F-Tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide
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1/24/2025
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1. F-Tile Overview
2. F-Tile Architecture
3. Implementing the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP
4. Implementing the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP
5. F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Implementation
6. Supported Tools
7. Debugging F-Tile Transceiver Links
8. F-Tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide Archives
9. Document Revision History for the F-Tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide
A. Appendix
2.1.1. FHT and FGT PMAs
2.1.2. 400G Hard IP and 200G Hard IP
2.1.3. PMA Data Rates
2.1.4. FEC Architecture
2.1.5. PCIe* Hard IP
2.1.6. Bonding Architecture
2.1.7. Deskew Logic
2.1.8. Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB)
2.1.9. IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol for Ethernet
2.1.10. Clock Networks
2.1.11. Reconfiguration Interfaces
2.2.1. PMA-to-Fracture Mapping
2.2.2. Determining Which PMA to Map to Which Fracture
2.2.3. Hard IP Placement Rules
2.2.4. IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol Placement Rules
2.2.5. Topologies
2.2.6. FEC Placement Rules
2.2.7. Clock Rules and Restrictions
2.2.8. Bonding Placement Rules
2.2.9. Preserving Unused PMA Lanes
2.2.2.1. Implementing One 200GbE-4 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FHT
2.2.2.2. Implementing One 200GbE-2 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FHT
2.2.2.3. Implementing One 100GbE-1 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FHT
2.2.2.4. Implementing One 100GbE-4 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FGT
2.2.2.5. Implementing One 10GbE-1 Interface with 200G Hard IP and FGT
2.2.2.6. Implementing Three 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT
2.2.2.7. Implementing One 50GbE-1 and Two 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT
2.2.2.8. Implementing One 100GbE-1 and Two 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT
2.2.2.9. Implementing Two 100GbE-1 and One 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT
2.2.2.10. Implementing 100GbE-1, 100GbE-2, and 50GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT
3.1. F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP Overview
3.2. Designing with F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP
3.3. Configuring the IP
3.4. Signal and Port Reference
3.5. Bit Mapping for PMA and FEC Mode PHY TX and RX Datapath
3.6. Clocking
3.7. Custom Cadence Generation Ports and Logic
3.8. Asserting Reset
3.9. Bonding Implementation
3.10. Independent Port Configurations
3.11. Configuration Registers
3.12. Configurable Quartus® Prime Software Settings
3.13. Configuring the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP for Hardware Testing
3.14. Hardware Configuration Using the Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface
3.3.1. General and Common Datapath Options
3.3.2. TX Datapath Options
3.3.3. RX Datapath Options
3.3.4. RS-FEC (Reed Solomon Forward Error Correction) Options
3.3.5. Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Options
3.3.6. Register Map IP-XACT Support
3.3.7. Example Design Generation
3.3.8. Analog Parameter Options
3.4.1. TX and RX Parallel and Serial Interface Signals
3.4.2. TX and RX Reference Clock and Clock Output Interface Signals
3.4.3. Reset Signals
3.4.4. RS-FEC Signals
3.4.5. Custom Cadence Control and Status Signals
3.4.6. TX PMA Control Signals
3.4.7. RX PMA Status Signals
3.4.8. TX and RX PMA and Core Interface FIFO Signals
3.4.9. PMA Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Signals
3.4.10. Datapath Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Signals
3.5.1. Parallel Data Mapping Information
3.5.2. TX and RX Parallel Data Mapping Information for Different Configurations
3.5.3. Example of TX Parallel Data for PMA Width = 8, 10, 16, 20, 32 (X=1)
3.5.4. Example of TX Parallel Data for PMA width = 64 (X=2)
3.5.5. Example of TX Parallel Data for PMA width = 64 (X=2) for FEC Direct Mode
3.8.1. Reset Signal Requirements
3.8.2. Power On Reset Requirements
3.8.3. Reset Signals—Block Level
3.8.4. Reset Signals—Descriptions
3.8.5. Status Signals—Descriptions
3.8.6. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX
3.8.7. Run-time Reset Sequence—RX
3.8.8. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX + RX
3.8.9. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX with FEC
4.1. IP Parameters
4.2. IP Port List
4.3. Mode of System PLL - System PLL Reference Clock and Output Frequencies
4.4. Guidelines for F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP Usage
4.5. Guidelines for Refclk #i is Active At and After Device Configuration
4.6. Guidelines for Obtaining the Lock Status and Resetting the FGT and FHT TX PLLs
5.1. Implementing the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design
5.2. Instantiating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP
5.3. Implementing a RS-FEC Direct Design in the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP
5.4. Instantiating the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP
5.5. Enabling Custom Cadence Generation Ports and Logic
5.6. Connecting the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design IP
5.7. Simulating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design
5.8. F-Tile Interface Planning
7.2.1. Modifying the Design to Enable F-Tile Transceiver Debug
7.2.2. Programming the Design into an Intel FPGA
7.2.3. Loading the Design to the Transceiver Toolkit
7.2.4. Creating Transceiver Links
7.2.5. Running BER Tests
7.2.6. Running Eye Viewer Tests
7.2.7. Running Link Optimization Tests
7.2.8. Checking FEC Statistics
7.2.9. Vertical Bathtub Curve Measurements (VBCM) Data
3.13. Configuring the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP for Hardware Testing
This section details the steps you should follow to configure the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP in order to bring-up the FHT or FGT PMA for hardware testing using System Console in the Quartus® Prime software. You can configure the PMA analog settings to enable functions such as serial loopback, PRBS generators and checkers, to modify TX equalizer settings, and BER measurements.
You can instantiate two Avalon® memory-mapped interfaces for duplex, simplex TX, and simplex RX designs:
- Connect Avalon® memory-mapped interface 1 to the Datapath Avalon® memory-mapped interface.
- Connect Avalon® memory-mapped interface 2 to the PMA Avalon® memory-mapped interface.
You can instantiate four Avalon® memory-mapped Interfaces for dual simplex designs, where you place the simplex TX and simplex RX IPs at the same transceiver location:
- Connect Avalon® memory-mapped interface 1 to the Datapath Avalon® memory-mapped interface of the simplex TX IP.
- Connect Avalon® memory-mapped interface 2 to the PMA Avalon® memory-mapped interface of the simplex TX IP.
- Connect Avalon® memory-mapped interface 3 to the Datapath Avalon® memory-mapped interface of the simplex RX IP.
- Connect Avalon® memory-mapped interface 4 to the PMA Avalon® memory-mapped interface of the simplex RX IP.
Note:
- The Avalon® memory-mapped interface 1 and 3 can access the Datapath Avalon® memory-mapped interfaces of both simplex TX and RX IPs.
- The Avalon® memory-mapped interface 2 and 4 can access the PMA Avalon® memory-mapped interfaces of both simplex TX and RX IPs.
You can choose either of the following methods to access the PMA registers via JTAG using System Console: