Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O User Guide

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1. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Overview 2. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Architecture and Features 3. Stratix 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Design Considerations 4. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Implementation Guides 5. LVDS SERDES Intel® FPGA IP References 6. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O User Guide Archives 7. Document Revision History for the Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O User Guide
1. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Overview x
1.1. Intel® Stratix® 10 LVDS SERDES Usage Modes 1.2. Intel® Stratix® 10 LVDS Channels Support 1.3. Intel® Stratix® 10 GPIO Banks, SERDES, and DPA Locations
2. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Architecture and Features x
2.1. Intel® Stratix® 10 LVDS SERDES I/O Standards Support 2.2. LVDS Transmitter Programmable I/O Features 2.3. SERDES Circuitry 2.4. Differential Transmitter in Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices 2.5. Differential Receiver in Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices
2.2. LVDS Transmitter Programmable I/O Features x
2.2.1. Programmable Pre-Emphasis 2.2.2. Programmable Differential Output Voltage
2.4. Differential Transmitter in Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices x
2.4.1. Transmitter Blocks in Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices 2.4.2. Serializer Bypass for DDR and SDR Operations
2.5. Differential Receiver in Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices x
2.5.1. Receiver Blocks in Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices 2.5.2. Receiver Modes in Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices
2.5.1. Receiver Blocks in Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices x
2.5.1.1. DPA Block 2.5.1.2. Synchronizer 2.5.1.3. Data Realignment Block (Bit Slip) 2.5.1.4. Deserializer
2.5.2. Receiver Modes in Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices x
2.5.2.1. Non-DPA Mode 2.5.2.2. DPA Mode 2.5.2.3. Soft-CDR Mode
3. Stratix 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Design Considerations x
3.1. PLLs and Clocking for Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices 3.2. Source-Synchronous Timing Budget 3.3. Guideline: LVDS SERDES IP Core Instantiation 3.4. Guideline: LVDS SERDES Pin Pairs for Soft-CDR Mode 3.5. Guideline: LVDS Transmitters and Receivers in the Same I/O Bank 3.6. Guideline: LVDS SERDES Limitation for Intel® Stratix® 10 GX 400, SX 400, and TX 400
3.1. PLLs and Clocking for Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices x
3.1.1. Clocking Differential Transmitters 3.1.2. Clocking Differential Receivers 3.1.3. Guideline: LVDS Reference Clock Source 3.1.4. Guideline: Use PLLs in Integer PLL Mode for LVDS 3.1.5. Guideline: Use High-Speed Clock from PLL to Clock LVDS SERDES Only 3.1.6. Guideline: Pin Placement for Differential Channels 3.1.7. LVDS Interface with External PLL Mode
3.1.6. Guideline: Pin Placement for Differential Channels x
3.1.6.1. PLLs Driving Differential Transmitter Channels 3.1.6.2. PLLs Driving DPA-Enabled Differential Receiver Channels 3.1.6.3. PLLs Driving DPA-Enabled Differential Receiver and Transmitter Channels in LVDS Interface Spanning Multiple I/O Banks
3.1.7. LVDS Interface with External PLL Mode x
3.1.7.1. IOPLL IP Core Signal Interface with LVDS SERDES IP Core 3.1.7.2. IOPLL Parameter Values for External PLL Mode 3.1.7.3. Connection between IOPLL IP Core and LVDS SERDES IP Core in External PLL Mode
3.2. Source-Synchronous Timing Budget x
3.2.1. Differential Data Orientation 3.2.2. Differential I/O Bit Position 3.2.3. Transmitter Channel-to-Channel Skew 3.2.4. Receiver Skew Margin for Non-DPA Mode
3.2.2. Differential I/O Bit Position x
3.2.2.1. Differential Bit Naming Conventions
3.2.4. Receiver Skew Margin for Non-DPA Mode x
3.2.4.1. RSKM Equation 3.2.4.2. Example: RSKM Calculation
3.5. Guideline: LVDS Transmitters and Receivers in the Same I/O Bank x
3.5.1. Using the Duplex Feature 3.5.2. Using an External PLL
4. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Implementation Guides x
4.1. LVDS SERDES Intel® FPGA IP 4.2. LVDS SERDES IP Core Initialization and Reset 4.3. LVDS SERDES IP Core Timing 4.4. LVDS SERDES IP Core Design Examples 4.5. IP Migration Flow for Arria® V, Cyclone® V, and Stratix® V Devices
4.1. LVDS SERDES Intel® FPGA IP x
4.1.1. Release Information 4.1.2. LVDS SERDES IP Core Features 4.1.3. LVDS SERDES IP Core Functional Modes 4.1.4. LVDS SERDES IP Core Functional Description
4.1.4. LVDS SERDES IP Core Functional Description x
4.1.4.1. Serializer 4.1.4.2. DPA FIFO 4.1.4.3. Bitslip 4.1.4.4. Deserializer 4.1.4.5. Clock Phase Alignment
4.2. LVDS SERDES IP Core Initialization and Reset x
4.2.1. Initializing the LVDS SERDES IP Core in Non-DPA Mode 4.2.2. Initializing the LVDS SERDES IP Core in DPA Mode 4.2.3. Resetting the DPA 4.2.4. Word Boundaries Alignment
4.2.4. Word Boundaries Alignment x
4.2.4.1. Aligning Word Boundaries
4.3. LVDS SERDES IP Core Timing x
4.3.1. I/O Timing Analysis 4.3.2. FPGA Timing Analysis 4.3.3. Timing Analysis for the External PLL Mode 4.3.4. Timing Closure Guidelines for Internal FPGA Paths 4.3.5. Guideline: Use Clock Phase Alignment Block to Improve Timing Closure
4.3.1. I/O Timing Analysis x
4.3.1.1. Obtaining RSKM Report 4.3.1.2. Obtaining TCCS Report
4.4. LVDS SERDES IP Core Design Examples x
4.4.1. LVDS SERDES IP Core Synthesizable Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Examples 4.4.2. LVDS SERDES IP Core Simulation Design Example 4.4.3. Combined LVDS SERDES IP Core Transmitter and Receiver Design Example 4.4.4. LVDS SERDES IP Core Dynamic Phase Shift Design Example
4.5. IP Migration Flow for Arria® V, Cyclone® V, and Stratix® V Devices x
4.5.1. Migrating Your ALTLVDS_TX and ALTLVDS_RX IP Cores
5. LVDS SERDES Intel® FPGA IP References x
5.1. LVDS SERDES IP Core Parameter Settings 5.2. LVDS SERDES IP Core Signals 5.3. Comparison of LVDS SERDES Intel® FPGA IP with Stratix® V SERDES
5.1. LVDS SERDES IP Core Parameter Settings x
5.1.1. LVDS SERDES IP Core General Settings 5.1.2. LVDS SERDES IP Core PLL Settings 5.1.3. LVDS SERDES IP Core Receiver Settings 5.1.4. LVDS SERDES IP Core Transmitter Settings 5.1.5. LVDS SERDES IP Core Clock Resource Summary
5.1.3. LVDS SERDES IP Core Receiver Settings x
5.1.3.1. Receiver Input Clock Parameters Setup
5.1.4. LVDS SERDES IP Core Transmitter Settings x
5.1.4.1. Setting the Transmitter Output Clock Parameters
1. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Overview
2. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Architecture and Features
3. Stratix 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Design Considerations
4. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O Implementation Guides
5. LVDS SERDES Intel® FPGA IP References
6. Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O User Guide Archives
7. Document Revision History for the Intel® Stratix® 10 High-Speed LVDS I/O User Guide

