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5.5. FRL Clocking Scheme
The vid_valid signal at the HDMI TX core qualifies the validity of the data for every clock cycle. Due to the timing consideration on maximum FRL data rate, the transceiver width is set to 40 bits.
In the FRL clock domain, the TX core always processes the data in multiple of 18 bits because of the 16B/18B encoder in the FRL path. The FRL modules can process N (FRL char per clock) FRL characters in parallel. However, the FRL modules always process 8 or 16 FRL characters per clock due to timing considerations.
Hence, frl_clk frequency = (data rate per lane * number of lanes) / (FRL char per clock*18)
- For FRL rates 3–6, all four lanes carry the FRL characters.
- For FRL rates 1 and 2, only 3 lanes carry the FRL characters and 1 lane is unused.
Similarly, in the vid_clk domain, the TX core processes data in multiples of pixels (24 bits) in parallel. You can configure the number of pixels to be processed in parallel through the pixels per clock GUI parameter. However, due to timing consideration and backward compatibility, the IP sets the pixels per clock to 2 when you turn off Support FRL, and to 8 when you turn on Support FRL. Because the actual pixel clock may differ based on different resolutions, you can configure vid_clk to the maximum frequency per the specified link rate according to the following calculation:
vid_clk frequency = max supported pixel clock / pixel per clock
FRL Rate | TX PLL Refclk Frequency (MHz) | TX Clkout (tx_clk) Frequency (MHz) |
Maximum vid_clk Frequency (MHz) | frl_clk Frequency (MHz) | ||
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Intel® Arria® 10/ Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices | Intel Agilex® 7 F-tile Devices | Intel® Arria® 10 Devices | Intel® Stratix® 10/ Intel Agilex® 7 F-tile Devices | |||
1 | 100.00 | 75.00 | 150.00 | 50.00 | 41.665 | 83.33 |
2 | 100.00 | 150.00 | 300.00 | 75.00 | 83.33 | 166.67 |
3 | 100.00 | 150.00 | 300.00 | 120.00 | 83.33 | 166.67 |
4 | 100.00 | 200.00 | 400.00 | 150.00 | 111.11 | 222.22 |
5 | 100.00 | 250.00 | 500.00 | 200.00 | 138.89 | 277.78 |
6 | 100.00 | 300.00 | 600.00 | 225.00 | 166.67 | 333.33 |
TMDS_BIT_CLOCK_RATIO | TMDS Refclk (MHz) | TX PLL Refclk Frequency (MHz) | TX Clkout (tx_clk) Frequency (MHz) | ls_clk Frequency (MHz) | vid_clk Frequency (MHz) | |||||
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Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | |
TMDS_BIT_CLOCK_RATIO = 0 | 25.00 | 100.00 | 25.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 400.00 | 12.50 | 50.00 | 3.13 | 12.5 |
TMDS_BIT_CLOCK_RATIO = 0 | 100.00 | 340.00 | 100.00 | 340.00 | 50.00 | 170.00 | 50.00 | 170.00 | 12.50 | 42.50 |
TMDS_BIT_CLOCK_RATIO = 1 | 85.00 | 150.00 | 85.00 | 150.00 | 170.00 | 300.00 | 170.00 | 300.00 | 42.50 | 75.00 |