Intel Stratix 10 L- and H-Tile Transceiver PHY User Guide

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UG-20055 | 2018.10.23

Overview

Intel^® Stratix^® 10 devices offer up to 144 transceivers with integrated advanced high-speed analog signal conditioning and clock data recovery circuits for chip-to-chip, chip-to-module, and backplane applications.

The Intel^® Stratix^® 10 devices contain a combination of GX, GXT, or GXE channels, in addition to the hardened IP blocks for PCI Express* and Ethernet applications.

The Intel^® Stratix^® 10 device introduces several transceiver tile variants to support a wide variety of protocol implementations. These transceiver tile variants are L-Tiles, H-Tiles, and E-Tiles. This user guide describes both the L- and H-Tile transceivers.

Table 1. Transceiver Tile Variants—Comparison of Transceiver Capabilities
Feature	GX/SX L-Tile Transceivers	GX/SX H-Tile Transceivers	TX/MX E-Tile and H-Tile Transceivers
Maximum Datarate (Chip-to-chip)	GX ¹—17.4 Gbps	GX—17.4 Gbps GXT—28.3 Gbps	GXE—57.8 Gbps Pulse Amplitude Modulation-4 (PAM-4)	GXE—30 Gbps Non-return to zero (NRZ)
Maximum Datarate (Chip-to-chip)	GXT ¹—26.6 Gbps
Maximum Datarate (Backplane)	GX and GXT—12.5 Gbps
Maximum Channels	96 GX channels/device 32 GXT channels/device (eight per tile)	96 GX channels/device 64 GXT channels/device (16 per tile)	144 GX channels/device 16 GXT channels/device 60 GXE channels/device (PAM-4 @ 56 Gbps) or 120 channels/device (PAM-4 @ 30 Gbps)	144 GX channels/device 30 GXT channels/device 120 GXE channels/device (NRZ @ 30 Gbps)
Hard IP	PCIe Gen3 x16 up to four per device	50/100GbE MAC up to four per device PCIe Gen3 x16 up to four per device SR-IOV (four PF/2K VF)	100GbE MAC & RS (528, 514)-FEC up to 20 per device 10/25GbE MAC and RS (528, 514)-FEC up to 120 per device KP-FEC, up to 20 per device PCIe Gen3 x16 up to 2 per device (H-Tile only) SR- IOV (4 PF 2K VF each device – H-Tile only)

In all Intel^® Stratix^® 10 devices, the various transceiver tiles connect to the FPGA fabric using Intel EMIB (Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge) technology.

¹ Refer to the L-Tile/H-Tile Building Blocks section for further descriptions of GX and GXT channels.

L-Tile/H-Tile Layout in Intel Stratix 10 Device Variants

Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX/SX device variants support both L- and H-Tiles. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 TX and MX device variants support both H- and E-Tiles. Packages that support L-Tile only and H-Tile only also support pin migration.

Intel^® Stratix^® 10 devices are offered in a number of different configurations based on layout. There is a maximum of six possible locations for a tile. The following figure maps these layouts to the corresponding transceiver tiles and banks.

Figure 1. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 Tile Layout

Intel Stratix 10 GX/SX H-Tile Configurations

The Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX FPGAs meet the high-performance demands of high-throughput systems with up to 10 teraflops (TFLOPS) of floating-point performance. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX FPGAs also provide transceiver support up to 28.3 Gbps for chip-module, chip-to-chip, and backplane applications.

The Intel^® Stratix^® 10 SX SoCs features a hard processor system with 64 bit quad-core ARM* Cortex*-A53 processor available in all densities, in addition to all the features of Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX devices.

Figure 2. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX/SX Device with 1 H-Tile (24 Transceiver Channels)

Figure 3. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX/SX Device with 2 H-Tiles (48 Transceiver Channels)

Figure 4. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX/SX Device with 2 H-Tiles (48 Transceiver Channels)

Figure 5. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX/SX Device with 4 H-Tiles (96 Transceiver Channels)

Intel Stratix 10 TX H-Tile and E-Tile Configurations

The Intel^® Stratix^® 10 TX FPGAs deliver the most advanced transceiver capabilities in the industry by combining H-Tile and E-Tile transceivers.

Figure 6. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 TX Device with 1 E-Tile (top right) and 2 H-Tiles (72 Transceiver Channels)

Figure 7. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 TX Device with 3 E-Tiles and 1 H-Tile (96 Transceiver Channels)

Figure 8. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 TX Device with 5 E-Tiles and 1 H-Tile (144 Transceiver Channels)

Note:

No package migration available between GX/SX and TX device families (H-Tile and E-Tile)
Migration available within GX/SX from L-Tile to H-Tile variants

Intel Stratix 10 MX H-Tile and E-Tile Configurations

The Intel^® Stratix^® 10 MX devices combine the programmability and flexibility of Intel^® Stratix^® 10 FPGAs and SoCs with 3D stacked high-bandwidth memory 2 (HBM2). The DRAM memory tile physically connects to the FPGA using Intel Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) technology.

Figure 9. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 MX Device with 2 H-Tiles (48 Transceiver Channels) and 1 HBM2

Figure 10. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 MX Device with 2 H-Tiles (48 Transceiver Channels) and 2 HBM2

Figure 11. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 MX Device with 4 H-Tiles (96 Transceiver Channels) and Two 4-GByte HBM2

Figure 12. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 MX Device with 4 H-Tiles (96 Transceiver Channels) and Two 8-GByte HBM2

Figure 13. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 MX Device with 3 E-Tiles, 1 H-Tile (96 Transceiver Channels) and 2 HBM2

L-Tile/H-Tile Counts in Intel Stratix 10 Devices and Package Variants

Table 2. L-Tile/H-Tile Counts in Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX/SX Devices (HF35, NF43, UF50, HF55)The number in the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX/SX Device Name column indicates the device's Logic Element (LE) count (in thousands LEs).
Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX/SX Device Name	F1152 HF35 (35x35 mm²)	F1760A NF43 (42.5x42.5 mm²)	F1760C NF43 (42.5x42.5 mm²)	F2397B UF50 (50x50 mm²)	F2912A HF55 (55x55 mm²)
GX 400/ SX 400	1
GX 650/ SX 650	1		2
GX 850/ SX 850		2
GX 1100/ SX 1100		2
GX 1650/ SX 1650		2		4
GX 2100/ SX 2100		2		4
GX 2500/ SX 2500		2		4	1
GX 2800/ SX 2800		2		4	1
GX 4500/ SX 4500					1
GX 5500/ SX 5500					1

Table 3. H- and E-Tile Counts in Intel^® Stratix^® 10 TX Devices (SF48, UF50, YF55)The number in the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 TX Device Name column indicates the device's Logic Element (LE) count (in thousands LEs).
Cell legend: H-Tile count, E-Tile count
Intel^® Stratix^® 10 TX Device Name	F2112B SF48 (47.5x47.5mm²)	F2397C UF50 (50x50 mm²)	F2912B YF55 (55x55 mm²)
TX 1650	2, 1	1, 3	—
TX 2100	2, 1	1, 3	—
TX 2500	2, 1	1, 3	1, 5
TX 2800	2, 1	1, 3	1, 5

Table 4. H- and E-Tile Counts in Intel^® Stratix^® 10 MX Devices (NF43, UF53, UF55)The number in the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 MX Device Name column indicates the device's Logic Element (LE) count (in thousands LEs).
Cell legend: H-Tile count, E-Tile count
Intel^® Stratix^® 10 MX Device Name	F1760A NF43 (42.5x42.5 mm²)	F2597A NF53/UF53 (52.5x52.5 mm²)	F2597B NF53/UF53 (52.5x52.5 mm²)	F2597C NF53/UF53 (52.5x52.5 mm²)	F2912 UF55 (55x55 mm²)
MX 1100	2, 0	—	—	—	—
MX 1650	—	4, 0	—	4, 0	1, 3
MX 2100	—	4, 0	2, 0	4, 0	1, 3

L-Tile/H-Tile Building Blocks

Figure 14. High Level Block Diagram of L-Tile/H-Tile in Intel^® Stratix^® 10 Devices

Transceiver Bank Architecture

Each L-Tile/H-tile transceiver tile contains four transceiver banks. The transceiver channels are grouped into transceiver banks, where each bank has six channels. These six channels are a combination of GX and GXT channels which you can configure in the following ways:

All six channels as GX channels
Channels 0, 1, 3, and 4 as GXT channels. L-Tile supports GXT channels in banks 1 and 3. H-Tile supports GXT channels in banks 0, 1, 2, and 3.
All six channels as a mix of GX and GXT channels; for example, two GX channels and four GXT channels on H-Tile Devices. On L-Tile devices, you can use a maximum of four channels in a bank when any channel is configured as a GXT channel.

Each channel can also run in any of the following operational modes:

Duplex (default)—Specifies a single channel that supports both transmission and reception
Transmitter (TX) Simplex—Specifies a single channel that supports only transmission
Receiver (RX) Simplex—Specifies a single channel that supports only reception

Each transceiver bank contains two Advanced Transmit (ATX) PLLs, two fractional PLLs (fPLL), and two Clock Multiplier Unit (CMU) PLLs.

Figure 15. Transceiver Banks in the L-Tile/H-Tile

Transceiver Channel Types

Each transceiver has a Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) and a Physical Medium Attachment (PMA). Additionally, each transceiver has loopback modes and internal pattern generator and verifier blocks for debugging.

GX Channel

Each GX transceiver channel has four types of PCS blocks that together support continuous datarates up to 17.4 Gbps. The various PCS blocks contain data processing functions such as encoding or decoding, scrambling or descrambling, word alignment, frame synchronization, FEC, and so on.

Figure 16. GX Transceiver Channel in TX/RX Duplex Mode

Table 5. PCS Types Supported by GX Transceiver Channels
PCS Type	L-Tile Production		H-Tile Production
PCS Type	-2 Speed Grade	-3 Speed Grade	-1 Speed Grade	-2 Speed Grades	-3 Speed Grade
Standard PCS	10.81344 Gbps	9.8304 Gbps	10.81344 Gbps	10.81344 Gbps	9.8304 Gbps
Enhanced PCS	17.4 Gbps
PCIe Gen3 PCS	8 Gbps
PCS Direct	17.4 Gbps

Note: Use the L-Tile/H-Tile Transceiver Native PHY Intel^® Stratix^® 10FPGA IP Parameter Editor to determine the datarate limitations of your selected PCS configuration.

Refer to Table 12 for a definition of the PCS Direct mode.

GXT Channel

Each GXT transceiver channel has two types of PCS blocks that together support continuous datarates up to 28.3 Gbps for H-Tile and 26.6 Gbps for L-Tile. Use PCS Direct or Enhanced PCS to implement a GXT channel.

Refer to the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 Device Datasheet for more details on transceiver specifications.

Figure 17. GXT Transceiver Channel in TX/RX Duplex Mode

Table 6. PCS Types Supported by GXT Transceiver Channels
PCS Type	L-Tile Production		H-Tile Production
PCS Type	-2 Speed Grade	-3 Speed Grade	-1 Speed Grade	-2 Speed Grades	-3 Speed Grade
Enhanced PCS	26.6 Gbps	No GXT	28.3 Gbps	26.6 Gbps	No GXT
PCS Direct	26.6 Gbps	No GXT	28.3 Gbps	26.6 Gbps	No GXT

Note: Use the Native PHY IP Parameter Editor to determine the datarate limitations of your selected PCS configuration.

GX and GXT Channel Placement Guidelines

Refer to AN 778: Intel^® Stratix^® 10 Transceiver Usage for detailed information on this section.

GXT Channel Usage

Intel^® Stratix^® 10 L-Tile/H-Tile transceivers support GXT channels.

Table 7. Channel TypesThere are a total of 24 channels available per tile. You can configure them as either GX channels or as a combination of GX and (up to 16) GXT channels provided that the total does not exceed 24. You can use GXT channels as a GX channel, but they are subject to all of the GX channel placement constraints.
Tile	Channel Type	Number of Channels per Tile	Channel Capability
Tile	Channel Type	Number of Channels per Tile	Chip-to-Chip	Backplane
L-Tile	GX	Up to 24	17.4 Gbps	12.5 Gbps
L-Tile	GXT ²	Up to 8	26.6 Gbps	12.5 Gbps
H-Tile	GX	Up to 24	17.4 Gbps
H-Tile	GXT ²	Up to 16	28.3 Gbps	28.3 Gbps

An ATX PLL can serve as the transmit PLL for up to six GXT channels.

Refer to AN 778: Intel^® Stratix^® 10 Transceiver Usage for detailed information about this section.

² If you use GXT channel data rates, the V_{CCR_GXB} and V_{CCT_GXB} voltages must be set to 1.12 V.

PLL and Clock Networks

There are two different types of clock networks to distribute the high speed serial clock to the channels:

Transceiver clock network that supports GX channels and allows a single TX PLL to drive up to 24 bonded channels in a tile.
High Performance clock network that allows a single ATX PLL to drive up to 6 GXT channels in unbonded configurations.

Table 8. Channel Type Supported by Different Clock Networks
Clock Network	Clock Lines	Channel Type Support
Standard	x1, x6, x24	GX
High Performance	PLL Direct Connect	GXT

PLLs

Transceiver Phase-Locked Loops

Each transceiver channel in Intel^® Stratix^® 10 devices has direct access to three types of high performance PLLs:

Advanced Transmit (ATX) PLL
Fractional PLL (fPLL)
Channel PLL / Clock Multiplier Unit (CMU) PLL.

These transceiver PLLs along with the Master or Local Clock Generation Blocks (CGB) drive the transceiver channels.

Advanced Transmit (ATX) PLL

The ATX PLL is the transceiver channel’s primary transmit PLL. It can operate over the full range of supported datarates required for high datarate applications. An ATX PLL supports both integer frequency synthesis and coarse resolution fractional frequency synthesis (when configured as a cascade source).

Fractional PLL (fPLL)

A fractional PLL (fPLL) is an alternate transmit PLL used for generating lower clock frequencies for lower datarate applications. fPLLs support both integer frequency synthesis and fine resolution fractional frequency synthesis. Unlike the ATX PLL, you can also use the fPLL to synthesize frequencies that can drive the core through the FPGA fabric clock networks.

Channel PLL (CMU/CDR PLL)

A channel PLL is located within each transceiver channel. The channel's primary function is clock and data recovery in the transceiver channel when you use the PLL in clock data recovery (CDR) mode. You can use the channel PLLs of channel 1 and 4 as transmit PLLs when configured in clock multiplier unit (CMU) mode. You cannot configure the channel PLLs of channel 0, 2, 3, and 5 in CMU mode; therefore, you cannot use them as transmit PLLs. You cannot use the receiver channel when you use it as a Channel PLL/CMU.

Clock Generation Block (CGB)

Intel^® Stratix^® 10 devices include the following types of clock generation blocks (CGBs):

Master CGB
Local CGB

Transceiver banks have two master CGBs. The master CGB divides and distributes bonded clocks to a bonded channel group. The master CGB also distributes non-bonded clocks to non-bonded channels across the x6/x24 clock network.

Each transceiver channel has a local CGB. The local CGB divides and distributes non-bonded clocks to the corresponding PCS and PMA blocks.

Input Reference Clock Sources

Eight dedicated reference clocks available per transceiver tile
- Two reference clocks per transceiver bank
- You must route multiple copies of reference clocks on the PCB to span beyond a transceiver tile
Reference clock network
- Reference clock network does not span beyond the transceiver tile
- There are two regulated reference clock networks for better performance per tile that any reference clock pin can access
You can use unused receiver pins as additional reference clocks

Note: Unused receiver pins used as reference clocks can only be used within the same tile.

Figure 18. Reference Clock Network

For the best jitter performance, place the reference clock as close as possible to the transmit PLL. Use the reference clock in the same triplet of the bank as the transmit PLL.

Transceiver Clock Network

x1 Clock Lines

The ATX PLL, fPLL, or CMU PLL can access the x1 clock lines. The x1 clock lines allow the TX PLL to drive multiple transmit channels in the same bank in non-bonded mode.

For more information, refer to the x1 Clock Lines section.

x6 Clock Lines

The ATX PLL or fPLL can access the x6 clock lines through the master CGB. The x6 clock lines allow the TX PLL to drive multiple bonded or non-bonded transmit channels in the same bank.

For more information, refer to the x6 Clock Lines section.

x24 Clock Lines

Route the x6 clock lines onto x24 clock lines to allow a single ATX PLL or fPLL to drive multiple bonded or non-bonded transmit channels in multiple banks in an L-/H-Tile.

GXT Clock Network

The GXT Clock Network allows the ATX PLL to drive up to six GXT channels in non-bonded mode.

The top ATX PLL in a bank can drive:

Channels 0, 1, 3, 4 in the bank
Channels 0, 1 in the bank above in the same H-Tile

The bottom ATX PLL in a bank can drive:

Channels 0, 1, 3, 4 in the bank
Channels 3, 4 in the bank below in the same H-Tile

Ethernet Hard IP

100G/50G Ethernet MAC Hard IP

The 100G/50G Ethernet MAC Hard IP block implements an Ethernet stack with MAC and PCS layers, as defined in the www.ieee802.org/3/.

Note: This Hard IP only apples to Intel^® Stratix^® 10 H-Tile devices.

