Agilex™ 7 LVDS SERDES User Guide: F-Series and I-Series
ID
721819
Date
9/05/2024
Public
1. Agilex™ 7 F-Series and I-Series LVDS SERDES Overview
2. Agilex™ 7 F-Series and I-Series LVDS SERDES Architecture
3. Agilex™ 7 F-Series and I-Series LVDS SERDES Transmitter
4. Agilex™ 7 F-Series and I-Series LVDS SERDES Receiver
5. Agilex™ 7 F-Series and I-Series High-Speed LVDS I/O Implementation Guide
6. Agilex™ 7 F-Series and I-Series LVDS SERDES Timing
7. LVDS SERDES Intel® FPGA IP Design Examples
8. Agilex™ 7 F-Series and I-Series LVDS SERDES Design Guidelines
9. Agilex™ 7 F-Series and I-Series LVDS SERDES Troubleshooting Guidelines
10. Documentation Related to the Agilex™ 7 LVDS SERDES User Guide: F-Series and I-Series
11. Document Revision History for the Agilex™ 7 LVDS SERDES User Guide: F-Series and I-Series
6.2.1. Transmitter Channel-to-Channel Skew
The receiver skew margin calculation uses the transmitter channel-to-channel skew (TCCS)—an important parameter based on the FPGA transmitter in a source-synchronous differential interface:
- TCCS is the difference between the fastest and slowest data output transitions, including the TCO variation and clock skew.
- For SERDES transmitters, the Timing Analyzer provides the TCCS value in the TCCS report (report_TCCS) in the Quartus® Prime compilation report. The TCCS report lists the TCCS values for serial output ports.
- You can also get the TCCS value from the device datasheet.
Perform PCB trace compensation to adjust the trace length of each SERDES channel to improve channel-to-channel skew when interfacing with non-DPA receivers at data rate above 840 Mbps.
The Quartus® Prime Fitter report lists the amount of delay you must add to each trace.
The Transmitter/Receiver Package Skew Compensation report lists the recommended trace delay numbers. Using these numbers, you can manually compensate the skew on the PCB board trace to reduce the channel-to-channel skew and meet the timing budget between the SERDES channels.