4.3. LVDS SERDES IP Core Timing

Use the Intel® Quartus® Prime software to generate the required timing constraint to perform proper timing analysis of the LVDS SERDES IP core in Intel® Stratix® 10 devices.
Table 21.   LVDS SERDES IP Core Timing Components
Timing Component Description
Source Synchronous Paths The source synchronous paths are paths where clock and data signals are passed from the transmitting devices to the receiving devices. For example:
  • FPGA/LVDS/TX to external receiving device transmitting
  • External transmitting device to FPGA/non-DPA mode/LVDS/RX receiving path
Dynamic Phase Alignment Paths A DPA block registers the I/O capture paths in soft-CDR and DPA-FIFO modes. The DPA block dynamically chooses the best phase from the PLL VCO clocks to latch the input data.
Internal FPGA Paths

The internal FPGA paths are the paths inside the FPGA fabric:

  • LVDS RX hardware to core registers paths
  • Core registers to LVDS TX hardware paths
  • Others core registers to core registers path

The Timing Analyzer reports the corresponding timing margins.

Table 22.   LVDS SERDES Timing Constraint FilesThis table lists the timing files generated by the LVDS SERDES IP core. Use these files for successful timing analysis of the LVDS SERDES IP core. You can find these files in the <variation_name> directory.
File Name Description
<variation_name>_altera_lvds_core20_<quartus_version>_<random_id>.sdc

This .sdc file allows the Intel® Quartus® Prime Fitter to optimize timing margins with timing-driven compilation. The file also allows the Timing Analyzer to analyze the timing of your design.

The IP core uses the .sdc for the following operations:

  • Creating clocks on PLL inputs
  • Creating generated clocks
  • Calling derive_clock_uncertainty
  • Creating proper multi-cycle constraints

You can locate this file in the .qip generated during IP generation.

sdc_util.tcl This .tcl file is a library of functions and procedures that the .sdc uses.
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