Supported Protocols
- 100G MAC + PCS Ethernet x4 lanes
- 50G MAC + PCS Ethernet x2 lanes
Modes
- MAC + PCS
- PCS only
- PCS66 (encoder/scrambler bypass)
- Loopbacks
- AN/LT with soft logic: dynamic switching

Requires a soft Auto Negotiation / Link Training (AN/LT) logic implemented in the core fabric. Implement the AN/LT logic, or use a MAC IP.

Note:

Auto negotiation (AN) is an exchange in which link partners to determine the highest performance datarate that they both support. Link training (LT) is the process that defines how a receiver (RX) and a transmitter (TX) on a high-speed serial link communicate with each other to tune their PMA settings.

The protocol specifies how to request the link partner TX driver to adjust TX deemphasis, but the standard does not state how or when to adjust receiver equalization. The manufacturer determines how they adjust their receiver equalization. The algorithm for RX settings is different between tiles.

100G Configuration

The Ethernet Hard IP uses 5 channels in the top transceiver bank of the tile. Channels 0, 1, 3 and 4 send or receive data at 25 Gbps. Channel 2 bonds the 4 transceiver channels and it cannot be used for other purposes.

Figure 19. 100G Configuration

50G Configuration

Channel 0 and 1 of the top transceiver bank implement the 50G configuration.

Note:

Auto negotiation (AN) is an exchange in which link partners to determine the highest performance datarate that they both support. Link training (LT) is the exchange to arrive at PMA settings.

Figure 20. 50G Configuration

You can use channels 2-5 in the top bank of the tile when the Ethernet hard IP is configured in 50G mode.

PCIe Gen1/Gen2/Gen3 Hard IP Block

The PCIe Hard IP is an IP block that provides multiple layers of the protocol stack for PCI Express. The Intel^® Stratix^® 10 Hard IP for PCIe is a complete PCIe solution that includes the Transaction, Data Link, and PHY/MAC layers. The Hard IP solution contains dedicated hard logic that connects to the transceiver PHY interface. Each transceiver tile contains a PCIe Hard IP block supporting PCIe Gen1, Gen2, or Gen3 protocols with x1, x2, x4, x8, and x16 configurations. x1, x2, and x4 configurations result in unusable channels. The Hard IP resides at the bottom of the tile, and is 16 channels high. Additionally, the block includes extensible VF (Virtual Functions) interface to enable implementation of up to 2K VFs via the SRIOV-w (Single-Root I/O Virtualization) bridge. The following table and figure show the possible PCIe Hard IP channel configurations, the number of unusable channels, and the number of channels available for other protocols.

Table 9. PCIe Hard IP Channel Configurations Per Transceiver Tile
PCIe Hard IP Configuration	Number of Unusable Channels	Number of Channels Available for Other Protocols
PCIe x1	7	16
PCIe x2	6	16
PCIe x4	4	16
PCIe x8	0	16
PCIe x16	0	8

Figure 21. PCIe Hard IP Channel Configurations Per Transceiver Tile

The table below maps all transceiver channels to PCIe Hard IP channels in available tiles.

Table 10. PCIe Hard IP Channel Mapping Across all Tiles
Tile Channel Sequence	PCIe Hard IP Channel	Index within I/O Bank	Bottom Left Tile Bank Number	Top Left Tile Bank Number	Bottom Right Tile Bank Number	Top Right Tile Bank Number
23	—	5	1F	1N	4F	4N
22	—	4	1F	1N	4F	4N
21	—	3	1F	1N	4F	4N
20	—	2	1F	1N	4F	4N
19	—	1	1F	1N	4F	4N
18	—	0	1F	1N	4F	4N
17	—	5	1E	1M	4E	4M
16	—	4	1E	1M	4E	4M
15	15	3	1E	1M	4E	4M
14	14	2	1E	1M	4E	4M
13	13	1	1E	1M	4E	4M
12	12	0	1E	1M	4E	4M
11	11	5	1D	1L	4D	4L
10	10	4	1D	1L	4D	4L
9	9	3	1D	1L	4D	4L
8	8	2	1D	1L	4D	4L
7	7	1	1D	1L	4D	4L
6	6	0	1D	1L	4D	4L
5	5	5	1C	1K	4C	4K
4	4	4	1C	1K	4C	4K
3	3	3	1C	1K	4C	4K
2	2	2	1C	1K	4C	4K
1	1	1	1C	1K	4C	4K
0	0	0	1C	1K	4C	4K

The PCIe Hard IP block includes extensible VF (Virtual Functions) interface to enable the implementation of up to 2K VFs via the SRIOV-2 (Single-Root I/O Virtualization) bridge.

In network virtualization, single root input/output virtualization or SR-IOV is a network interface that allows the isolation of the PCI Express resources for manageability and performance reasons. A single physical PCI Express is shared on a virtual environment using the SR-IOV specification. The SR-IOV specification offers different virtual functions to different virtual components, such as a network adapter, on a physical server machine.

Overview Revision History

Document Version	Changes
2018.07.06	Made the following changes: Changed the GXT data rate limit for L-Tile to 26.6 Gbps in the "Channel Types" table. Changed the data rate limit for -2 speed grades on both L-Tile and H-Tile to 26.6 Gbps in the "PCS Types Supported by GXT Type Transceiver Channels" table. Clarified the number of reference clocks pins in the "Reference Clock Network" figure. Changed the standard PCS data rates for L-Tile and H-Tile devices in the "PCS Types Supported by GX Transceiver Channels" table. Changed the backplane data rate for L-Tile GX channels in the "Channel Types" table.
2018.03.16	Made the following changes: Added the operational modes description for channels in the "Transceiver Bank Architecture" section. Added PCS Direct to the "GX Transceiver Channel in TX/RX Duplex Mode" figure. Added a cross-reference to the "General and Datapath Parameters" table in the "GX Channel" section. Added PCS Direct to the "PCS Types Supported by GX Type Transceiver Channels" table. Changed the description in the "GXT Channel" section. Added PCS Direct to the "GXT Transceiver Channel in TX/RX Duplex Mode" figure. Updated ATX PLL description stating "An ATX PLL supports both integer frequency synthesis and coarse resolution fractional frequency synthesis (when configured as a cascade source)". Removed the NF48 package from the "L-Tile/H-Tile Counts in Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX/SX Devices (HF35, NF43, UF50, HF55)" table.
2017.08.11	Made the following changes: Added the "Transceiver Tile Variants—Comparison of Transceiver Capabilities" table. Removed the "H-Tile Transceivers" section. Added description to the "L-Tile/H-Tile Layout in Stratix 10 Device Variants" section. Added the "Stratix 10 Tile Layout" figure. Changed the package and tile counts in the "H- and E-Tile Counts in Intel^® Stratix^® 10 MX Devices (NF43, UF53, UF55)" table. Added separate datarate support for L-Tile and H-Tile in the "PCS Types Supported by GX Type Transceiver Channels" table.
2017.06.06	Made the following changes: Removed CEI 56G support from the "Stratix 10 Transceiver Protocols, Features, and IP Core Support" table. Added tile names based on the thermal models to the figures in the "Stratix 10 GX/SX H-Tile Configurations" section. Added tile names based on the thermal models to the figures in the "Stratix 10 TX H-Tile and E-Tile Configurations" section. Added tile names based on the thermal models to the figures in the "Stratix 10 MX H-Tile and E-Tile Configurations" section. Changed the number of GXT channels that the ATX PLL can support as a transmit PLL in the "GXT Channel Usage" section. Changed the number of GXT channels an ATX PLL can support in the "GXT Channel Usage" section. Removed a note in the "Input Reference Clock Sources" section.
2017.03.08	Made the following changes: Changed all the notes in the "GXT Channel Usage" section. Changed all the notes in the "PLL Direct Connect Clock Network" section.
2017.02.17	Made the following changes: Completely updated the "GXT Channel Usage" section.
2016.12.21	Initial release.

Implementing the Transceiver PHY Layer in L-Tile/H-Tile

Transceiver Design IP Blocks

The following figure shows all the design blocks involved in designing and using Intel^® Stratix^® 10 transceivers.

Figure 22. Intel^® Stratix^® 10 Transceiver Design Fundamental Building Blocks

Transceiver Design Flow

Figure 23. Transceiver Design Flow

Select the PLL IP Core

Intel^® Stratix^® 10 transceivers have the following three types of PLL IP cores:

Advanced Transmit (ATX) PLL IP core.
Fractional PLL (fPLL) IP core.
Channel PLL / Clock Multiplier Unit (CMU) PLL IP core.

Select the appropriate PLL IP for your design. For additional details, refer to the PLLs and Clock Networks chapter.

Refer to Introduction to Intel FPGA IP Cores chapter in the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime handbook for details on instantiating, generating and modifying IP cores.

Reset Controller

There are two methods to reset the transceivers in Intel^® Stratix^® 10 devices:

Use the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 Transceiver PHY Reset Controller IP Core.
Create your own reset controller that follows the recommended reset sequence.

Create Reconfiguration Logic

Dynamic reconfiguration is the ability to dynamically modify the transceiver channels and PLL settings during device operation. To support dynamic reconfiguration, your design must include an Avalon master that can access the dynamic reconfiguration registers using the Avalon-MM interface.

The Avalon-MM master enables PLL and channel reconfiguration. You can dynamically adjust the PMA parameters, such as differential output voltage swing, and pre-emphasis settings. This adjustment can be done by writing to the Avalon-MM reconfiguration registers through the user generated Avalon-MM master.

For detailed information on dynamic reconfiguration, refer to Reconfiguration Interface and Dynamic Reconfiguration chapter.

Connect the Native PHY IP Core to the PLL IP Core and Reset Controller

Connect the PHY IP, PLL IP core, and the reset controller. Write the top level module to connect all the IP blocks.

All of the I/O ports for each IP, can be seen in the <phy instance name>.v file or <phy instance name>.vhd, and in the <phy_instance_name>_bb.v file.

For more information about description of the ports, refer to the ports tables in the PLLs, Using the Transceiver Native PHY IP Core, and Resetting Transceiver Channels chapters.

Connect Datapath

Connect the transceiver PHY layer design to the Media Access Controller (MAC) IP core or to a data generator/analyzer or a frame generator/analyzer. Assign pins to all I/O's using the Assignment Editor or Pin Planner, or updating the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Settings File (.qsf).

Assign FPGA pins to all the transceiver and reference clock I/O pins. For more details, refer to the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 GX, MX, and SX Device Family Pin Connection Guidelines.
All of the pin assignments set using the Pin Planner and the Assignment Editor are saved in the <top_level_project_name>.qsf file. You can also directly modify the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Settings File (.qsf).

Modify Native PHY IP Core SDC

IP SDC is a new feature of the Native PHY IP core.

IP SDC is produced for any clock that reaches the FPGA fabric. In transceiver applications where the tx_clkouts and rx_clkouts (plus some more) are routed to the FPGA fabric, these clocks have SDC constraints on them in the Native PHY IP core.

Compile the Design

To compile the transceiver design, add the <phy_instancename>.ip files for all the IP blocks generated using the IP Catalog to the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime project library.

Verify Design Functionality

Simulate your design to verify the functionality of your design. For more details, refer to Simulating the Native Transceiver PHY IP Core section.

Configuring the Native PHY IP Core

This section describes the use of the Intel-provided Transceiver Native PHY IP core. This Native PHY IP core is the primary design entry tool and provides direct access to Intel^® Stratix^® 10 transceiver PHY features.

Use the Native PHY IP core to configure the transceiver PHY for your protocol implementation. To instantiate the IP, select the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 device family, click Tools > IP Catalog to select your IP core variation. Use the Parameter Editor to specify the IP parameters and configure the PHY IP for your protocol implementation. To quickly configure the PHY IP, select a preset that matches your protocol configuration as a starting point. Presets are PHY IP configuration settings for various protocols that are stored in the IP Parameter Editor. Presets are explained in detail in the Presets section below.

You can also configure the PHY IP by selecting an appropriate Transceiver Configuration Rule. The transceiver configuration rules check the valid combinations of the PCS and PMA blocks in the transceiver PHY layer, and report errors or warnings for any invalid settings.

Use the Native PHY IP core to instantiate one of the following PCS options:

Standard PCS
Enhanced PCS
PCIe Gen3 PCS
PCS Direct

Based on the Transceiver Configuration Rule that you select, the PHY IP core selects the appropriate PCS. Refer to the How to Place Channels for PIPE Configuration section or the PCIe solutions guides on restrictions on placement of transceiver channels next to active banks with PCI Express interfaces that are Gen3 capable.

After you configure the PHY IP core in the Parameter Editor, click Generate HDL to generate the IP instance. The top level file generated with the IP instance includes all the available ports for your configuration. Use these ports to connect the PHY IP core to the PLL IP core, the reset controller IP core, and to other IP cores in your design.

Figure 24. Native PHY IP Core Ports and Functional Blocks

Figure 25. Native PHY IP Core Parameter Editor

Note: Although the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Pro Edition software provides legality checks, the supported FPGA fabric to PCS interface widths and the supported datarates are pending characterization.

Protocol Presets

You can select preset settings for the Native PHY IP core defined for each protocol. Use presets as a starting point to specify parameters for your specific protocol or application.

To apply a preset to the Native PHY IP core, double-click the preset name. When you apply a preset, all relevant options and parameters are set in the current instance of the Native PHY IP core. For example, selecting the Interlaken preset enables all parameters and ports that the Interlaken protocol requires.

Selecting a preset does not prevent you from changing any parameter to meet the requirements of your design. Any changes that you make are validated by the design rules for the transceiver configuration rules you specified, not the selected preset.

Note: Selecting a preset clears any prior selections you have made so far.

GXT Channels

You can instantiate up to 16 GXT channels per H-tile and up to eight GXT channels per L-Tile using a Intel^® Stratix^® 10 L-/H-Tile Native PHY IP instance.

Set the following parameters:

Set the VCCR_GXB and VCCT_GXB supply voltage for the transceiver parameter to 1_1V.
Set the TX channel bonding mode parameter to Not Bonded.
Set the datarate parameter between 17400 and 25800 (L-Tile, and 28300 (H-Tile).
Set the number of channels between 1 and 16.

Because each ATX PLL's tx_serial_clk_gt can connect up to 2 GXT channels, you must instantiate one to eight ATX PLLs. Be aware of the GXT channel location and connect the appropriate ATX PLL’s tx_serial_clk_gt port to the Native PHY IP Core's tx_serial_clk port.

Refer to Using the ATX PLL for GXT Channels section for more details.

Refer to AN778 - Intel^® Stratix^® 10 Transceiver Usage for more information about transceiver channel placement guidelines for both L- and H-Tiles.

General and Datapath Parameters

You can customize your instance of the Native PHY IP core by specifying parameter values. In the Parameter Editor, the parameters are organized in the following sections for each functional block and feature:

General, Common PMA Options, and Datapath Options
TX PMA
RX PMA
Standard PCS
Enhanced PCS
PCS Direct Datapath
PCS-Core Interface
Analog PMA Settings (Optional)
Dynamic Reconfiguration
Generation Options

Table 11. General, Common PMA Options, and Datapath Options
Parameter	Value	Description
Message level for rule violations	error warning	Specifies the messaging level to use for parameter rule violations. Selecting error causes all rule violations to prevent IP generation. Selecting warning displays all rule violations as warnings in the message window and allows IP generation despite the violations. ³
Use fast reset for simulation	On/Off	When enabled, the IP disables reset staggering in simulation. The reset behavior in simulation is different from the reset behavior in the hardware.
VCCR_GXB and VCCT_GXB supply voltage for the Transceiver	1_0V, 1_1V ⁴	Selects the `V_{CCR_GXB}` and `V_{CCT_GXB}` supply voltage for the transceiver.
Transceiver Link Type	sr, lr	Selects the type of transceiver link. SR-Short Reach (Chip-to-chip communication), LR-Long Reach (Backplane communication).
Transceiver channel type	GX, GXT	Specifies the transceiver channel variant.
Transceiver configuration rules	User Selection	Specifies the valid configuration rules for the transceiver. This parameter specifies the configuration rule against which the Parameter Editor checks your PMA and PCS parameter settings for specific protocols. Depending on the transceiver configuration rule selected, the Parameter Editor validates the parameters and options selected by you and generates error messages or warnings for all invalid settings. To determine the transceiver configuration rule to be selected for your protocol, refer to Transceiver Protocols using the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 H-Tile Transceiver Native PHY IP Core table for more details about each transceiver configuration rule. This parameter is used for rule checking and is not a preset. You need to set all parameters for your protocol implementation. Note: For a full description of the Transceiver Configuration Rule Parameter Settings, refer to Table 12 in this section.
PMA configuration rules	Basic SATA/SAS GPON	Specifies the configuration rule for the PMA. Select Basic for all other protocol modes except for SATA, and GPON. SATA (Serial ATA) can be used only if the Transceiver configuration rule is set to Basic/Custom (Standard PCS). Select GPON only if the Transceiver configuration rule is set to Basic (Enhanced PCS).
Transceiver mode	TX/RX Duplex TX Simplex RX Simplex	Specifies the operational mode of the transceiver. TX/RX Duplex : Specifies a single channel that supports both transmission and reception. TX Simplex : Specifies a single channel that supports only transmission. RX Simplex : Specifies a single channel that supports only reception. The default is TX/RX Duplex.
Number of data channels	1 – 24	Specifies the number of transceiver channels to be implemented. The default value is 1.
Data rate	< valid transceiver datarate >	Specifies the datarate in megabits per second (Mbps).
Enable datapath and interface reconfiguration	On/Off	When you turn this option on, you can preconfigure and dynamically switch between the Standard PCS, Enhanced PCS, and PCS direct datapaths. You cannot enable the simplified data interface option if you intend on using this feature to support channel reconfiguration. The default value is Off.
Enable simplified data interface	On/Off	By default, all 80-bits are ports for the `tx_parallel_data` and `rx_parallel_data` buses are exposed. You must understand the mapping of data and control signals within the interface. Refer to the Enhanced PCS TX and RX Control Ports section for details about mapping of data and control signals. When you turn on this option, the Native PHY IP core presents a simplified data and control interface between the FPGA fabric and transceiver. Only the sub-set of the 80-bits that are active for a particular FPGA fabric width are ports. You cannot enable simplified data interface when double rate transfer mode is enabled. The default value is Off.
Enable double rate transfer mode	On/Off	When selected, the Native PHY IP core splits the PCS parallel data into two words and each word is transferred to and from the transceiver interface at twice the parallel clock frequency and half the normal width of the fabric core interface. You cannot enable simplified data interface when double rate transfer mode is enabled.

