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17.12. Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller AEQ Registers
AEQ can be run once to help control the four-stage continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE), which is a manual tool that compensates for backplane losses and dispersion.
The following table lists the direct AEQ registers that you can access using Avalon-MM reads and writes on reconfiguration management interface.
Reconfig Addr | Bits | R/W | Register Name | Description |
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7’h28 | [9:0] | RW | logical channel number | The logical channel number of the AEQ hardware to be accessed. Must be specified when performing dynamic updates. The Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller maps the logical address to the physical address. |
7’h2A | [9] | R | control and status | Error.When asserted, indicates an error. This bit is asserted when the channel address is invalid. |
[8] | R | Busy. When asserted, indicates that a reconfiguration operation is in progress. | ||
[1] | W | Read. Writing a 1 to this bit triggers a read operation. | ||
[0] | W | Write. Writing a 1 to this bit triggers a write operation. | ||
7’h2B | [3:0] | RW | aeq_offset | Specifies the address of the AEQ register to be read or written. Refer to Table 332 for details. |
7’h2C | [15:0] | RW | data | Specifies the read or write data. |
The following table describes the AEQ registers that you can access to change AEQ settings.
Offset | Bits | R/W | Register Name | Description | Default Value |
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0x0 | [8] | R | adapt_done | When asserted, indicates that adaptation has completed. In One-Time Adaptation Mode, AEQ stops searching new EQ settings even if the signal quality of incoming serial data is inadequate. For some extreme cases, when the channel loss is too much for AEQ to compensate, the adapt_done signal may never be asserted. The AEQ engine can take up to 50,000 reconfiguration clock cycles before selecting the final equalization settings. |
1b’0 |
[1:0] | RW | mode | Specifies the following address modes:
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2’b00 | |
0x1 | [3:0] | R | equalization results | This is the value set by the automatic AEQ adaptation performed at startup. If you choose to perform manual equalization using the linear equalizer, you can use this value as a reference. Although automatic and manual equalization do not provide identical functionality, specifying this value enables manual equalization to approximate the original setting. | 4’b0000 |
Refer to Changing Transceiver Settings Using Register-Based Reconfiguration for the procedures you can use to control AEQ.