Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP 2. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet IP Core Parameters 3. Getting Started 4. Functional Description 5. Reset 6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions 7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions 8. Debugging the Link 9. Ethernet Toolkit Overview 10. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives 11. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP Revision History
1. About the Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP x
1.1. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet IP Core Supported Features 1.2. Device Family Support 1.3. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet IP Core Device Speed Grade Support 1.4. Resource Utilization 1.5. Release Information
3. Getting Started x
3.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.2. Specifying the Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet IP Core Parameters and Options 3.3. Simulating the IP Core 3.4. Generated File Structure 3.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 3.6. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet IP Core Testbench 3.7. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA
3.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
3.5.1. Pin Assignments 3.5.2. Adding the Transceiver PLL 3.5.3. Adding the External TX MAC PLL 3.5.4. Placement Settings for the Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Core
3.6. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet IP Core Testbench x
3.6.1. Understanding the Testbench Behavior
4. Functional Description x
4.1. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Core Functional Description 4.2. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission
4.1. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Core Functional Description x
4.1.1. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Core TX MAC Datapath 4.1.2. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Core RX MAC Datapath 4.1.3. Link Fault Signaling Interface 4.1.4. Flow Control
4.1.1. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Core TX MAC Datapath x
4.1.1.1. Frame Padding 4.1.1.2. Preamble Insertion 4.1.1.3. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion
4.1.2. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Core RX MAC Datapath x
4.1.2.1. IP Core Preamble Processing 4.1.2.2. IP Core Strict SFD Checking 4.1.2.3. Length/Type Field Processing 4.1.2.4. RX CRC Checking and Dynamic Forwarding
4.1.2.3. Length/Type Field Processing x
4.1.2.3.1. Length Checking
4.1.4. Flow Control x
4.1.4.1. TX Pause/PFC Flow Control Transmission 4.1.4.2. XON/XOFF Pause Frames
4.2. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission x
4.2.1. Order of Transmission 4.2.2. Bit Order For TX and RX Datapaths
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions x
6.1. TX MAC Interface to User Logic 6.2. RX MAC Interface to User Logic 6.3. TX PCS Interface to User Logic 6.4. RX PCS Interface to User Logic 6.5. Transceivers Signals 6.6. Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals 6.7. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Management Interface 6.8. Miscellaneous Status and Debug Signals 6.9. Reset Signals 6.10. Clocks 6.11. Flow Control Interface
7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions x
7.1. PHY Registers 7.2. TX MAC Registers 7.3. RX MAC Registers 7.4. Statistics Registers
7.4. Statistics Registers x
7.4.1. TX Statistics Registers 7.4.2. RX Statistics Registers
9. Ethernet Toolkit Overview x
9.1. Features
1. About the Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP
2. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet IP Core Parameters
3. Getting Started
4. Functional Description
5. Reset
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions
7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions
8. Debugging the Link
9. Ethernet Toolkit Overview
10. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives
11. Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP Revision History

3.5.2. Adding the Transceiver PLL

Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet IP cores require an external PLL to drive the TX transceiver serial clock, in order to compile and to function correctly in hardware. In many cases, the same PLL can be shared with other transceivers in your design.

Figure 4. PLL Configuration Example for MAC+PCS variantThe TX transceiver PLL is instantiated with an Intel® FPGA ATX PLL IP core. The TX transceiver PLL must always be instantiated outside the Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet IP core.
Figure 5. PLL Configuration for PCS only variant

You can use the IP Catalog to create a transceiver PLL.

  • Select Stratix 10 Transceiver ATX PLL.
  • In the parameter editor, set the following parameter values:
    • PLL output frequency to 5156.25 MHz. The transceiver performs dual edge clocking, using both the rising and falling edges of the input clock from the PLL. Therefore, this PLL output frequency setting supports a 10.3125 Gbps data rate through the transceiver.
    • PLL integer reference clock frequency to 644.53125 MHz.

You must connect the tx_serial_clk input pin of the Low Latency 40G for ASIC Proto Ethernet IP core PHY link to the output port of the ATX PLL.

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