Table 12. Transceiver Configuration Rule Parameters
Transceiver Configuration Setting	Description
Basic/Custom (Standard PCS)	Enforces a standard set of rules within the Standard PCS. Select these rules to implement custom protocols requiring blocks within the Standard PCS or protocols not covered by the other configuration rules.
Basic/Custom w /Rate Match (Standard PCS)	Enforces a standard set of rules including rules for the Rate Match FIFO within the Standard PCS. Select these rules to implement custom protocols requiring blocks within the Standard PCS or protocols not covered by the other configuration rules.
CPRI (Auto)	Enforces rules required by the CPRI protocol. The receiver word aligner mode is set to Auto. In Auto mode, the word aligner is set to deterministic latency.
CPRI (Manual)	Enforces rules required by the CPRI protocol. The receiver word aligner mode is set to Manual. In Manual mode, logic in the FPGA fabric controls the word aligner.
GbE	Enforces rules that the 1 Gbps Ethernet (1 GbE) protocol requires.
GbE 1588	Enforces rules for the 1 GbE protocol with support for Precision time protocol (PTP) as defined in the IEEE 1588 Standard.
Gen1 PIPE	Enforces rules for a Gen1 PCIe PIPE interface that you can connect to a soft MAC and Data Link Layer.
Gen2 PIPE	Enforces rules for a Gen2 PCIe PIPE interface that you can connect to a soft MAC and Data Link Layer.
Gen3 PIPE	Enforces rules for a Gen3 PCIe PIPE interface that you can connect to a soft MAC and Data Link Layer.
Basic (Enhanced PCS)	Enforces a standard set of rules within the Enhanced PCS. Select these rules to implement protocols requiring blocks within the Enhanced PCS or protocols not covered by the other configuration rules.
Interlaken	Enforces rules required by the Interlaken protocol.
10GBASE-R	Enforces rules required by the 10GBASE-R protocol.
10GBASE-R 1588	Enforces rules required by the 10GBASE-R protocol with 1588 enabled. This setting can also be used to implement CPRI protocol version 6.0 and later.
10GBASE-R w/KR FEC	Enforces rules required by the 10GBASE-R protocol with KR FEC block enabled.
40GBASE-R w/KR FEC	Enforces rules required by the 40GBASE-R protocol with the KR FEC block enabled.
Basic w/KR FEC	Enforces a standard set of rules required by the Enhanced PCS when you enable the KR FEC block. Select this rule to implement custom protocols requiring blocks within the Enhanced PCS or protocols not covered by the other configuration rules.
PCS Direct	Enforces rules required by the PCS Direct mode. In this configuration the data flows through the PCS channel, but all the internal PCS blocks are bypassed. If required, the PCS functionality can be implemented in the FPGA fabric.

³ Although you can generate the PHY with warnings, you may not be able to compile the PHY in Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Pro Edition.

⁴ Refer to the Intel^® Stratix^® 10Device Datasheet for details about the minimum, typical, and maximum supply voltage specifications.

PMA Parameters

You can specify values for the following types of PMA parameters:

TX PMA:

TX Bonding Options
TX PLL Options
TX PMA Optional Ports

RX PMA:

RX CDR Options
RX PMA Optional Ports

Table 13. TX Bonding Options
Parameter	Value	Description
TX channel bonding mode	Not bonded PMA only bonding PMA and PCS bonding	Selects the bonding mode to be used for the channels specified. Bonded channels use a single TX PLL to generate a clock that drives multiple channels, reducing channel-to-channel skew. The following options are available: Not bonded: In a non-bonded configuration, only the high speed serial clock is expected to be connected from the TX PLL to the Native PHY IP core. The low speed parallel clock is generated by the local clock generation block (CGB) present in the transceiver channel. For non-bonded configurations, because the channels are not related to each other and the feedback path is local to the PLL, the skew between channels cannot be calculated. PMA only bonding: In PMA bonding, the high speed serial clock is routed from the transmitter PLL to the master CGB. The master CGB generates the high speed and low parallel clocks and the local CGB for each channel is bypassed. Refer to the Channel Bonding section for more details. PMA and PCS bonding : In a PMA and PCS bonded configuration, the local CGB in each channel is bypassed and the parallel clocks generated by the master CGB are used to clock the network. The master CGB generates both the high and low speed clocks. The master channel generates the PCS control signals and distributes to other channels through a control plane block. The default value is Not bonded. Refer to Channel Bonding section in PLLs and Clock Networks chapter for more details.
PCS TX channel bonding master	Auto, 0 to <number of channels> -1	This feature is only available if PMA and PCS bonding mode has been enabled. Specifies the master PCS channel for PCS bonded configurations. Each Native PHY IP core instance configured with bonding must specify a bonding master. If you select Auto, the Native PHY IP core automatically selects a recommended channel. The default value is Auto. Refer to the PLLs and Clock Networks chapter for more information about the TX channel bonding master.
Actual PCS TX channel bonding master	0 to <number of channels> -1	This parameter is automatically populated based on your selection for the PCS TX channel bonding master parameter. Indicates the selected master PCS channel for PCS bonded configurations.
PCS reset sequence	Independent Simultaneous	Selects whether PCS `tx/rx_digitalreset` is asserted and deasserted independently or simultaneously. Selecting independent staggers the assertion and deassertion of the PCS reset of each transceiver channel one after the other. The independent setting is recommended for PCS non-bonded configurations. Selecting simultaneous, simultaneously asserts and deasserts all the PCS resets of each transceiver channel. Simultaneous setting is required for the following operations: PCS bonding configuration When multiple channels need to be released from reset at the same time. Example: Interlaken is non-bonded but requires the channels to be out of reset at the same time.

Table 14. TX PLL OptionsTX PLL Options are only available if you have selected non bonded for TX channel bonding mode. The note on the bottom of the TX PLL Options tab in the GUI indicates the required output clock frequency of the external TX PLL IP instance.
Parameter	Value	Description
TX local clock division factor	1, 2, 4, 8	Specifies the value of the divider available in the transceiver channels to divide the TX PLL output clock to generate the correct frequencies for the parallel and serial clocks.
Number of TX PLL clock inputs per channel	1, 2, 3 , 4	Specifies the number of TX PLL clock inputs per channel. Use this parameter when you plan to dynamically switch between TX PLL clock sources. Up to four input sources are possible.
Initial TX PLL clock input selection	0 to <number of TX PLL clock inputs> -1	Specifies the initially selected TX PLL clock input. This parameter is necessary when you plan to switch between multiple TX PLL clock inputs.

Table 15. TX PMA Optional Ports
Parameter	Value	Description
Enable tx_pma_iqtxrx_clkout port	On/Off	Enables the optional `tx_pma_iqtxrx_clkout` output clock. This clock can be used to cascade the TX PMA output clock to the input of a PLL.
Enable tx_pma_elecidle port	On/Off	Enables the `tx_pma_elecidle` port. When you assert this port, the transmitter is forced into an electrical idle condition. This port has no effect when the transceiver is configured for PCI Express.

Table 16. RX CDR Options
Parameter	Value	Description
Number of CDR reference clocks	1 - 5	Specifies the number of CDR reference clocks. Up to 5 sources are possible. The default value is 1.
Selected CDR reference clock	0 to <number of CDR reference clocks> -1	Specifies the initial CDR reference clock. This parameter determines the available CDR references used. The default value is 0.
Selected CDR reference clock frequency	< datarate dependent >	Specifies the CDR reference clock frequency. This value depends on the datarate specified. You should choose a lane datarate that results in a standard board oscillator reference clock frequency to drive the CDR reference clock and meet jitter requirements. Choosing a lane datarate that deviates from standard reference clock frequencies may result in custom board oscillator clock frequencies, which may be prohibitively expensive or unavailable.
PPM detector threshold	100 300 500 1000	Specifies the PPM threshold for the CDR. If the PPM between the incoming serial data and the CDR reference clock exceeds this threshold value, the CDR declares lose of lock. The default value is 1000.

Table 17. RX PMA Optional Ports
Parameters	Value	Description
Enable rx_pma_iqtxrx_clkout port	On/Off	Enables the optional `rx_pma_iqtxrx_clkout` output clock. This clock can be used to cascade the RX PMA output clock to the input of a PLL.
Enable rx_pma_clkslip port	On/Off	Enables the optional `rx_pma_clkslip` control input port. When asserted, causes the deserializer to either skip one serial bit or pauses the serial clock for one cycle to achieve word alignment.
Enable rx_is_lockedtodata port	On/Off	Enables the optional `rx_is_lockedtodata` status output port. This signal indicates that the RX CDR is currently in lock to data mode or is attempting to lock to the incoming data stream. This is an asynchronous output signal.
Enable rx_is_lockedtoref port	On/Off	Enables the optional `rx_is_lockedtoref` status output port. This signal indicates that the RX CDR is currently locked to the CDR reference clock. This is an asynchronous output signal.
Enable rx_set_lockedtodata port and rx_set_lockedtoref ports	On/Off	Enables the optional `rx_set_lockedtodata` and `rx_set_lockedtoref` control input ports. You can use these control ports to manually control the lock mode of the RX CDR. These are asynchronous input signals.
Enable PRBS (Pseudo Random Bit Sequence) verifier control and status ports	On/Off	Enables the optional `rx_prbs_err`, `rx_prbs_clr`, and `rx_prbs_done` control ports. These ports control and collect status from the internal PRBS verifier.
Enable rx_seriallpbken port	On/Off	Enables the optional `rx_seriallpbken` control input port. The assertion of this signal enables the TX to RX serial loopback path within the transceiver. This is an asynchronous input signal.

PCS-Core Interface Parameters

This section defines parameters available in the Native PHY IP core GUI to customize the PCS to core interface. The following table describes the available parameters. Based on the selection of the Transceiver Configuration Rule , if the specified settings violate the protocol standard, the Native PHY IP core Parameter Editor prints error or warning messages.

Table 18. PCS-Core Interface Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
General Interface Options
Enable PCS reset status ports	On / Off	Enables the optional TX digital reset and RX digital reset release status output ports including: `tx_transfer_ready` `rx_transfer_ready` `tx_fifo_ready` `rx_fifo_ready` `tx_digitalreset_timeout` `rx_digitalreset_timeout` The PCS reset status ports help users to debug on why the transceiver native phy does not come out of reset. Users can use these ports to debug common connectivity issues, such as the `tx/rx_coreclkin` being undriven, incorrect frequency, or FIFOs not being set properly. Please refer to the "Debugging with the PCS reset status ports" section for more detail.
TX PCS-Core Interface FIFO
TX Core Interface FIFO Mode	Phase-Compensation Register Interlaken Basic	The TX PCS FIFO is always operating in Phase Compensation mode. The selection range specifies one of the following modes for the TX Core FIFO: Phase Compensation: The TX Core FIFO compensates for the clock phase difference between the read clock `tx_clkout` and the write clocks `tx_coreclkin` or `tx_clkout`. Register: The TX Core FIFO is bypassed. The user must connect the write clock `tx_coreclkin` to the read clock `tx_clkout`. The `tx_parallel_data`, `tx_control` and `tx_enh_data_valid` are registered at the FIFO output. Assert `tx_enh_data_valid` port 1'b1 at all times. Interlaken: The TX Core FIFO acts as an elastic buffer. In this mode, there are additional signals to control the data flow into the FIFO. Therefore, the FIFO write clock frequency does not have to be the same as the read clock frequency. You can control writes to the FIFO with `tx_fifo_wr_en`. By monitoring the FIFO flags, you can avoid the FIFO full and empty conditions. The Interlaken frame generator controls reading of the data from the TX FIFO. Basic: The TX Core FIFO acts as an elastic buffer. This mode allows driving write and read side of FIFO with different clock frequencies. Monitor FIFO flag to control write and read operations. For additional details refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation section. Refer to the Special TX PCS Reset Release Sequence section to see if you need to implement a special reset release sequence in your top-level code.
TX FIFO partially full threshold	0-31	Specifies the partially full threshold for the PCS TX Core FIFO. Enter the value at which you want the TX Core FIFO to flag a partially full status.
TX FIFO partially empty threshold	0-31	Specifies the partially empty threshold for the PCS TX Core FIFO. Enter the value at which you want the TX Core FIFO to flag a partially empty status.
Enable tx_fifo_full port	On / Off	Enables the tx_fifo_full port. This signal indicates when the TX Core FIFO is full. This signal is synchronous to `tx_coreclkin`.
Enable tx_fifo_empty port	On / Off	Enables the tx_fifo_empty port. This signal indicates when the TX Core FIFO is empty. This is an asynchronous signal.
Enable tx_fifo_pfull port	On / Off	Enables the tx_fifo_pfull port. This signal indicates when the TX Core FIFO reaches the specified partially full threshold. This signal is synchronous to `tx_coreclkin`.
Enable tx_fifo_pempty port	On / Off	Enables the tx_fifo_pempty port. This signal indicates when the Core TX FIFO reaches the specified partially empty threshold. This is an asynchronous signal.
Enable tx_dll_lock port	On/Off	Enables the transmit delay locked-loop port. This signal is synchronous to `tx_clkout`.
RX PCS-Core Interface FIFO
RX PCS-Core Interface FIFO Mode	Phase-Compensation Phase-Compensation - Register Phase Compensation - Basic Register Register - Phase Compensation Register - Basic Interlaken 10GBASE-R	Specifies one of the following modes for PCS RX FIFO: Phase Compensation: This mode places both the RX PCS FIFO and RX Core FIFO in Phase Compensation mode. It compensates for the clock phase difference between the read clocks `rx_coreclkin` or `tx_clkout` and the write clock `rx_clkout`. Phase Compensation-Register: This mode places the RX PCS FIFO in Phase Compensation mode and the RX Core FIFO in Register Mode. The RX Core FIFO's read clock `rx_coreclkin` and write clock `rx_clkout` are tied together. With double rate transfer mode disabled, this mode is limited to Standard PCS PMA widths combinations of 8, 10, 16, or 20 with byte serializer/deserializer disabled and Enhanced PCS with Gearbox Ratios of 32:32 or 40:40 and PCS Direct with interface widths of 40-bits or less. Additional configurations can be supported with double rate transfer mode enabled. Phase Compensation-Basic: This mode places the RX PCS FIFO in Phase Compensation mode and the RX Core FIFO in Basic Mode. This mode can only be used with Enhanced PCS and PCS Direct. The RX Core FIFO in Basic mode acts as an elastic buffer or clock crossing FIFO similar to Interlaken mode where the `rx_coreclkin` and `rx_clkout` can be asynchronous and of different frequencies. You must implement a FSM that monitors the FIFO status flags and manage the FIFO read and write enable in preventing the FIFO overflow and underflow conditions. Register : The RX PCS FIFO and RX Core FIFO is bypassed. The FIFO's read clock `rx_coreclkin` and write clock `rx_clkout` are tied together. The `rx_parallel_data`, `rx_control`, and `rx_enh_data_valid` are registered at the FIFO output. Register-Phase Compensation: This mode places the RX PCS FIFO in Register mode and the RX Core FIFO in Phase Compensation mode. This mode is limited to Standard PCS PMA widths combinations of 8, 10, 16, or 20 with byte serializer/deserializer disabled and Enhanced PCS with Gearbox Ratios of 32:32 or 40:40 and PCS Direct with interface widths of 40-bits or less. Register-Basic: This mode places the RX PCS FIFO in Register mode and the RX Core FIFO in Basic mode. This mode can only be used with Enhanced PCS with Gearbox Ratios of 32:32 or 40:40 and PCS Direct with interface widths of 40-bits or less. The RX Core FIFO in Basic mode acts as an elastic buffer or clock crossing FIFO similar to Interlaken mode where the `rx_coreclkin` and `rx_clkout` can be asynchronous and of different frequencies. You must implement a FSM that monitors the FIFO status flags and manage the FIFO read and write enable in preventing the FIFO overflow and underflow conditions. Interlaken: Select this mode for the Interlaken protocol. To implement the deskew process, you must implement an FSM that controls the FIFO operation based on FIFO flags. In this mode the FIFO acts as an elastic buffer. 10GBASE-R: In this mode, data passes through the FIFO after block lock is achieved. OS (Ordered Sets) are deleted and Idles are inserted to compensate for the clock difference between the RX PMA clock and the fabric clock of +/- 100 ppm for a maximum packet length of 64000 bytes. Note: The fifo status flags are for Interlaken and Basic mode only. They should be ignored in all other cases.
RX FIFO partially full threshold	0-63	Specifies the partially full threshold for the PCS RX Core FIFO. The default value is 5.
RX FIFO partially empty threshold	0-63	Specifies the partially empty threshold for the PCS RX Core FIFO. The default value is 2.
Enable RX FIFO alignment word deletion (Interlaken)	On / Off	When you turn on this option, all alignment words (sync words), including the first sync word, are removed after frame synchronization is achieved. If you enable this option, you must also enable control word deletion.
Enable RX FIFO control word deletion (Interlaken)	On / Off	When you turn on this option, Interlaken control word removal is enabled. When the Enhanced PCS RX Core FIFO is configured in Interlaken mode, enabling this option, removes all control words after frame synchronization is achieved. Enabling this option requires that you also enable alignment word deletion.
Enable rx_data_valid port	On / Off	Enables the rx_data_valid port. When asserted, this signal indicates when there is valid data on the RX parallel databus.
Enable rx_fifo_full port	On / Off	Enables the rx_fifo_full port. This signal is required when the RX Core FIFO is operating in Interlaken or Basic mode and indicates when the RX Core FIFO is full. This is an asynchronous signal.
Enable rx_fifo_empty port	On / Off	Enables the rx_fifo_empty port. This signal indicates when the RX Core FIFO is empty. This signal is synchronous to `rx_coreclkin`.
Enable rx_fifo_pfull port	On / Off	Enables the rx_fifo_pfull port. This signal indicates when the RX Core FIFO has reached the specified partially full threshold that is set through the Native PHY IP core PCS-Core Interface tab. This is an asynchronous signal.
Enable rx_fifo_pempty port	On / Off	Enables the rx_fifo_pempty port. This signal indicates when the RX Core FIFO has reached the specified partially empty threshold that is set through the Native PHY IP core PCS-Core Interface tab. This signal is synchronous to `rx_coreclkin`.
Enable rx_fifo_del port (10GBASE‑R)	On / Off	Enables the optional rx_fifo_del status output port. This signal indicates when a word has been deleted from the RX Core FIFO. This signal is only used for 10GBASE-R transceiver configuration rule. This is an asynchronous signal.
Enable rx_fifo_insert port (10GBASE‑R)	On / Off	Enables the rx_fifo_insert port. This signal indicates when a word has been inserted into the Core FIFO. This signal is only used for 10GBASE-R transceiver configuration rule. This signal is synchronous to `rx_coreclkin`.
Enable rx_fifo_rd_en port	On / Off	Enables the rx_fifo_rd_en input port. This signal is enabled to read a word from the RX Core FIFO. This signal is synchronous to`rx_coreclkin` and is required when the RX Core FIFO is operating in Interlaken or Basic mode.
Enable rx_fifo_align_clr port (Interlaken)	On / Off	Enables the rx_fifo_align_clr input port. Only used for Interlaken. This signal is synchronous to `rx_clkout`.

