1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 8/04/2025
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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP for Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 Devices 2. Getting Started 3. Functional Description 4. Parameter Settings for 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP 5. Interface Signals 6. Configuration Registers 7. Debug Checklist 8. 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs Archives 9. Document Revision History for the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
1. About the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP for Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 Devices x
1.1. Release Information 1.2. Features 1.3. Device Family Support 1.4. Device Speed Grade Support 1.5. Resource Utilization
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Introduction to IP 2.2. Installing and Licensing IPs 2.3. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options 2.4. Generated File Structure 2.5. Simulating IPs 2.6. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design
2.2. Installing and Licensing IPs x
2.2.1. Altera FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.6. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.6.1. Adding the GTS System PLL Clocks IP
3. Functional Description x
3.1. Architecture 3.2. Dynamic Reconfiguration Flow 3.3. Clocking and Reset Sequence 3.4. Timing Constraints 3.5. Operation Speed Switching 3.6. USXGMII 3.7. Fmax Requirement
3.1. Architecture x
3.1.1. 2.5G, 1G/2.5G, 1G/2.5G/10G (MGBASE) 3.1.2. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) 3.1.3. 1G/2.5G/10G MGBASE PCS only
3.2. Dynamic Reconfiguration Flow x
3.2.1. RTL Generation using Dynamic Reconfiguration IP
3.2.1. RTL Generation using Dynamic Reconfiguration IP x
3.2.1.1. Step 1: Generating the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP 3.2.1.2. Step 2: QSF settings and Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) profile assignments 3.2.1.3. Step 3: RTL Generation using Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Tool 3.2.1.4. Step 4: Instantiate the IP top file with the GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller IP
3.3. Clocking and Reset Sequence x
3.3.1. Clocking 3.3.2. Reset Sequence
4. Parameter Settings for 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP x
4.1. Core Configuration 4.2. Analog Parameters
5. Interface Signals x
5.1. Clock Signals 5.2. Reset Signals 5.3. Serial Interface Signals 5.4. Avalon Memory-Mapped Interface Signals 5.5. XGMII Signals 5.6. GMII Signals 5.7. PHY Status Signals 5.8. Transceiver Mode and Operating Speed Signals 5.9. Transceiver Status and Reconfiguration Signals 5.10. GTS Reset Sequencer Signals 5.11. Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller Interface Signals
5.6. GMII Signals x
5.6.1. 1G/2.5G/10G MGBASE PCS Only PMA Interface
6. Configuration Registers x
6.1. Register Map 6.2. PHY Registers
7. Debug Checklist x
7.1. Pre-Debugging Process 7.2. Clock Frequency 7.3. Recommended Reset Handling 7.4. Signals for Signal Tap
1. About the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP for Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 Devices
2. Getting Started
3. Functional Description
4. Parameter Settings for 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP
5. Interface Signals
6. Configuration Registers
7. Debug Checklist
8. 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs Archives
9. Document Revision History for the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

4.1. Core Configuration

Table 16.   1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP Core Parameters
Parameter Value Description
External PHY
Connect to MGBASE-T PHY On, Off Select this option when the external PHY is MGBASE compatible.

This parameter is enabled for 2.5G and 1G/2.5G (MGBASE) modes.
Connect to NBASE-T PHY

On, Off

Select this option when the external PHY is NBASE compatible.

This parameter is enabled for 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) modes.
PHY Options
Speed
  • 2.5G
  • 1G/2.5G
  • 1G/2.5G/10G
  • 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII)
 The operating speed of the PHY.
Ethernet Mode
  • PCS+PMA
  • PCS_only
 Select the ethernet mode, which includes the ethernet blocks corresponding to the mode selected.
  • PCS+PMA mode—supports all MGBASE and NBASE variants.
  • PCS_Only mode—supports only 1G/2.5G/10G MGBASE variant. This mode does not integrate the PMA (GTS Transceiver PHY).
Enable SGMII bridge On, Off Select this parameter to enable SGMII 10-Mbps/100-Mbps/1-Gbps.

You can enable this parameter for 1G/2.5G (MGBASE) mode.
Enable IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol On, Off

Select this parameter for the PHY to provide latency information to the MAC. The MAC requires this information if it enables the IEEE 1588v2 feature.

You can enable this parameter for 2.5G and 1G/2.5G (MGBASE).
Enable GMII8 Adapter On, Off Enable the 8-bit and 16-bit interface adapter at the MAC interface.
PCS Options
PHY ID (32 bit) 32-bit value

An optional 32-bit unique identifier:

  • Bits 3 to 24 of the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) assigned by the IEEE
  • 6-bit model number
  • 4-bit revision number

The default value is 0x00000000.
Transceiver Options
Default transceiver mode

1G (MGBASE)

2.5G (MGBASE)

10G (MGBASE)

10G (NBASE) (USXGMII)

 Default transceiver mode during startup.
PMA reference frequency

156.250000

312.500000

322.265625

 Specify the frequency of the reference clock to PMA from i_clk_ref.

MGBASE supports 156.25 MHz and 312.5 MHz only. NBASE supports all three frequencies.
System PLL Frequency

322.2656 MHz

644.53125 MHz

 Specify the frequency of the System PLL clock. 322.2656 MHz frequency for MGBASE and 644.53125 MHz frequency for NBASE.
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