reconfiguration controller.

Reconfiguration interface offset 0 is connected to the transceiver channel.

Reconfiguration interface offset 1 is connected to the transmit PLL.

Although you must initially create a separate reconfiguration interface for each channel and TX PLL in your design, when the Intel® Quartus® Prime software compiles your design, it reduces the number of reconfiguration interfaces by merging reconfiguration interfaces. The synthesized design typically includes a reconfiguration interface for at least three channels because three channels share an Avalon-MM slave interface which connects to the Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller IP Core. Conversely, you cannot connect the three channels that share an Avalon-MM interface to different Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller IP Cores. Doing so causes a Fitter error. For more information, refer to Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller to PHY IP Connectivity.

The following table describes the signals in the reconfiguration interface. This interface uses a clock provided by the reconfiguration controller.

Table 161.  Reconfiguration Interface  

Signal Name

Direction

Description

reconfig_to_xcvr [(<n>70)-1:0]

Input

Reconfiguration signals from the Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller. <n> grows linearly with the number of reconfiguration interfaces.

reconfig_from_xcvr [(<n>46)-1:0]

Output

Reconfiguration signals to the Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller. <n> grows linearly with the number of reconfiguration interfaces.

If you are using ×6 or ×N bonding, transceiver dynamic reconfiguration requires that you assign the starting channel number. Logical channel 0 should be assigned to either physical transceiver channel 1 or channel 4 of a transceiver bank. However, if you have already created a PCB with a different lane assignment for logical lane 0, you can use the workaound shown in The following example to remove this restriction. This example redefines the pma_bonding_master parameter using the Intel® Quartus® Prime Assignment Editor. In this example, the pma_bonding_master was originally assigned to physical channel 1. (The original assignment could also have been to physical channel 4.) The to parameter reassigns the pma_bonding_master to the Low Latency PHY instance name. You must substitute the instance name from your design for the instance name shown in quotation marks.

Overriding Logical Channel 0 Channel Assignment Restrictions in Stratix V Devices for ×6 or ×N Bonding

set_parameter -name pma_bonding_master "\"1\"" -to "<low latency phy instance>

|altera_xcvr_low_latency_phy:my_low_latency_phy_inst|sv_xcvr_low_latency_phy_nr:

sv_xcvr_low_latency_phy_nr_inst|sv_xcvr_10g_custom_native:sv_xcvr_10g_custom_native_inst

|sv_xcvr_native:sv_xcvr_native_insts[0].gen_bonded_group_native.sv_xcvr_native_inst"