Table 19. TX Clock Options
Parameter	Range	Description
Selected tx_clkout clock source	PCS clkout PCS clkout x2 pma_div_clkout	Specifies the `tx_clkout` output port source.
Enable tx_clkout2 port	On/ Off	Enables the `tx_clkout2` port.
Selected tx_clkout2 clock source	PCS clkout PCS clkout x2 pma_div_clkout	You must enable `tx_clkout2` port in order to make a selection for this parameter. Specifies the `tx_clkout2` output port source.
TX pma_div_clkout division factor	Disabled 1, 2, 33, 40, 66	You must select the `pma_div_clkout` under selected `tx_clkout` clock source or `tx_clkcout2` clock source option in order to enable a selection for this parameter. Selects the divider that generates the appropriate `pma_div_clkout` frequency that the `tx_clkout` or `tx_clkout2` ports use. Example: For 10.3125 Gbps datarate, if the divider value 33 is selected, the `pma_div_clkout` resulting frequency is 156.25MHz.
Selected tx_coreclkin clock network	Dedicated Clock Global Clock	Specifies the clock network used to drive the `tx_coreclkin` input. Select “Dedicated Clock” if the `tx_coreclkin` input port is being driven by either `tx/rx_clkout` or `tx/rx_clkout2` from the transceiver channel. Select “Global Clock” if the `tx_coreclkin` input port is being driven by the Fabric clock network. You can also select “Global Clock” if `tx_coreclkin` is being driven by `tx/rx_clkout` or `tx/rx_clkout2` via the Fabric clock network.
Enable tx_coreclkin2 port	On/ Off	Enable this clock port to provide a fifo read clock when you have double rate transfer enabled with a PMA width of 20 without byte serialization.

Table 20. RX Clock Options
Parameter	Range	Description
Selected rx_clkout clock source	PCS clkout PCS clkout x2 pma_div_clkout	Specifies the `rx_clkout` output port source.
Enable rx_clkout2 port	On/ Off	Enables the `rx_clkout2` port.
Selected rx_clkout2 clock source	PCS clkout PCS clkout x2 pma_div_clkout	You must enable `rx_clkout2` port in order to make a selection for this parameter. Specifies the `rx_clkout2` output port source.
RX pma_div_clkout division factor	Disabled 1, 2, 33, 40, 66	You must select the `pma_div_clkout` under selected `rx_clkout` clock source or selected `rx_clkcout2` clock source option in order to enable a selection for this parameter. Selects the divider that generates the appropriate `pma_div_clkout` frequency that the `rx_clkout` port uses. Example: For 10.3125Gbps datarate, if the divider value 33 is selected, the `pma_div_clkout` resulting frequency is 156.25MHz.
Selected rx_coreclkin clock network	Dedicated Clock Global Clock	Specifies the clock network used to drive the `rx_coreclkin` input. Select “Dedicated Clock” if the `rx_coreclkin` input port is being driven by either `tx/rx_clkout` or `tx/rx_clkout2` from the transceiver channel. Select “Global Clock” if the `rx_coreclkin` input port is being driven by the Fabric clock network. You can also select “Global Clock” if `rx_coreclkin` is being driven by `tx/rx_clkout` or `tx/rx_clkout2` via the Fabric clock network.

Table 21. Latency Measurements Options
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable latency measurement ports	On/ Off	Enables latency measurement ports: `tx_fifo_latency_pulse`, `rx_fifo_latency_pulse` `tx_pcs_fifo_latency_pulse`, `rx_pcs_fifo_latency_pulse`, `latency_sclk`

Analog PMA Settings Parameters

In older device families, such as Intel^® Arria^® 10 and Stratix^® V, you can only set the analog PMA settings through the Assignment Editor or the Quartus Settings File (QSF). However, for Intel^® Stratix^® 10 transceivers, you can also set them through the Native PHY IP Parameter Editor. There is also an option to provide sample QSF assignments for the settings chosen through the Native PHY IP Parameter Editor. Use this method when you need to modify one or two individual settings, or want to modify the settings without regenerating the IP.

You can specify values for the following types of analog PMA settings parameters in the Native PHY IP Parameter Editor:

TX analog PMA settings:
- TX PMA analog mode rules
- Output swing level (VOD)
- Use default TX PMA analog settings
- Pre-emphasis first pre-tap polarity
- Pre-emphasis first pre-tap magnitude
- Pre-emphasis first post-tap polarity
- Pre-emphasis first post-tap magnitude
- Slew rate control
- On-chip termination
- High-speed compensation
RX analog PMA settings:
- Use default RX PMA analog settings
- RX adaptation mode
- CTLE AC Gain
- CTLE EQ Gain
- VGA DC Gain
- RX on-chip termination

Note: Even if you do not select the Use default TX PMA analog settings and Use default RX PMA analog settings options in the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 device Native PHY IP, you can use these default settings as a starting point to tune the transceiver link. The on-chip termination settings are chosen by the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime software based on data rate when the Use default TX PMA analog settings and Use default RX PMA analog settings options are enabled. You can compile your Intel^® Quartus^® Prime design and inspect the fitter results to determine the default TX and RX termination settings for your Native PHY variant.

Note:

The following settings can not be set through the Native PHY IP Parameter Editor. You must set these through the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Pro Edition Assignment Editor:

REFCLK I/O Standard
REFCLK Termination
TX serial pin I/O Standard
RX serial pin I/O Standard

To improve performance, Intel^® Stratix^® 10 FPGAs use a High Speed Differential I/O. Select High Speed Differential I/O as the I/O standard for the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 transmitter and receiver pins in the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Pro Edition Assignment Editor or Quartus Settings File (.qsf). The .qsf settings always take precedence over the settings selected in the Native PHY IP Parameter Editor.

The syntax is as follows:

set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD "HIGH SPEED DIFFERENTIAL I/O" -to <serial TX/RX pin name> -entity <name of the top-level file>

Refer to the Dedicated Reference Clock Settings section for details on the I/O standard and termination settings for the dedicated reference clock.

Table 22. TX Analog PMA Settings Options
Parameter	Value	Description
TX PMA analog mode rules	User Selection(`cei_11100_lr` to `xfp_9950`)	Selects the analog protocol mode to pre-select the TX pin swing settings (VOD, Pre-emphasis, and slew rate). After loading the pre-selected values in the GUI, if one or more of the individual TX pin swing settings need to be changed, then select the Provide sample QSF assignments option to modify the settings through the QSF.
Use default TX PMA analog settings	On/Off	Selects whether to use default or custom TX PMA analog settings.
Output Swing Level (VOD)	17 to 31 (600 mV to VCCT or Transmitter Power Supply Voltage)	Selects the transmitter programmable output differential voltage swing. (Use the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 L-Tile/H-Tile Pre-emphasis and Output Swing Estimator to see how changing VOD affects your signal.) Note: Although the GUI displays a range of 0-31, you must not select values lower than 17. Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_tx_buf_vod_output_swing_ctrl=<value>" -to <serial TX pin name>`
Pre-Emphasis First Pre-Tap Polarity	negative/positive	Selects the polarity of the first pre-tap for pre-emphasis. (Use the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 L-Tile/H-Tile Pre-emphasis and Output Swing Estimator to see how changing pre-emphasis affects your signal.) Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_tx_buf_pre_emp_sign_pre_tap_1t=fir_pre_1t_<value>" -to <serial TX pin name>`
Pre-Emphasis First Pre-Tap Magnitude	0 to 15 (0 to -6 dB gain for positive sign, and 0 to 6 dB gain for negative sign)	Selects the magnitude of the first pre-tap for pre-emphasis. (Use the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 L-Tile/H-Tile Pre-emphasis and Output Swing Estimator to see how changing pre-emphasis affects your signal.) Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_tx_buf_pre_emp_switching_ctrl_pre_tap_1t=<value>" -to <serial TX pin name>`
Pre-Emphasis First Post-Tap Polarity	negative/positive	Selects the polarity of the first post-tap for pre-emphasis. (Use the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 L-Tile/H-Tile Pre-emphasis and Output Swing Estimator to see how changing pre-emphasis affects your signal.) Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_tx_buf_pre_emp_sign_1st_post_tap=fir_post_1t_<value>" -to <serial TX pin name>`
Pre-Emphasis First Post -Tap Magnitude	0 to 24 (0 to -14 dB gain for positive sign, and 0 to 14 dB gain for negative sign)	Selects the magnitude of the first post-tap for pre-emphasis. (Use the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 L-Tile/H-Tile Pre-emphasis and Output Swing Estimator to see how changing pre-emphasis affects your signal.) Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_tx_buf_pre_emp_switching_ctrl_1st_post_tap=<value>" -to <serial TX pin name>`
Slew Rate Control	0 (slowest) - 5 (fastest)	Selects the slew rate of the TX output signal. Valid values span from slowest to the fastest rate. Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_tx_buf_slew_rate_ctrl=slew_r<value>" -to <serial TX pin name>`
On-Chip Termination	r_r1 (100Ω) r_r2 (85Ω)	Selects the on-chip TX differential termination according to the on-board trace impedance at the TX output pin. Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_tx_buf_term_sel=<value>" -to <serial TX pin name>`
High Speed Compensation	enable/disable	Enables the power-distribution network (PDN) induced inter-symbol interference (ISI) compensation in the TX driver. When enabled, it reduces the PDN- induced ISI jitter, but increases the power consumption. Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_tx_buf_compensation_en=<value>" -to <serial TX pin name>`

Table 23. RX Analog PMA Settings Options
Parameter	Value	Description
RX PMA analog mode rules	User Selection(`analog_off` to `user_custom`)	Selects the analog protocol mode rules to pre-select the RX pin swing settings (VOD, Pre-emphasis, and Slew Rate).
Use default RX PMA analog settings	On/Off	Selects whether to use default or custom RX PMA analog settings. Note: When you disable this setting by selecting Off, you should select one of the available options in the Native PHY IP Parameter Editor as the PMA analog settings.
RX adaptation mode	Manual CTLE, Manual VGA, DFE Off Adaptive CTLE, Adaptive VGA, DFE Off Adaptive CTLE, Adaptive VGA, All-Tap Adaptive DFE Adaptive CTLE, Adaptive VGA, 1-Tap Adaptive DFE ctle_dfe_mode_2 (Adaptive mode for PCIe Gen3)	Select manual CTLE if you intend to tune the analog front end of all the transceiver channels by sweeping combinations of the TX and RX EQ parameters together. Select one of the adaptive modes based on your system loss characteristics if you intend to use the Adaptation engine in the RX PMA. Only use `ctle_dfe_mode_2` for PCIe Gen3. When using any of the adaptive modes, refer to the PMA Functions section for more information about how to reconfigure across modes, and how to start and stop adaptation.
RX On-chip Termination	r_r1 (80 Ω) r_r2 (85 Ω) r_r3 (91 Ω) r_r4 (100 Ω) r_r5 (103.5 Ω) r_r6 (108.5 Ω) r_unused	Specifies the on-chip termination value for the receiver according to the on-board trace impedance at the RX input pin. Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_rx_buf_term_sel=<value>" -to <serial RX pin name>`
CTLE AC Gain	`0` to `15` (-2 dB at the peak to +10 dB at the peak)	Specifies the CTLE broadband gain. Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_rx_buf_ctle_ac_gain=<value>" -to <serial RX pin name>`
CTLE EQ Gain	`0` to `47` (0 dB to 16 dB)	Specifies the CTLE equalization setting. Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_rx_buf_ctle_eq_gain=<value>" -to <serial RX pin name>`
VGA DC Gain	`0` to `31`( -5 dB to +7 dB)	Specifies the VGA Gain for the receiver. Syntax: `set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "pma_rx_buf_vga_dc_gain=<value>" -to <serial RX pin name>`

Table 24. Sample QSF Assignment Option
Parameter	Value	Description
Provide sample QSF assignments	On/Off	Selects the option to provide QSF assignments to the above configuration, in case one or more individual values need to change. The sample QSF assignments list has different sets of attributes depending on the enabled blocks in the currently-selected analog PMA settings.

Enhanced PCS Parameters

This section defines parameters available in the Native PHY IP core GUI to customize the individual blocks in the Enhanced PCS.

The following tables describe the available parameters. Based on the selection of the Transceiver Configuration Rule , if the specified settings violate the protocol standard, the Native PHY IP core Parameter Editor prints error or warning messages.

Note: For detailed descriptions about the optional ports that you can enable or disable, refer to the Enhanced PCS Ports section.

Table 25. Enhanced PCS Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enhanced PCS / PMA interface width	32, 40, 64	Specifies the interface width between the Enhanced PCS and the PMA.
FPGA fabric /Enhanced PCS interface width	32, 40, 64, 66, 67	Specifies the interface width between the Enhanced PCS and the FPGA fabric. The 66-bit FPGA fabric to PCS interface width uses 64-bits from the TX and RX parallel data. The block synchronizer determines the block boundary of the 66-bit word, with lower 2 bits from the control bus. The 67-bit FPGA fabric to PCS interface width uses the 64-bits from the TX and RX parallel data. The block synchronizer determines the block boundary of the 67-bit word with lower 3 bits from the control bus.
Enable 'Enhanced PCS' low latency mode	On/Off	Enables the low latency path for the Enhanced PCS. When you turn on this option, the individual functional blocks within the Enhanced PCS are bypassed to provide the lowest latency path from the PMA through the Enhanced PCS. When enabled, this mode is applicable for GX transceiver channels. Intel recommends not enabling it for GXT transceiver channels..

Table 26. Interlaken Frame Generator Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable Interlaken frame generator	On / Off	Enables the frame generator block of the Enhanced PCS.
Frame generator metaframe length	5-8192	Specifies the metaframe length of the frame generator. This metaframe length includes 4 framing control words created by the frame generator.
Enable Frame Generator Burst Control	On / Off	Enables frame generator burst. This determines whether the frame generator reads data from the TX FIFO based on the input of port `tx_enh_frame_burst_en`.
Enable tx_enh_frame port	On / Off	Enables the `tx_enh_frame` status output port. When the Interlaken frame generator is enabled, this signal indicates the beginning of a new metaframe. This is an asynchronous signal.
Enable tx_enh_frame_diag_status port	On / Off	Enables the `tx_enh_frame_diag_status` 2‑bit input port. When the Interlaken frame generator is enabled, the value of this signal contains the status message from the framing layer diagnostic word. This signal is synchronous to `tx_clkout`.
Enable tx_enh_frame_burst_en port	On / Off	Enables the `tx_enh_frame_burst_en` input port. When burst control is enabled for the Interlaken frame generator, this signal is asserted to control the frame generator data reads from the TX FIFO. This signal is synchronous to `tx_clkout`.

