F-Tile 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multi-rate Ethernet PHY Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Date 2/23/2022
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6.1. Clock Signals

Table 15.  Clock Signals
Signal Name Direction Width Description
csr_clk Input 1 Clock for the Avalon® memory-mapped control and status interface. Intel recommends 100 to 156.25 MHz for this clock.
xgmii_tx_coreclkin Input 1 TX clock for XGMII logic before phase compensation FIFO. Provides a 312.5 MHz timing reference for the 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) mode.
xgmii_rx_coreclkin Input 1 RX clock for XGMII logic after rate matcher. Provides a 312.5 MHz timing reference for the 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) mode.
tx_pma_clk Input 1 TX clock of soft PCS (interface with F-tile Ethernet Hard IP). Provides a 322.265625 MHz timing reference for the 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) mode.

Tie this signal to o_clk_pll.

rx_pma_clk Input 1 RX clock of soft PCS (interface with F-tile Ethernet Hard IP). Provides a 322.265625 MHz timing reference for the 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) mode.

Tie this signal to o_clk_pll.

o_clk_pll Output 1

322.265625 MHz clock derived from the F-Tile System PLL associated with this Ethernet Port. The frequency is the system PLL frequency divided by 2

Source i_tx_clk_clk and i_rx_clk_clk from o_clk_pll of this or another IP on the same system clock, or a parts per million (ppm)-matched clock of the same frequency. Do not use o_clk_pll until o_sys_pll_locked is asserted.

Refer to Figure 8 for the details on clock connectivity.

i_tx_clk_clk Input 1

322.265625 MHz TX datapath clock.

This signal drives the active TX Interface for the port.

Source this signal from o_clk_pll.

i_rx_clk_clk Input 1

322.265625 MHz RX datapath clock.

This signal drives the active RX Interface for the port.

Source this signal from o_clk_pll.

i_reconfig_clk Input 1 Reconfiguration clock for Avalon® memory-mapped interfaces (The interface uses this clock to access Ethernet reconfiguration and transceiver reconfiguration of the F-tile Ethernet Hard IP). Intel recommends 100 to 156.25 MHz for this clock.
i_clk_ref Input 1 156.25/312.5/322.2656 MHz transceiver reference clock (from F-tile Reference and System PLL Clocks IP). This port connects to a virtual “Link” net that carries no signal.
Note: The i_clk_ref is a virtual signal. In simulation, the signal displays as 0.
i_clk_sys Input 1 644.53125 MHz Ethernet system clock (from F-tile Reference and System PLL Clocks IP).
Note: The i_clk_sys is a virtual signal. In simulation, the signal displays as 0.
i_clk_pll Input 1

This clock drives the internal datapath clock for the port for the case "Enable IEEE 1588 PTP" (Not available in the current Quartus release). Tie this signal to ground.