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8.4. Clocking Scheme of MAC with 2XTBI PCS and Embedded PMA
- 2XTBI PCS runs on 125 MHz and 62.5 MHz clocks while the same 125 MHz clock is used by MAC.
- The 125 MHz and 62.5 MHz clocks must be synchronous, in which their rising edges must align and must have 0 ppm and phase shift.
- The F-tile Direct PHY are the embedded PMAs in this variant. The tx_clkout and rx_clkout on the F-tile Direct PHY are used as clock sources for 2XTBI PCS tbi2x_tx_clk and tbi2x_rx_clk.
- Logic is implemented in the PCS block for clock rate matching by default regardless whether the ENABLE_SGMII option is selected. Therefore, the 125 MHz and 62.5 MHz clocks do not need to be at 0 ppm in comparison with tx_clkout and rx_clkout, which are usually provided by external SERDES.
- The F-tile Direct PHY transceivers are driven by the 156.25 MHz clock.
- The reference clock input to the F-tile Direct PHY, tx_pll_refclk_link and rx_cdr_refclk_link, should be driven by the 156.25 MHz system PLL output.
Clocks | Configurations 17 | |
---|---|---|
MAC and 2XTBI PCS with PMA | 2XTBI PCS Only | |
clk | Yes | N/A |
reg_clk | No | Yes |
ff_tx_clk | Yes | N/A |
ff_rx_clk | Yes | N/A |
tx_clk_125 | Yes | Yes |
rx_clk_125 | Yes | Yes |
tx_clk_62_5 | Yes | Yes |
rx_clk_62_5 | Yes | Yes |
tbi2x_tx_clk | No | Yes |
tbi2x_rx_clk | No | Yes |
tx_pll_refclk_link 18 | Yes | N/A |
rx_cdr_refclk_link 18 | Yes | N/A |
Notes to Clock Connectivity in MAC with 2XTBI PCS and Embedded PMA (F-Tile):
- Intel® recommends that the rx_clk_125, tx_clk_125, rx_clk_62_5, and tx_clk_62_5 share the same clock source.
- Therefore, Intel® recommends you use one IOPLL with two output clocks to get the 125 MHz and 62.5 MHz clocks and connect to both the TX and RX datapaths.
- rx_clkout and tx_clkout are output clocks generated by the F-tile transceiver Direct PHY and internally connected to tbi2x_rx_clk and tbi2x_tx_clk in the variant MAC with 2XTBI and embedded PMA.
- The reg_clk clock is internally connected to clk in the variant MAC with 2XTBI and embedded PMA. Refer to Register Interface Signals for more information about reg_clk.
- Intel recommends 156.25 MHz frequency for this clock source when the F-tile Reference and System PLL Clocks is used to drive the Triple-Speed Ethernet IP only.
No indicates that the clock is not visible at the top-level design.
N/A indicates that the clock is not applicable for the given configuration.