Table 27. Interlaken Frame Synchronizer Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable Interlaken frame synchronizer	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Enhanced PCS frame synchronizer is enabled.
Frame synchronizer metaframe length	5-8192	Specifies the metaframe length of the frame synchronizer.
Enable rx_enh_frame port	On / Off	Enables the rx_enh_frame status output port. When the Interlaken frame synchronizer is enabled, this signal indicates the beginning of a new metaframe. This is an asynchronous signal.
Enable rx_enh_frame_lock port	On / Off	Enables the rx_enh_frame_lock output port. When the Interlaken frame synchronizer is enabled, this signal is asserted to indicate that the frame synchronizer has achieved metaframe delineation. This is an asynchronous output signal.
Enable rx_enh_frame_diag_status port	On / Off	Enables therx_enh_frame_diag_status output port. When the Interlaken frame synchronizer is enabled, this signal contains the value of the framing layer diagnostic word (bits [33:32]). This is a 2 bit per lane output signal. It is latched when a valid diagnostic word is received. This is an asynchronous signal.

Table 28. Interlaken CRC32 Generator and Checker Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable Interlaken TX CRC-32 Generator	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the TX Enhanced PCS datapath enables the CRC32 generator function. CRC32 can be used as a diagnostic tool. The CRC contains the entire metaframe including the diagnostic word.
Enable Interlaken TX CRC-32 generator error insertion	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the error insertion of the interlaken CRC-32 generator is enabled. Error insertion is cycle-accurate. When this feature is enabled, the assertion of `tx_control[8]` or `tx_err_ins` signal causes the CRC calculation during that word is incorrectly inverted, and thus, the CRC created for that metaframe is incorrect.
Enable Interlaken RX CRC-32 checker	On / Off	Enables the CRC-32 checker function.
Enable rx_enh_crc32_err port	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Enhanced PCS enables the rx_enh_crc32_err port. This signal is asserted to indicate that the CRC checker has found an error in the current metaframe. This is an asynchronous signal.

Table 29. 10GBASE-R BER Checker Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable rx_enh_highber port (10GBASE‑R)	On / Off	Enables the rx_enh_highber port. For 10GBASE-R transceiver configuration rule, this signal is asserted to indicate a bit error rate higher than 10 ^-4 . Per the 10GBASE-R specification, this occurs when there are at least 16 errors within 125 μs. This is an asynchronous signal.
Enable rx_enh_highber_clr_cnt port (10GBASE‑R)	On / Off	Enables the rx_enh_highber_clr_cnt input port. For the 10GBASE-R transceiver configuration rule, this signal is asserted to clear the internal counter. This counter indicates the number of times the BER state machine has entered the "BER_BAD_SH" state. This is an asynchronous signal.
Enable rx_enh_clr_errblk_count port (10GBASE‑R&FEC)	On / Off	Enables the rx_enh_clr_errblk_count input port. For the 10GBASE-R transceiver configuration rule, this signal is asserted to clear the internal counter. This counter indicates the number of the times the RX state machine has entered the RX_E state. For protocols with FEC block enabled, this signal is asserted to reset the status counters within the RX FEC block. This is an asynchronous signal.

Table 30. 64b/66b Encoder and Decoder Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable TX 64b/66b encoder (10GBASE-R)	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Enhanced PCS enables the TX 64b/66b encoder.
Enable RX 64b/66b decoder (10GBASE-R)	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Enhanced PCS enables the RX 64b/66b decoder.
Enable TX sync header error insertion	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Enhanced PCS supports cycle-accurate error creation to assist in exercising error condition testing on the receiver. When error insertion is enabled and the error flag is set, the encoding sync header for the current word is generated incorrectly. If the correct sync header is 2'b01 (control type), 2'b00 is encoded. If the correct sync header is 2'b10 (data type), 2'b11 is encoded.

Table 31. Scrambler and Descrambler Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable TX scrambler (10GBASE-R/Interlaken)	On / Off	Enables the scrambler function. This option is available for the Basic (Enhanced PCS) mode, Interlaken, and 10GBASE-R protocols. You can enable the scrambler in Basic (Enhanced PCS) mode when the block synchronizer is enabled and with 66:32, 66:40, or 66:64 gear box ratios.
TX scrambler seed (10GBASE-R/Interlaken)	User‑specified 58-bit value	You must provide a non-zero seed for the Interlaken protocol. For a multi-lane Interlaken Transceiver Native PHY IP, the first lane scrambler has this seed. For other lanes' scrambler, this seed is increased by 1 per each lane. The initial seed for 10GBASE-R is 0x03FFFFFFFFFFFFFF. This parameter is required for the 10GBASE‑R and Interlaken protocols.
Enable RX descrambler (10GBASE-R/Interlaken)	On / Off	Enables the descrambler function. This option is available for Basic (Enhanced PCS) mode, Interlaken, and 10GBASE-R protocols. You can enable the descrambler in Basic (Enhanced PCS) mode with the block synchronizer enabled and with 66:32, 66:40, or 66:64 gear box ratios.

Table 32. Interlaken Disparity Generator and Checker Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable Interlaken TX disparity generator	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Enhanced PCS enables the disparity generator. This option is available for the Interlaken protocol.
Enable Interlaken RX disparity checker	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Enhanced PCS enables the disparity checker. This option is available for the Interlaken protocol.
Enable Interlaken TX random disparity bit	On / Off	Enables the Interlaken random disparity bit. When enabled, a random number is used as disparity bit which saves one cycle of latency.

Table 33. Block Synchronizer Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable RX block synchronizer	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Enhanced PCS enables the RX block synchronizer. This options is available for the Basic (Enhanced PCS) mode, Interlaken, and 10GBASE-R protocols.
Enable rx_enh_blk_lock port	On / Off	Enables the `rx_enh_blk_lock` port. When you enable the block synchronizer, this signal is asserted to indicate that the block delineation has been achieved.

Table 34. Gearbox Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable TX data bitslip	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the TX gearbox operates in bitslip mode. The tx_enh_bitslip port controls number of bits which TX parallel data slips before going to the PMA.
Enable TX data polarity inversion	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the polarity of TX data is inverted. This allows you to correct incorrect placement and routing on the PCB.
Enable RX data bitslip	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Enhanced PCS RX block synchronizer operates in bitslip mode. When enabled, the rx_bitslip port is asserted on the rising edge to ensure that RX parallel data from the PMA slips by one bit before passing to the PCS.
Enable RX data polarity inversion	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the polarity of the RX data is inverted. This allows you to correct incorrect placement and routing on the PCB.
Enable tx_enh_bitslip port	On / Off	Enables the tx_enh_bitslip port. When TX bit slip is enabled, this signal controls the number of bits which TX parallel data slips before going to the PMA.
Enable rx_bitslip port	On / Off	Enables the rx_bitslip port. When RX bit slip is enabled, the `rx_bitslip` signal is asserted on the rising edge to ensure that RX parallel data from the PMA slips by one bit before passing to the PCS. This port is shared between Standard PCS and Enhanced PCS.

Table 35. KR-FEC Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable RX KR-FEC error marking	On/Off	When you turn on this option, the decoder asserts both sync bits (2'b11) when it detects an uncorrectable error. This feature increases the latency through the KR-FEC decoder.
Error marking type	10G, 40G	Specifies the error marking type (10G or 40G).
Enable KR-FEC TX error insertion	On/Off	Enables the error insertion feature of the KR-FEC encoder. This feature allows you to insert errors by corrupting data starting a bit 0 of the current word.
KR-FEC TX error insertion spacing	User Input (1 bit to 15 bit)	Specifies the spacing of the KR-FEC TX error insertion.
Enable tx_enh_frame port	On/Off	Enables the tx_enh_frame port. Asynchronous status flag output of the TX KR-FEC that signifies the beginning of the generated KR-FEC frame.
Enable rx_enh_frame port	On/Off	Enables the rx_enh_frame port. Asynchronous status flag output of the RX KR-FEC that signifies the beginning of the received KR-FEC frame.
Enable rx_enh_frame_diag_status port	On/Off	Enables the rx_enh_frame_diag_status port. Asynchronous status flag output of the RX KR-FEC that indicates the status of the current received KR-FEC frame. 00: No error 01: Correctable error 10: Uncorrectable error 11: Reset condition/pre-lock condition

Standard PCS Parameters

This section provides descriptions of the parameters that you can specify to customize the Standard PCS.

For specific information about configuring the Standard PCS for these protocols, refer to the sections of this user guide that describe support for these protocols.

Table 36. Standard PCS Parameters
Note: For detailed descriptions of the optional ports that you can enable or disable, refer to the *Standard PCS Ports* section.
Parameter	Range	Description
Standard PCS/PMA interface width	8, 10, 16, 20	Specifies the data interface width between the Standard PCS and the transceiver PMA.
FPGA fabric/Standard TX PCS interface width	8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40	Shows the FPGA fabric to TX PCS interface width. This value is automatically determined by the current configuration of individual blocks within the Standard TX PCS datapath.
FPGA fabric/Standard RX PCS interface width	8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40	Shows the FPGA fabric to RX PCS interface width. This value is automatically determined by the current configuration of individual blocks within the Standard RX PCS datapath.
Enable 'Standard PCS' low latency mode	On / Off	Enables the low latency path for the Standard PCS. Some of the functional blocks within the Standard PCS are bypassed to provide the lowest latency. You cannot turn on this parameter while using the Basic/Custom w/Rate Match (Standard PCS) specified for Transceiver configuration rules.

Table 37. Byte Serializer and Deserializer Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
TX byte serializer mode	Disabled Serialize x2 Serialize x4	Specifies the TX byte serializer mode for the Standard PCS. The transceiver architecture allows the Standard PCS to operate at double or quadruple the data width of the PMA serializer. The byte serializer allows the PCS to run at a lower internal clock frequency to accommodate a wider range of FPGA interface widths. Serialize x4 is only applicable for PCIe protocol implementation.
RX byte deserializer mode	Disabled Deserialize x2 Deserialize x4	Specifies the mode for the RX byte deserializer in the Standard PCS. The transceiver architecture allows the Standard PCS to operate at double or quadruple the data width of the PMA deserializer. The byte deserializer allows the PCS to run at a lower internal clock frequency to accommodate a wider range of FPGA interface widths. Deserialize x4 is only applicable for PCIe protocol implementation.

Table 38. 8B/10B Encoder and Decoder Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable TX 8B/10B encoder	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Standard PCS enables the TX 8B/10B encoder.
Enable TX 8B/10B disparity control	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Standard PCS includes disparity control for the 8B/10B encoder. You can force the disparity of the 8B/10B encoder using the `tx_forcedisp` control signal.
Enable RX 8B/10B decoder	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the Standard PCS includes the 8B/10B decoder.

Table 39. Rate Match FIFO Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
RX rate match FIFO mode	Disabled Basic 10-bit PMA Basic 20-bit PMA GbE PIPE PIPE 0ppm	Specifies the operation of the RX rate match FIFO in the Standard PCS. Rate Match FIFO in Basic (Single Width) Mode Rate Match FIFO Basic (Double Width) Mode Rate Match FIFO for GbE Transceiver Channel Datapath for PIPE
RX rate match insert/delete -ve pattern (hex)	User-specified 20 bit pattern	Specifies the -ve (negative) disparity value for the RX rate match FIFO as a hexadecimal string.
RX rate match insert/delete +ve pattern (hex)	User-specified 20 bit pattern	Specifies the +ve (positive) disparity value for the RX rate match FIFO as a hexadecimal string.
Enable rx_std_rmfifo_full port	On / Off	Enables the optional `rx_std_rmfifo_full` port.
Enable rx_std_rmfifo_empty port	On / Off	Enables the `rx_std_rmfifo_empty` port.
PCI Express Gen3 rate match FIFO mode	Bypass 0 ppm 600 ppm	Specifies the PPM tolerance for the PCI Express Gen3 rate match FIFO. It is bypassed by default.

Table 40. Word Aligner and Bitslip Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable TX bitslip	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the PCS includes the bitslip function. The outgoing TX data can be slipped by the number of bits specified by the `tx_std_bitslipboundarysel` control signal.
Enable tx_std_bitslipboundarysel port	On / Off	Enables the `tx_std_bitslipboundarysel` control signal.
RX word aligner mode	bitslip manual (FPGA Fabric controlled) synchronous state machine deterministic latency	Specifies the RX word aligner mode for the Standard PCS. The word aligned width depends on the PCS and PMA width, and whether or not 8B/10B is enabled. Refer to "Word Aligner" for more information.
RX word aligner pattern length	7, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40	Specifies the length of the pattern the word aligner uses for alignment. Refer to "RX Word Aligner Pattern Length" table in "Word Aligner". It shows the possible values of "Rx Word Aligner Pattern Length" in all available word aligner modes.
RX word aligner pattern (hex)	User-specified	Specifies the word alignment pattern up to 16 characters in hex.
Number of word alignment patterns to achieve sync	0-255	Specifies the number of valid word alignment patterns that must be received before the word aligner achieves synchronization lock. The default is 3.
Number of invalid words to lose sync	0-63	Specifies the number of invalid data codes or disparity errors that must be received before the word aligner loses synchronization. The default is 3.
Number of valid data words to decrement error count	0-255	Specifies the number of valid data codes that must be received to decrement the error counter. If the word aligner receives enough valid data codes to decrement the error count to 0, the word aligner returns to synchronization lock.
Enable fast sync status reporting for deterministic Latency SM	On / Off	When enabled, the `rx_syncstatus` asserts high immediately after the deserializer has completed slipping the bits to achieve word alignment. When it is not selected, `rx_syncstatus` asserts after the cycle slip operation is complete and the word alignment pattern is detected by the PCS (i.e. `rx_patterndetect` is asserted). This parameter is only applicable when the selected protocol is CPRI (Auto).
Enable rx_std_wa_patternalign port	On / Off	Enables the `rx_std_wa_patternalign` port. When the word aligner is configured in manual mode and when this signal is enabled, the word aligner aligns to next incoming word alignment pattern.
Enable rx_std_wa_a1a2size port	On / Off	Enables the optional `rx_std_wa_a1a2size` control input port.
Enable rx_std_bitslipboundarysel port	On / Off	Enables the optional `rx_std_bitslipboundarysel` status output port.
Enable rx_bitslip port	On / Off	Enables the `rx_bitslip` port. This port is shared between the Standard PCS and Enhanced PCS.

Table 41. Bit Reversal and Polarity Inversion
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable TX bit reversal	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the 8B/10B Encoder reverses TX parallel data before transmitting it to the PMA for serialization. The transmitted TX data bit order is reversed. The normal order is LSB to MSB. The reverse order is MSB to LSB. TX bit reversal ports are not available but can be changed via soft registers. RX bit reversal ports are available.
Enable TX byte reversal	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the 8B/10B Encoder reverses the byte order before transmitting data. This function allows you to reverse the order of bytes that were erroneously swapped. The PCS can swap the ordering of either one of the 8- or 10-bit words, when the PCS/PMA interface width is 16 or 20 bits. This option is not valid under certain Transceiver configuration rules. TX byte reversal ports are not available but can be changed via soft registers. RX bit reversal ports are available.
Enable TX polarity inversion	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the `tx_std_polinv` port controls polarity inversion of TX parallel data to the PMA. When you turn on this parameter, you also need to turn on the Enable tx_polinv port.
Enable tx_polinv port	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the `tx_polinv` input control port is enabled. You can use this control port to swap the positive and negative signals of a serial differential link, if they were erroneously swapped during board layout.
Enable RX bit reversal	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the word aligner reverses RX parallel data. The received RX data bit order is reversed. The normal order is LSB to MSB. The reverse order is MSB to LSB. When you enable Enable RX bit reversal, you must also enable Enable rx_std_bitrev_ena port.
Enable rx_std_bitrev_ena port	On / Off	When you turn on this option and assert the `rx_std_bitrev_ena` control port, the RX data order is reversed. The normal order is LSB to MSB. The reverse order is MSB to LSB.
Enable RX byte reversal	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the word aligner reverses the byte order, before storing the data in the RX FIFO. This function allows you to reverse the order of bytes that are erroneously swapped. The PCS can swap the ordering of either one of the 8- or 10-bit words, when the PCS / PMA interface width is 16 or 20 bits. This option is not valid under certain Transceiver configuration rules. When you enable Enable RX byte reversal, you must also select the Enable rx_std_byterev_ena port.
Enable rx_std_byterev_ena port	On / Off	When you turn on this option and assert the `rx_std_byterev_ena` input control port, the order of the individual 8‑ or 10‑bit words received from the PMA is swapped.
Enable RX polarity inversion	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the `rx_std_polinv` port inverts the polarity of RX parallel data. When you turn on this parameter, you also need to enable Enable rx_polinv port.
Enable rx_polinv port	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the `rx_polinv` input is enabled. You can use this control port to swap the positive and negative signals of a serial differential link if they were erroneously swapped during board layout.
Enable rx_std_signaldetect port	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the optional `rx_std_signaldetect` output port is enabled. This signal is required for the PCI Express protocol. If enabled, the signal threshold detection circuitry senses whether the signal level present at the RX input buffer is above the signal detect threshold voltage that you specified.

Table 42. PCIe Ports
Parameter	Range	Description
Enable PCIe dynamic datarate switch ports	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the `pipe_rate`, `pipe_sw`, and `pipe_sw_done` ports are enabled. You should connect these ports to the PLL IP core instance in multi-lane PCIe Gen2 and Gen3 configurations. The `pipe_sw` and `pipe_sw_done` ports are only available for multi-lane bonded configurations.
Enable PCIe electrical idle control and status ports	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the `pipe_rx_eidleinfersel` and `pipe_rx_elecidle` ports are enabled. These ports are used for PCI Express configurations.
Enable PCIe pipe_hclk_in and pipe_hclk_out ports	On / Off	When you turn on this option, the `pipe_hclk_in`, and `pipe_hclk_out` ports are enabled. These ports must be connected to the PLL IP core instance for the PCI Express configurations.

