DisplayPort IP Design Example User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs

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Date 8/15/2025
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2.2. DisplayPort IP Design Example Clock Domains

Figure 7.  Agilex™ 5 DisplayPort Transceiver Clock Domains
Table 7.  Clock Signals
Clock in diagram Description
SysPLL refclk

The GTS System PLL can reference any clock frequency that the System PLL can divide to produce the desired output frequency.

In this design example, system_pll_clk_link and rx/tx refclk_link share the same 150 MHz refclk.

It must be a free running clock which is connected from a dedicated transceiver reference clock pin to the input clock port of System PLL Clocks IP, before connecting the corresponding output port to DisplayPort PHY Top.

Transceiver Refclk The GTS PMA reference clocks must come from a free-running 150 MHz refclk pin. The PMA generates all supported DisplayPort line rates from this clock. This clock pin may be shared with the SystemPLL when enabled.
system_pll_clk_link

The minimum System PLL output frequency to support all DisplayPort rates up to UHBR13.5 is 421.9 MHz.

This design example uses a 700 MHz (highest) output frequency so that SysPLL refclk can be shared with rx/tx refclk_link, which is 150 MHz.

rx_cdr_refclk_link and tx_pll_refclk_link RX CDR and TX PLL Link refclk. Fixed to 150 MHz to support all DisplayPort data rates.
rx_ls_clkout and tx_ls_clkout

DisplayPort Link Speed Clock to clock DisplayPort IP. The frequency is equivalent to Data Rate divided by parallel data width.

Example:

Frequency = data rate / data width

For HBR3:

  • = 8.1G (HBR3) / 40 bits
  • = 202.5 MHz

For UHBR10:

  • = 10G (UHBR10) / 64 bits
  • = 156.25 MHz

For UHBR13.5:

  • = 13G (UHBR13.5) / 64 Bits
  • = 210.94 MHz