PCS Direct Datapath Parameters

Table 43. PCS Direct Datapath Parameters
Parameter	Range	Description
PCS Direct interface width	8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 64	Specifies the data interface width between the FPGA Fabric width and the transceiver PMA.

Dynamic Reconfiguration Parameters

Dynamic reconfiguration allows you to change the behavior of the transceiver channels and PLLs without powering down the device.

Each transceiver channel and PLL includes an Avalon-MM slave interface for reconfiguration. This interface provides direct access to the programmable address space of each channel and PLL. Because each channel and PLL includes a dedicated Avalon-MM slave interface, you can dynamically modify channels either concurrently or sequentially. If your system does not require concurrent reconfiguration, you can parameterize the Transceiver Native PHY IP to share a single reconfiguration interface.

You can use dynamic reconfiguration to change many functions and features of the transceiver channels and PLLs. For example, you can change the reference clock input to the TX PLL. You can also change between the Standard and Enhanced datapaths.

To enable Intel^® Stratix^® 10 transceiver toolkit capability in the Native PHY IP core, you must enable the following options:

Enable dynamic reconfiguration
Enable Altera Debug Master Endpoint
Enable capability registers
Enable control and status registers
Enable PRBS (Pseudo Random Binary Sequence) soft accumulators

Table 44. Dynamic Reconfiguration
Parameter	Value	Description
Enable dynamic reconfiguration	On/Off	When you turn on this option, the dynamic reconfiguration interface is enabled.
Enable Altera Debug Master Endpoint	On/Off	When you turn on this option, the Transceiver Native PHY IP includes an embedded Altera Debug Master Endpoint (ADME) that connects internally to the Avalon-MM slave interface for dynamic reconfiguration. The ADME can access the reconfiguration space of the transceiver. It can perform certain test and debug functions via JTAG using the System Console. This option requires you to enable the Share reconfiguration interface option for configurations using more than one channel.
Separate reconfig_waitrequest from the status of AVMM arbitration with PreSICE	On/Off	When enabled, the `reconfig_waitrequest` does not indicate the status of AVMM arbitration with PreSICE. The AVMM arbitration status is reflected in a soft status register bit. This feature requires that the Enable control and status registers feature under Optional Reconfiguration Logic be enabled.
Share reconfiguration interface	On/Off	When you turn on this option, the Transceiver Native PHY IP presents a single Avalon-MM slave interface for dynamic reconfiguration for all channels. In this configuration, the upper [n-1:11] address bits of the reconfiguration address bus specify the channel. The channel numbers are binary encoded. Address bits [10:0] provide the register offset address within the reconfiguration space for a channel.
Enable rcfg_tx_digitalreset_release_ctrl port	On/Off	Enables the `rcfg_tx_digitalreset_release_ctrl` port that dynamically controls the TX PCS reset release sequence. This port usage is mandatory when reconfiguring to or from Enhanced PCS Configurations with TX PCS Gearbox ratios of either 32:67, 40:67, and 64:67.

Table 45. Optional Reconfiguration Logic
Parameter	Value	Description
Enable capability registers	On/Off	Enables capability registers that provide high level information about the configuration of the transceiver channel.
Set user-defined IP identifier	User-defined	Sets a user-defined numeric identifier that can be read from the `user_identifier` offset when the capability registers are enabled.
Enable control and status registers	On/Off	Enables soft registers to read status signals and write control signals on the PHY interface through the embedded debug.
Enable PRBS (Pseudo Random Binary Sequence) soft accumulators	On/Off	Enables soft logic for performing PRBS bit and error accumulation when the hard PRBS generator and checker are used.

Table 46. Configuration Files
Parameter	Value	Description
Configuration file prefix	<prefix>	Here, the file prefix to use for generated configuration files is specified. Each variant of the Transceiver Native PHY IP should use a unique prefix for configuration files.
Generate SystemVerilog package file	On/Off	When you turn on this option, the Transceiver Native PHY IP generates a SystemVerilog package file, reconfig_parameters.sv. This file contains parameters defined with the attribute values required for reconfiguration.
Generate C header file	On/Off	When you turn on this option, the Transceiver Native PHY IP generates a C header file, reconfig_parameters.h. This file contains macros defined with the attribute values required for reconfiguration.
Generate MIF (Memory Initialize File)	On/Off	When you turn on this option, the Transceiver Native PHY IP generates a MIF, reconfig_parameters.mif. This file contains the attribute values required for reconfiguration in a data format.

Table 47. Configuration Profiles
Parameter	Value	Description
Enable multiple reconfiguration profiles	On/Off	When enabled, you can use the GUI to store multiple configurations. This information is used by Quartus to include the necessary timing arcs for all configurations during timing driven compilation. The Native PHY generates reconfiguration files for all of the stored profiles. The Native PHY also checks your multiple reconfiguration profiles for consistency to ensure you can reconfigure between them. Among other things this checks that you have exposed the same ports for each configuration.⁵
Enable embedded reconfiguration streamer	On/Off	Enables the embedded reconfiguration streamer, which automates the dynamic reconfiguration process between multiple predefined configuration profiles. This is optional and increases logic utilization. The PHY includes all of the logic and data necessary to dynamically reconfigure between pre-configured profiles.
Generate reduced reconfiguration files	On/Off	When enabled, The Native PHY generates reconfiguration report files containing only the attributes or RAM data that are different between the multiple configured profiles. The reconfiguration time decreases with the use of reduced .mif files.
Number of reconfiguration profiles	1-8	Specifies the number of reconfiguration profiles to support when multiple reconfiguration profiles are enabled.
Store current configuration to profile	0-7	Selects which reconfiguration profile to store/load/clear/refresh, when clicking the relevant button for the selected profile.
Store configuration to selected profile	-	Clicking this button saves or stores the current Native PHY parameter settings to the profile specified by the Selected reconfiguration profile parameter.
Load configuration from selected profile	-	Clicking this button loads the current Native PHY with parameter settings from the stored profile specified by the Selected reconfiguration profile parameter.
Clear selected profile	-	Clicking this button clears or erases the stored Native PHY parameter settings for the profile specified by the Selected reconfiguration profile parameter. An empty profile defaults to the current parameter settings of the Native PHY.
Clear all profiles	-	Clicking this button clears the Native PHY parameter settings for all the profiles.
Refresh selected profile	-	Clicking this button is equivalent to clicking the Load configuration from selected profile and Store configuration to selected profile buttons in sequence. This operation loads the Native PHY parameter settings from stored profile specified by the Selected reconfiguration profile parameter and subsequently stores or saves the parameters back to the profile.

⁵ For more information on timing closure, refer to the Reconfiguration Interface and Dynamic Reconfiguration chapter.

Generation Options Parameters

Table 48. Generation Options
Parameter	Value	Description
Generate parameter documentation file	On/Off	When you turn on this option, generation produces a Comma-Separated Value (.csv ) file with descriptions of the Transceiver Native PHY IP parameters.

PMA, Calibration, and Reset Ports

This section describes the PMA and calibration ports for the Transceiver Native PHY IP core.

In the following tables, the variables represent these parameters:

<n>—The number of lanes
<d>—The serialization factor
<s>—The symbol size
<p>—The number of PLLs

Table 49. TX PMA Ports
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`tx_serial_data[<n>-1:0]`	Input	N/A	This is the serial data output of the TX PMA.
`tx_serial_clk0`	Input	Clock	This is the serial clock from the TX PLL. The frequency of this clock depends on the datarate and clock division factor. This clock is for non bonded channels only. For bonded channels use the `tx_bonding_clocks` clock TX input.
`tx_bonding_clocks[<n><6>-1:0]`	Input	Clock	This is a 6-bit bus which carries the low speed parallel clock per channel. These clocks are outputs from the master CGB. Use these clocks for bonded channels only.
Optional Ports
`tx_serial_clk1` `tx_serial_clk2` `tx_serial_clk3` `tx_serial_clk4`	Inputs	Clocks	These are the serial clocks from the TX PLL. These additional ports are enabled when you specify more than one TX PLL.
`tx_pma_iqtxrx_clkou`t	Output	Clock	This port is available if you turn on Enable tx_ pma_iqtxrx_clkout port in the Transceiver Native PHY IP core Parameter Editor. This output clock can be used to cascade the TX PMA output clock to the input of a PLL in the same tile.
`tx_pma_elecidle[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous FSR⁶	When you assert this signal, the transmitter is forced to electrical idle. This port has no effect when you configure the transceiver for the PCI Express protocol.

Table 50. RX PMA Ports
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`rx_serial_data[<n>-1:0]`	Input	N/A	Specifies serial data input to the RX PMA.
`rx_cdr_refclk0`	Input	Clock	Specifies reference clock input to the RX clock data recovery (CDR) circuitry.
Optional Ports
`rx_cdr_refclk1`– `rx_cdr_refclk4`	Input	Clock	Specifies reference clock inputs to the RX clock data recovery (CDR) circuitry. These ports allow you to change the CDR datarate.
`rx_pma_iqtxrx_clkout`	Output	Clock	This port is available if you turn on Enable rx_ pma_iqtxrx_clkout port in the Transceiver Native PHY IP core Parameter Editor. This output clock can be used to cascade the RX PMA output clock to the input of a PLL.
`rx_pma_clkslip`	Input	Clock SSR⁶	When asserted, causes the deserializer to either skip one serial bit or pauses the serial clock for one cycle to achieve word alignment.
`rx_is_lockedtodata[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout`	When asserted, indicates that the CDR PLL is in locked-to-data mode. When continuously asserted and does not switch between asserted and deasserted, you can confirm that it is actually locked to data.
`rx_is_lockedtoref[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout`	When asserted, indicates that the CDR PLL is in locked-to-reference mode.
`rx_set_locktodata[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous	This port provides manual control of the RX CDR circuitry. When asserted, the CDR switches to the lock-to-data mode. Refer to the Manual Lock Mode section for more details.
`rx_set_locktoref[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous	This port provides manual control of the RX CDR circuitry. When asserted, the CDR switches to the lock-to-reference mode. Refer to the Manual Lock Mode section for more details.
`rx_prbs_done[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout` SSR⁶	When asserted, indicates the verifier has aligned and captured consecutive PRBS patterns and the first pass through a polynomial is complete.
`rx_prbs_err[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout` SSR⁶	When asserted, indicates an error only after the `rx_prbs_done` signal has been asserted. This signal gets asserted for three parallel clock cycles for every error that occurs. Errors can only occur once per word.
`rx_prbs_err_clr[<n>-1:0]`	Input	`rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout` SSR⁶	When asserted, clears the PRBS pattern and deasserts the `rx_prbs_done` signal.
`rx_std_signaldetect[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	When enabled, the signal threshold detection circuitry senses whether the signal level present at the RX input buffer is above the signal detect threshold voltage. This signal is required for the PCI Express, SATA and SAS protocols.

Table 51. RX PMA Ports-PMA QPI Options
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`rx_seriallpbken[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous SSR ⁷	This port is available if you turn on Enable rx_seriallpbken port in the Transceiver Native PHY IP core Parameter Editor. The assertion of this signal enables the TX to RX serial loopback path within the transceiver. This signal can be enabled in Duplex or Simplex mode. If enabled in Simplex mode, you must drive the signal on both the TX and RX instances from the same source. Otherwise the design fails compilation.

Table 52. Calibration Status Ports
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`tx_cal_busy[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous SSR⁶	When asserted, indicates that the initial TX calibration is in progress. For both initial and manual recalibration, this signal is asserted during calibration and deasserts after calibration is completed. You must hold the channel in reset until calibration completes.
`rx_cal_busy[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous SSR⁶	When asserted, indicates that the initial RX calibration is in progress. For both initial and manual recalibration, this signal is asserted during calibration and deasserts after calibration is completed.

Table 53. Reset Ports
Name	Direction	Clock Domain⁸	Description
`tx_analogreset[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous	Resets the PMA TX portion of the transceiver PHY.
`tx_digitalreset[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous	Resets the PCS TX portion of the transceiver PHY.⁹
`rx_analogreset[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous	Resets the PMA RX portion of the transceiver PHY.
`rx_digitalreset[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous	Resets the PCS RX portion of the transceiver PHY.¹⁰
`tx_analogreset_stat [<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	TX PMA reset status port.
`rx_analogreset_stat [<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	RX PMA reset status port.
`tx_digitalreset_stat [<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	TX PCS reset status port.
`rx_digitalreset_stat [<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	RX PCS reset status port.
`tx_dll_lock`	Output	Asynchronous	TX PCS delay locked loop status port. This port is available when the RX Core FIFO is operating in Interlaken or Basic mode.
Optional Reset Port
`rcfg_tx_digitalreset_release_ctrl[<n>-1:0]` ¹¹	Input	Asynchronous	This port usage is mandatory when reconfiguring to or from Enhanced PCS Configurations with TX PCS Gearbox ratios of either 67:32, 67:40, and 67:64.

⁶ For a detailed description of FSR and SSR signals, please go to the Asynchronous Data Transfer section in the Other Protocols chapter.

⁷ For a detailed description of FSR and SSR signals, please go to the Asynchronous Data Transfer section in the Other Protocols chapter.

⁸ Although the reset ports are not synchronous to any clock domain, Intel recommends that you synchronize the reset ports with the system clock.

⁹ For non-bonded configurations: there is one bit per TX channel. For bonded configurations: there is one bit per PHY instance.

¹⁰ For non-bonded configurations: there is one bit per RX channel. For bonded configurations: there is one bit per PHY instance.

¹¹ For rcfg_tx_digitalreset_release_ctrl timing diagrams, refer to the "Special TX PCS Reset Release Sequence" under Resetting Transceiver Channels chapter.

PCS-Core Interface Ports

This section defines the PCS-Core interface ports common to the Enhanced PCS, Standard PCS, PCIe Gen3 PCS, and PCS Direct configurations.

Figure 26. PCS-Core Interface Ports

Each transceiver channel's transmit and receive 80-bit parallel data interface active and inactive ports depends on specific configuration parameters such as PMA width, FPGA Fabric width, and whether double rate transfer mode is enabled or disabled. The labeled inputs and outputs to the PMA and PCS modules represent buses, not individual signals. In the following tables, the variables represent the following parameters:

<n>—The number of lanes
<d>—The serialization factor
<s>— The symbol size
<p>—The number of PLLs

Table 54. TX PCS: Parallel Data, Control, and Clocks
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`tx_parallel_data[<n>80-1:0]`	Input	Synchronous to the clock driving the write side of the FIFO (`tx_coreclkin` or `tx_clkout`)	TX parallel data inputs from the FPGA fabric to the TX PCS. If you select Enable simplified data interface in the Transceiver Native PHY IP core Parameter Editor, `tx_parallel_data` includes only the bits required for the configuration you specify. The data ports that are not active must be set to logical state zero. To determine which ports are active, refer to Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Port Mapping section.
`unused_tx_parallel_data`	Input	`tx_clkout`	Port is enabled, when you enable Enable simplified data interface. Connect all of these bits to 0. When Enable simplified data interface is not set, the unused bits are a part of `tx_parallel_data`. Refer to Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Port Mapping to identify the ports you need to set to logical state zero.
`tx_control[<n><3>-1:0]` or `tx_control[<n><8>-1:0]`	Input	Synchronous to the clock driving the write side of the FIFO (`tx_coreclkin` or `tx_clkout`)	The `tx_control` ports have different functionality depending on the Enhanced PCS transceiver configuration rule selected. When Enable simplified data interface is not set, `tx_control` is part of `tx_parallel_data`. Refer to the Enhanced PCS TX and RX Control Ports section for more details. Refer to Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Port Mapping section for port mappings of `tx_control` ports based on specific configurations.
`tx_word_marking_bit`	Input	Synchronous to the clock driving the write side of the FIFO (`tx_coreclkin` or`tx_clkout`)	This port is required if double rate transfer mode is enabled. A logic state of Zero on this port indicates the data on `tx_parallel_data` bus contains the Lower Significant Word. A logic state of One on this port indicates the data on `tx_parallel_data` bus contains the Upper Significant Word. Note that Enable simplified data interface must be disabled for double rate transfer mode to be enabled and therefore, `tx_word_marking` bit always appears as part of`tx_parallel_data`. Refer to Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Port Mapping section for port mappings of`tx_word_marking_bit`.
`tx_coreclkin`	Input	Clock	The FPGA fabric clock. Drives the write side of the TX FIFO. For the Interlaken protocol, the frequency of this clock could be from datarate/67 to datarate/32. Using frequency lower than this range can cause the TX FIFO to underflow and result in data corruption.
`tx_coreclkin2`	Input	Clock	Enable this clock port to provide a fifo read clock when you have double rate transfer enabled with a PMA width of 20 without byte serialization.
`tx_clkout`	Output	Clock	User has the option to select the clock source for this port between PCS clkout, PCS clkout x2, and `pma_div_clkout`. A valid clock source must be selected based on intended configuration. PCS clkout is a parallel clock generated by the local CGB for non bonded configurations, and master CGB for bonded configurations. This clocks the blocks of the TX PCS. The frequency of this clock is equal to the datarate divided by PCS/PMA interface width. PCS clkout x2 is a parallel clock generated at twice the frequency of PCS clkout for double transfer rate mode configurations. The frequency of `pma_div_clkout` is the divided version of the TX PMA parallel clock.
`tx_clkout2`	Output	Clock	User has the option to select the clock source for this port between PCS clkout, PCS clkout x2, and pma_div_clkout. A valid clock source must be selected based on intended configuration. In some cases, double rate transfer and bonding, for example, you may be required to enable this port for data transfer across the EMIB. PCS clkout is a parallel clock generated by the local CGB for non bonded configurations, and master CGB for bonded configurations. This clocks the blocks of the TX PCS. The frequency of this clock is equal to the datarate divided by PCS/PMA interface width. PCS clkout x2 is a parallel clock generated at twice the frequency of PCS clkout for double transfer rate mode configurations. The frequency of `pma_div_clkout` is the divided version of the TX PMA parallel clock.

Table 55. RX PCS-Core Interface Ports: Parallel Data, Control, and Clocks
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`rx_parallel_data[<n>80-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO (`rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`)	RX parallel data from the RX PCS to the FPGA fabric. If you select, Enable simplified data interface in the Transceiver Native PHY IP GUI, `rx_parallel_data` includes only the bits required for the configuration you specify. Otherwise, this interface is 80 bits wide. To determine which ports are active for specific transceiver configurations, refer to Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Port Mapping. You can leave the unusual ports floating or not connected.
`unused_rx_parallel_data`	Output	`rx_clkout`	This signal specifies the unused data ports when you turn on Enable simplified data interface. When simplified data interface is not set, the unused ports are a part of `rx_parallel_data`. To determine which ports are active for specific transceiver configurations, refer to Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Port Mapping. You can leave the unused data outputs floating or not connected.
`rx_control[<n> <8>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO (`rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`)	The `rx_control` ports have different functionality depending on the Enhanced PCS transceiver configuration rule selected. When Enable simplified data interface is not set, `rx_control` is part of `rx_parallel_data`. Refer to the Enhanced PCS TX and RX Control Ports section for more details. To determine which ports are active for specific transceiver configurations, refer to Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Port Mapping.
`rx_word_marking_bit`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO (`rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`)	This port is required if double rate transfer mode is enabled. A logic state of Zero on this port indicates the data on `rx_parallel_data` bus contains the Lower Significant Word. A logic state of One on this port indicates the data on `rx_parallel_data` bus contains the Upper Significant Word. Note that Enable simplified data interface must be disabled for double rate transfer mode to be enabled and therefore, `rx_word_marking` bit always appears as part of`rx_parallel_data`. Refer to Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Port Mapping section for port mappings of`rx_word_marking_bit`.
`rx_coreclkin`	Input	Clock	The FPGA fabric clock. Drives the read side of the RX FIFO. For Interlaken protocol, the frequency of this clock could range from datarate/67 to datarate/32.
`rx_clkout`	Output	Clock	User has the option to select the clock source for this port between PCS clkout, PCS clkout x2, and `pma_div_clkout`. A valid clock source must be selected based on intended configuration. The PCS clkout is the low speed parallel clock recovered by the transceiver RX PMA, that clocks the blocks in the RX PCS. The frequency of this clock is equal to datarate divided by PCS/PMA interface width. PCS clkout x2 is a parallel clock generated at twice the frequency of PCS clkout for double transfer rate mode configurations. The frequency of `pma_div_clkout` is the divided version of the RX PMA parallel clock.
`rx_clkout2`	Output	Clock	User has the option to select the clock source for this port between PCS clkout, PCS clkout x2, and `pma_div_clkout`. A valid clock source must be selected based on intended configuration. The PCS clkout is the low speed parallel clock recovered by the transceiver RX PMA, that clocks the blocks in the RX PCS. The frequency of this clock is equal to datarate divided by PCS/PMA interface width. PCS clkout x2 is a parallel clock generated at twice the frequency of PCS clkout for double transfer rate mode configurations. The frequency of `pma_div_clkout` is the divided version of the RX PMA parallel clock.

Table 56. TX PCS-Core Interface FIFO
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`tx_fifo_wr_en[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Synchronous to the clock driving the write side of the FIFO (`tx_coreclkin` or `tx_clkout`)	Assertion of this signal indicates that the TX data is valid. For Basic and Interlaken, you need to control this port based on TX Core FIFO flags so that the FIFO does not underflow or overflow. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`tx_enh_data_valid[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Synchronous to the clock driving the write side of the FIFO (`tx_coreclkin` or `tx_clkout`)	Assertion of this signal indicates that the TX data is valid. For transceiver configuration rules using 10GBASE-R, 10GBASE-R 1588, 10GBASE-R w/KR FEC, 40GBASE-R w/KR FEC, Basic w/KR FEC, or double rate transfer mode, you must control this signal based on the gearbox ratio. You must also use this signal instead of `tx_fifo_wr_en` whenever the transceiver Enhanced PCS gearbox is not set to a 1:1 ratio such as 66:40 or 64:32 as an example, except in the case of when the RX Core FIFO is configured in Interlaken or Basic mode in which case, you must use `tx_fifo_wr_en` instead. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`tx_fifo_full[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the write side of the FIFO (`tx_coreclkin` or `tx_clkout`)	Assertion of this signal indicates the TX Core FIFO is full. Because the depth is always constant, you can ignore this signal for the phase compensation mode. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`tx_fifo_pfull[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the write side of the FIFO `tx_coreclkin` or `tx_clkout`	This signal gets asserted when the TX Core FIFO reaches its partially full threshold that is set through the Native PHY IP core PCS-Core Interface tab. Because the depth is always constant, you can ignore this signal for the phase compensation mode. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`tx_fifo_empty[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	When asserted, indicates that the TX Core FIFO is empty. This signal gets asserted for 2 to 3 clock cycles. Because the depth is always constant, you can ignore this signal for the phase compensation mode. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`tx_fifo_pempty[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	When asserted, indicates that the TX Core FIFO has reached its specified partially empty threshold that is set through the Native PHY IP core PCS-Core Interface tab. When you turn this option on, the Enhanced PCS enables the `tx_fifo_pempty` port, which is asynchronous. This signal gets asserted for 2 to 3 clock cycles. Because the depth is always constant, you can ignore this signal for the phase compensation mode. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.

Table 57. RX PCS-Core Interface FIFO
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`rx_data_valid[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO `rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`	When asserted, indicates that `rx_parallel_data` is valid. Discard invalid RX parallel data when`rx_data_valid` signal is low. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`rx_enh_data_valid[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO `rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`	When asserted, indicates that `rx_parallel_data` is valid. Discard invalid RX parallel data when `rx_enh_data_valid` is low. You must use this signal instead of `rx_data_valid` whenever the transceiver Enhanced PCS gearbox is not set to a 1:1 ratio such as 66:40 or 64:32 as an example, except in the case of when the RX Core FIFO is configured in Interlaken or Basic mode in which case, you must use `rx_data_valid` instead. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`rx_fifo_full[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	When asserted, indicates that the RX Core FIFO is full. This signal gets asserted for 2 to 3 clock cycles.Because the depth is always constant, you can ignore this signal for the phase compensation mode. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`rx_fifo_pfull[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	When asserted, indicates that the RX Core FIFO has reached its specified partially full threshold. This signal gets asserted for 2 to 3 clock cycles. Because the depth is always constant, you can ignore this signal for the phase compensation mode. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`rx_fifo_empty[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO `rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`	When asserted, indicates that the RX Core FIFO is empty. Because the depth is always constant, you can ignore this signal for the phase compensation mode. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`rx_fifo_pempty[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO `rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`	When asserted, indicates that the RX Core FIFO has reached its specified partially empty threshold. Because the depth is always constant, you can ignore this signal for the phase compensation mode. Refer to Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation for more details.
`rx_fifo_del[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO `rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`	When asserted, indicates that a word has been deleted from the RX Core FIFO. This signal gets asserted for 2 to 3 clock cycles. This signal is used for the 10GBASE-R protocol.
`rx_fifo_insert[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO `rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`	When asserted, indicates that a word has been inserted into the RX Core FIFO. This signal is used for the 10GBASE-R protocol.
`rx_fifo_rd_en[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO `rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`	For RX Core FIFO Interlaken and Basic configurations, when this signal is asserted, a word is read from the RX Core FIFO. You need to control this signal based on RX Core FIFO flags so that the FIFO does not underflow or overflow.
`rx_fifo_align_clr[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO `rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout` FSR ¹²	When asserted, the RX Core FIFO resets and begins searching for a new alignment pattern. This signal is only valid for the Interlaken protocol. Assert this signal for at least 4 cycles.

Table 58. Latency Measurement/Adjustment
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`latency_sclk`	Input	clock	Latency measurement input reference clock.
`tx_fifo_latency_pulse`	Output	`tx_coreclkin`	Latency pulse of TX core FIFO from latency measurement.
`tx_pcs_fifo_latency_pulse`	Output	`tx_clkout`	Latency pulse of TX PCS FIFO from latency measurement.
`rx_fifo_latency_pulse`	Output	`rx_coreclkin`	Latency pulse of RX core FIFO from latency measurement.
`rx_pcs_fifo_latency_pulse;`	Output	`rx_clkout`	Latency pulse of RX PCS FIFO from latency measurement.

¹² For a detailed description of FSR and SSR signals, please go to the Asynchronous Data Transfer section.

Enhanced PCS Ports

Figure 27. Enhanced PCS InterfacesThe labeled inputs and outputs to the PMA and PCS modules represent buses, not individual signals.

In the following tables, the variables represent these parameters:

<n>—The number of lanes
<d>—The serialization factor
<s>— The symbol size
<p>—The number of PLLs

Table 59. Interlaken Frame Generator, Synchronizer, and CRC32
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`tx_enh_frame[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`tx_clkout`	Asserted for 2 or 3 parallel clock cycles to indicate the beginning of a new metaframe.
`tx_err_ins`	Input	`tx_coreclkin`	For the Interlaken protocol, you can use this bit to insert the synchronous header and CRC32 errors if you have turned on Enable simplified data interface. When asserted, the synchronous header for that cycle word is replaced with a corrupted one. A CRC32 error is also inserted if Enable Interlaken TX CRC-32 generator error insertion is turned on. The corrupted sync header is 2'b00 for a control word, and 2'b11 for a data word. For CRC32 error insertion, the word used for CRC calculation for that cycle is incorrectly inverted, causing an incorrect CRC32 in the Diagnostic Word of the Metaframe. Note that a synchronous header error and a CRC32 error cannot be created for the Framing Control Words because the Frame Control Words are created in the frame generator embedded in TX PCS. Both the synchronous header error and the CRC32 errors are inserted if the CRC-32 error insertion feature is enabled in the Transceiver Native PHY IP Core GUI.
`tx_dll_lock`	Output	`tx_clkout`	User should monitor this lock status when the TX Core FIFO is configured in Interlaken or Basic mode of operation. For `tx_dll_lock` timing diagrams, refer to the Special TX PCS Reset Release Sequence under Resetting Transceiver Channels chapter. .
`tx_enh_frame_diag_status[2<n>-1:0]`	Input	`tx_clkout`	Drives the lane status message contained in the framing layer diagnostic word (bits[33:32]). This message is inserted into the next diagnostic word generated by the frame generator block. This bus must be held constant for 5 clock cycles before and after the `tx_enh_frame` pulse. The following encodings are defined: Bit[1]: When 1, indicates the lane is operational. When 0, indicates the lane is not operational. Bit[0]: When 1, indicates the link is operational. When 0, indicates the link is not operational.
`tx_enh_frame_burst_en[<n>-1:0]`	Input	`tx_clkout`	If Enable frame burst is enabled, this port controls frame generator data reads from the TX FIFO to the frame generator. It is latched once at the beginning of each Metaframe. If the value of `tx_enh_frame_burst_en` is 0, the frame generator does not read data from the TX FIFO for current Metaframe. Instead, the frame generator inserts SKIP words as the payload of Metaframe. When `tx_enh_frame_burst_en` is 1, the frame generator reads data from the TX FIFO for the current Metaframe. This port must be held constant for 5 clock cycles before and after the `tx_enh_frame` pulse.
`rx_enh_frame[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout`	When asserted, indicates the beginning of a new received Metaframe. This signal is pulse stretched.
`rx_enh_frame_lock[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout` SSR¹³	When asserted, indicates the Frame Synchronizer state machine has achieved Metaframe delineation. This signal is pulse stretched.
`rx_enh_frame_diag_status[2 <n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout` SSR¹³	Drives the lane status message contained in the framing layer diagnostic word (bits[33:32]). This signal is latched when a valid diagnostic word is received in the end of the Metaframe while the frame is locked. The following encodings are defined: Bit[1]: When 1, indicates the lane is operational. When 0, indicates the lane is not operational. Bit[0]: When 1, indicates the link is operational. When 0, indicates the link is not operational.
`rx_enh_crc32_err[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout` FSR¹³	When asserted, indicates a CRC error in the current Metaframe. Asserted at the end of current Metaframe. This signal gets asserted for 2 or 3 cycles.

Table 60. 10GBASE-R BER Checker
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`rx_enh_highber[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout` SSR¹³	When asserted, indicates a bit error rate that is greater than 10 ^-4. For the 10GBASE-R protocol, this BER rate occurs when there are at least 16 errors within 125 µs. This signal gets asserted for 2 to 3 clock cycles.
`rx_enh_highber_clr_cnt[<n>-1:0]`	Input	`rx_clkout` SSR¹³	When asserted, clears the internal counter that indicates the number of times the BER state machine has entered the BER_BAD_SH state.
`rx_enh_clr_errblk_count[<n>-1:0]` (10GBASE-R and FEC)	Input	`rx_clkout` SSR¹³	When asserted the error block counter resets to 0. Assertion of this signal clears the internal counter that counts the number of times the RX state machine has entered the `RX_E` state. In modes where the FEC block is enabled, the assertion of this signal resets the status counters within the RX FEC block.

Table 61. Block Synchronizer
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`rx_enh_blk_lock<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout` SSR¹³	When asserted, indicates that block synchronizer has achieved block delineation. This signal is used for 10GBASE-R and Interlaken.

Table 62. Gearbox
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`rx_bitslip[<n>-1:0]`	Input	`rx_clkout` SSR¹³	The `rx_parallel_data` slips 1 bit for every positive edge of the `rx_bitslip` input. Keep the `rx_bitslip` pulse high for at least 200 ns and each pulse 400 ns apart to ensure the data is slipped. The maximum shift is < pcswidth -1> bits, so that if the PCS is 64 bits wide, you can shift 0-63 bits.
`tx_enh_bitslip[<n>-1:0]`	Input	`rx_clkout` SSR¹³	The value of this signal controls the number of bits to slip the `tx_parallel_data` before passing to the PMA.

Table 63. KR-FEC
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`tx_enh_frame[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`Asynchronous`	Asynchronous status flag output of TX KR-FEC that signifies the beginning of generated KR FEC frame
`rx_enh_frame[<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout` SSR¹³	Asynchronous status flag output of RX KR-FEC that signifies the beginning of received KR FEC frame
`rx_enh_frame_diag_status[2<n>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout` SSR¹³	Asynchronous status flag output of RX KR-FEC that indicates the status of the current received frame. 00: No error 01: Correctable Error 10: Un-correctale error 11: Reset condition/pre-lock condition

¹³ For a detailed description of FSR and SSR signals, please go to the Asynchronous Data Transfer section.

Enhanced PCS TX and RX Control Ports

This section describes the tx_control and rx_control bit encodings for different protocol configurations.

When Enable simplified data interface is ON, all of the unused ports shown in the tables below, appear as a separate port. For example: It appears as unused_tx_control/ unused_rx_control port.

Enhanced PCS TX Control Port Bit Encodings

Note: When using double rate transfer, refer to the Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping section.

Table 64. Bit Encodings for Interlaken
Name	Bit	Functionality	Description
`tx_control`	[1:0]	Synchronous header	The value 2'b01 indicates a data word. The value 2'b10 indicates a control word.
	[2]	Inversion control	A logic low indicates that the built-in disparity generator block in the Enhanced PCS maintains the Interlaken running disparity.
	[7:3]	Unused
	[8]	Insert synchronous header error or CRC32	You can use this bit to insert synchronous header error or CRC32 errors. The functionality is similar to `tx_err_ins`. Refer to `tx_err_ins` signal description in Interlaken Frame Generator, Synchronizer and CRC32 table for more details.

Table 65. Bit Encodings for 10GBASE-R , 10GBASE-R 1588, 10GBASE-R with KR FEC
Name	Bit	Functionality
`tx_control`	[0]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[7:0]`
	[1]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[15:8]`
	[2]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[23:16]`
	[3]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[31:24]`
	[4]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[39:32]`
	[5]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[47:40]`
	[6]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[55:48]`
	[7]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[63:56]`
	[8]	Unused

Table 66. Bit Encodings for Basic (Enhanced PCS) with 66-bit word, Basic with KR FEC, 40GBASE-R with KR FECFor Basic (Enhanced PCS) with 66-bit word, Basic with KR FEC, 40GBASE-R with KR FEC, the total word length is 66-bit with 64-bit data and 2-bit synchronous header.
Name	Bit	Functionality	Description
`tx_control`	[1:0]	Synchronous header	The value 2'b01 indicates a data word. The value 2'b10 indicates a control word.
`tx_control`	[8:2]	Unused

Table 67. Bit Encodings for Basic (Enhanced PCS) with 67-bit wordIn this case, the total word length is 67-bit with 64-bit data and 2-bit synchronous header and inversion bit for disparity control.
Name	Bit	Functionality	Description
`tx_control`	[1:0]	Synchronous header	The value 2'b01 indicates a data word. The value 2'b10 indicates a control word.
`tx_control`	[2]	Inversion control	A logic low indicates that built-in disparity generator block in the Enhanced PCS maintains the running disparity.

Enhanced PCS RX Control Port Bit Encodings

Table 68. Bit Encodings for Interlaken
Name	Bit	Functionality	Description
`rx_control`	[1:0]	Synchronous header	The value 2'b01 indicates a data word. The value 2'b10 indicates a control word.
	[2]	Inversion control	A logic low indicates that the built-in disparity generator block in the Enhanced PCS maintains the Interlaken running disparity. In the current implementation, this bit is always tied logic low (1'b0).
	[3]	Payload word location	A logic high (1'b1) indicates the payload word location in a metaframe.
	[4]	Synchronization word location	A logic high (1'b1) indicates the synchronization word location in a metaframe.
	[5]	Scrambler state word location	A logic high (1'b1) indicates the scrambler word location in a metaframe.
	[6]	SKIP word location	A logic high (1'b1) indicates the SKIP word location in a metaframe.
	[7]	Diagnostic word location	A logic high (1'b1) indicates the diagnostic word location in a metaframe.
	[8]	Synchronization header error, metaframe error, or CRC32 error status	A logic high (1'b1) indicates synchronization header error, metaframe error, or CRC32 error status.
	[9]	Block lock and frame lock status	A logic high (1'b1) indicates that block lock and frame lock have been achieved.

Table 69. Bit Encodings for 10GBASE-R , 10GBASE-R 1588, 10GBASE-R with KR FEC
Name	Bit	Functionality
`rx_control`	[0]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[7:0]`
	[1]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[15:8]`
	[2]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[23:16]`
	[3]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[31:24]`
	[4]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[39:32]`
	[5]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[47:40]`
	[6]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[55:48]`
	[7]	XGMII control signal for `parallel_data[63:56]`
	[9:8]	Unused

Table 70. Bit Encodings for Basic (Enhanced PCS) with 66-bit word, Basic with KR FEC, 40GBASE-R with KR FECFor Basic (Enhanced PCS) with 66-bit word, Basic with KR FEC, 40GBASE-R with KR FEC, the total word length is 66-bit with 64-bit data and 2-bit synchronous header.
Name	Bit	Functionality	Description
`rx_control`	[1:0]	Synchronous header	The value 2'b01 indicates a data word. The value 2'b10 indicates a control word.
	[7:2]	Unused
	[9:8]	Unused

Table 71. Bit Encodings for Basic (Enhanced PCS) with 67-bit wordIn this case, the total word length is 67-bit with 64-bit data and 2-bit synchronous header and inversion bit for disparity control.
Name	Bit	Functionality	Description
`rx_control`	[1:0]	Synchronous header	The value 2'b01 indicates a data word. The value 2'b10 indicates a control word.
`rx_control`	[2]	Inversion control	A logic low indicates that built-in disparity generator block in the Enhanced PCS maintains the running disparity.

Standard PCS Ports

Figure 28. Transceiver Channel using the Standard PCS PortsStandard PCS ports appear if you have selected either one of the transceiver configuration modes that use the Standard PCS .

In the following tables, the variables represent these parameters:

<n>—The number of lanes
<w>—The width of the interface
<d>—The serialization factor
<s>— The symbol size
<p>—The number of PLLs

Table 72. Rate Match FIFO
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`rx_std_rmfifo_full[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous SSR¹⁴	Rate match FIFO full flag. When asserted the rate match FIFO is full. You must synchronize this signal. This port is only used for GigE mode.
`rx_std_rmfifo_empty[<n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous SSR¹⁴	Rate match FIFO empty flag. When asserted, match FIFO is empty. You must synchronize this signal. This port is only used for GigE mode.
`rx_rmfifostatus[<2*n>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	Indicates FIFO status. The following encodings are defined: 2'b00: Normal operation 2'b01: Deletion, `rx_std_rmfifo_full = 1` 2'b10: Insertion, `rx_std_rmfifo_empty = 1` 2'b11: Full. If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.

Table 73. 8B/10B Encoder and Decoder
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`tx_datak`	Input	tx_clkout	`tx_datak` is exposed if 8B/10B enabled and simplified data interface is set.When 1, indicates that the 8B/10B encoded word of tx_parallel_data is control. When 0, indicates that the 8B/10B encoded word of `tx_parallel_data` is data. For most configurations with simplified data interface disabled, `tx_datak` corresponds to `tx_parallel_data[8]`. For PMA width of 10-bit with double rate transfer mode disabled or PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode enabled and the Byte Serializer is enabled, `tx_datak` corresponds to `tx_parallel_data[8]` and `tx_parallel_data[19].` For PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode is disabled and Byte Serializer enabled, `tx_datak` corresponds to `tx_parallel_data[8]`, `tx_parallel_data[19]`, `tx_parallel_data[48]`, and `tx_parallel_data[59].` If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus[1:0]` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.
`tx_forcedisp[<n>(<w>/<s>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous	`tx_forcedisp` is only exposed if 8B/10B, 8B/10B disparity control, and simplified data interface has been enabled. This signal allows you to force the disparity of the 8B/10B encoder. When "1", forces the disparity of the output data to the value driven on `tx_dispval`. When "0", the current running disparity continues. For most configurations with simplified data interface disabled, `tx_forcedisp` corresponds to `tx_parallel_data[9]`. For PMA width of 10-bit with double rate transfer mode disabled or PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode enabled and the Byte Serializer is enabled, `tx_forcedisp` corresponds to `tx_parallel_data[9]` and `tx_parallel_data[20].` For PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode is disabled and Byte Serializer enabled, `tx_forcedisp` corresponds to `tx_parallel_data[9]`, `tx_parallel_data[20]`, `tx_parallel_data[49]`, and `tx_parallel_data[60].` If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.
`tx_dispval[<n>(<w>/<s>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous	`tx_dispval` is exposed if 8B/10B, 8B/10B disparity control, and simplified data interface has been enabled. Specifies the disparity of the data. When 0, indicates positive disparity, and when 1, indicates negative disparity. For most configurations with simplified data interface disabled, `tx_dispval` corresponds to `tx_parallel_data[10]`. For PMA width of 10-bit with double rate transfer mode disabled or PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode enabled and the Byte Serializer is enabled, `tx_forcedisp` corresponds to `tx_parallel_data[10]` and `tx_parallel_data[21].` For PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode is disabled and Byte Serializer enabled, `tx_dispval` corresponds to `tx_parallel_data[10]`, `tx_parallel_data[21]`, `tx_parallel_data[50]`, and `tx_parallel_data[61].` If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.
`rx_datak[<n><w>/<s>-1:0]`	Output	`rx_clkout`	`rx_datak` is exposed if 8B/10B is enabled and simplified data interface is set. When 1, indicates that the 8B/10B decoded word of rx_parallel_data is control. When 0, indicates that the 8B/10B decoded word of `rx_parallel_data` is data. For most configurations with simplified data interface disabled, `rx_datak` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[8]`. For PMA width of 10-bit with double rate transfer mode disabled or PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode enabled and the Byte Serializer is enabled, `rx_datak` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[8]` and `rx_parallel_data[24].` For PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode is disabled and Byte Serializer enabled, `rx_datak` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[8]`, `rx_parallel_data[24]`, `rx_parallel_data[48]`, and `tx_parallel_data[64].` If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.
`rx_errdetect[<n><w>/<s>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO (`rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`)	When asserted, indicates a code group violation detected on the received code group. Used along with `rx_disperr` signal to differentiate between code group violation and disparity errors. The following encodings are defined for `rx_errdetect/rx_disperr`: 2'b00: no error 2'b10: code group violation 2'b11: disparity error. For most configurations with simplified data interface disabled, `rx_errdetect` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[9]`. For PMA width of 10-bit with double rate transfer mode disabled or PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode enabled and the Byte Deserializer is enabled, `rx_errdetect` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[9]` and `rx_parallel_data[25].` For PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode is disabled and Byte Deserializer enabled, `rx_errdetect` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[9]`, `rx_parallel_data[25]`, `rx_parallel_data[49]`, and `rx_parallel_data[65].` If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.
`rx_disperr[<n><w>/<s>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO (`rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`)	When asserted, indicates a disparity error on the received code group. For most configurations with simplified data interface disabled, `rx_disperr` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[11]`. For PMA width of 10-bit with double rate transfer mode disabled or PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode enabled and the Byte Deserializer is enabled, `rx_disperr` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[11]` and `rx_parallel_data[27].` For PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode is disabled and Byte Deserializer enabled, `rx_disperr` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[11]`, `rx_parallel_data[27]`, `rx_parallel_data[51]`, and `rx_parallel_data[67].` If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.
`rx_runningdisp[<n><w>/<s>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to the clock driving the read side of the FIFO (`rx_coreclkin` or `rx_clkout`)	When high, indicates that `rx_parallel_data` was received with negative disparity. When low, indicates that `rx_parallel_data` was received with positive disparity. For most configurations with simplified data interface disabled, `rx_runningdisp` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[15]`. For PMA width of 10-bit with double rate transfer mode disabled or PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode enabled and the Byte Deserializer is enabled, `rx_runningdisp` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[15]` and `rx_parallel_data[31].` For PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode is disabled and Byte Deserializer enabled, `rx_runningdisp` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[15]`, `rx_parallel_data[31]`, `rx_parallel_data[55]`, and `rx_parallel_data[71].` If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.
`rx_patterndetect[<n><w>/<s>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	When asserted, indicates that the programmed word alignment pattern has been detected in the current word boundary. Refer to "Word Alignment Using the Standard PCS" section for more details. For most configurations with simplified data interface disabled, `rx_patterndetect` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[12]`. For PMA width of 10-bit with double rate transfer mode disabled or PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode enabled and the Byte Deserializer is enabled, `rx_patterndetect` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[12]` and `rx_parallel_data[28].` For PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode is disabled and Byte Deserializer enabled, `rx_patterndetect` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[12]`, `rx_parallel_data[28]`, `rx_parallel_data[52]`, and `rx_parallel_data[68].` If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.
`rx_syncstatus[<n><w>/<s>-1:0]`	Output	Asynchronous	When asserted, indicates that the conditions required for synchronization are being met. Refer to "Word Alignment Using the Standard PCS" section for more details. `rx_syncstatus` is bus dependent on the width of the parallel data. For example, when the parallel data width is 32 bits, then `rx_syncstatus` is a 4 bit bus. The final expected value is 1'hf, indicating the control character is identified at the correct location in the 32 bit parallel word. For most configurations with simplified data interface disabled, `rx_syncstatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[10]`. For PMA width of 10-bit with double rate transfer mode disabled or PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode enabled and the Byte Deserializer is enabled, `rx_syncstatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[10]` and `rx_parallel_data[26].` For PMA width of 20-bit with double rate transfer mode is disabled and Byte Deserializer enabled, `rx_syncstatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[10]`, `rx_parallel_data[26]`, `rx_parallel_data[50]`, and `rx_parallel_data[66].` If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.

Table 74. Word Aligner and Bitslip
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`tx_std_bitslipboundarysel[5 <n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous SSR¹⁴	Bitslip boundary selection signal. Specifies the number of bits that the TX bit slipper must slip.
`rx_std_bitslipboundarysel[5 <n>-1:0]`	Output	Synchronous to `rx_clkout`	This port is used in deterministic latency word aligner mode. It reports the number of bits that the RX block slipped to achieve deterministic latency.
`rx_std_wa_patternalign[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous SSR¹⁴	This port is enabled when you place the word aligner in manual mode. In manual mode, you align words by asserting `rx_std_wa_patternalign`. When the PCS-PMA Interface width is 10 bits, `rx_std_wa_patternalign` is level sensitive. For all the other PCS-PMA Interface widths, `rx_std_wa_patternalign` is positive edge sensitive. You can use this port only when the word aligner is configured in manual or deterministic latency mode. When the word aligner is in manual mode, and the PCS-PMA interface width is 10 bits, this is a level sensitive signal. In this case, the word aligner monitors the input data for the word alignment pattern, and updates the word boundary when it finds the alignment pattern. For all other PCS-PMA interface widths, this signal is edge sensitive.This signal is internally synchronized inside the PCS using the PCS parallel clock and should be asserted for at least 2 clock cycles to allow synchronization.
`rx_std_wa_a1a2size[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous SSR¹⁴	Used for the SONET protocol. Assert when the A1 and A2 framing bytes must be detected. A1 and A2 are SONET framing alignment overhead bytes and are only used when the PMA data width is 8 or 16 bits. The 2 alignment markers valid status is captured in the 2 bit of `rx_std_wa_ala2size` signal. When both the markers are matched, then the value of the signal is 2'b11. If simplified data interface is disabled, `rx_rmfifostatus` is a part of `rx_parallel_data`. For most configurations, `rx_rmfifostatus` corresponds to `rx_parallel_data[14:13]`. Refer to section Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping to identify the port mappings to `rx_parallel_data` for your specific transceiver configurations.
`rx_bitslip[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous SSR¹⁴	Used when word aligner mode is bitslip mode. When the Word Aligner is in either Manual (FPGA Fabric width controlled), Synchronous State Machine or Deterministic Latency ,the`rx_bitslip signal` is not valid and should be tied to 0. For every rising edge of the `rx_std_bitslip` signal, the word boundary is shifted by 1 bit. Each bitslip removes the earliest received bit from the received data.

Table 75. Bit Reversal and Polarity Inversion
Name	Direction	Clock Domain	Description
`rx_std_byterev_ena[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous SSR¹⁴	This control signal is available when the PMA width is 16 or 20 bits. When asserted, enables byte reversal on the RX interface. Use this when the MSB and LSB byte order of data packet from transmitter is inverted order than receiver.
`rx_std_bitrev_ena[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous SSR¹⁴	When asserted, enables bit reversal on the RX interface. Bit order may be reversed if external transmission circuitry transmits the most significant bit first. When enabled, the receiver receives all words in the reverse order. The bit reversal circuitry operates on the output of the word aligner.
`tx_polinv[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous SSR¹⁴	When asserted, the TX polarity bit is inverted. Only active when TX bit polarity inversion is enabled.
`rx_polinv[<n>-1:0]`	Input	Asynchronous SSR¹⁴	When asserted, the RX polarity bit is inverted. Only active when RX bit polarity inversion is enabled.

¹⁴ For a detailed description of FSR and SSR signals, please go to the Asynchronous Data Transfer section.

Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core Interface Reference Port Mapping

This section lists the following tables for the PCS-to-Core port interface mappings of all the supported configurations for the Enhanced PCS, Standard PCS, and PCS-Direct configurations when Simplified Data Interface is disabled or unavailable. For the port interface mappings for PCIe Gen1-Gen3, refer to the PCIe Express chapter. Refer to these tables when mapping certain port functions to tx_parallel_data and rx_parallel_data. The Intel^® Stratix^® 10L-/ H-Tile Transceiver PHY PCS-to-Core interface has a maximum 80-bit width parallel data bus per channel which includes data, control, word marker, PIPE, and PMA and PCS status ports depending on the PCS/datapath enabled and transceiver configurations.

Note: When Simplified Data Interface is enabled, some ports go through the slow shift registers (SSR) or fast shift registers (FSR). Refer to the Asynchronous Data Transfer section for more details about FSR and SSR.

Figure 29. PCS-Core Port Interface

PCS-Core Interface Ports: Enhanced PCS

Figure 30. PCS-Core Interface Port: Enhanced PCS

Note: In the following table, the tx_parallel_data and rx_parallel_data mappings shown are for a single channel. To determine the mappings for multi-channel designs, the user must scale the single channel mappings with the appropriate channel multipliers. For example, data[31:0] maps to tx_parallel_data[31:0] and rx_parallel_data[31:0] for single channel designs. For multi-channel designs, data[31:0] for every channel would map to tx_parallel_data[<n-1>80+31:<n-1>80] and rx_parallel_data[<n-1>80+31:<n-1>80], where <n> is the channel number.

Table 76. Simplified Data Interface=Disabled, Double-Rate Transfer=Disabled
TX Port Function	TX Port	RX Port Function	RX Port
Configuration-1, PMA Width-32, FPGA Fabric width-32
`data[31:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[31:0]`	`data[31:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[31:0]`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79]`	`rx_prbs_err`	`rx_parallel_data[35]`
		`rx_prbs_done`	`rx_parallel_data[36]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-2, PMA Width-40, FPGA Fabric width-40
`data[39:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[39:0]`	`data[39:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[39:0]`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79]`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-3, PMA Width-32/40/64, FPGA Fabric width-64/66/67
`data[31:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[31:0]`	`data[31:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[31:0]`
`data[63:32]`	`tx_parallel_data[71:40]`	`data[63:32]`	`rx_parallel_data[71:40]`
`tx_control[3:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[35:32]`	`rx_control[3:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[35:32]`
`tx_control[8:4]`	`tx_parallel_data[76:72]`	`rx_control[9:4]`	`rx_parallel_data[77:72]`
`tx_enh_data_valid`	`tx_parallel_data[36]`	`rx_enh_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[36]`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79]`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`

Table 77. Simplified Data Interface=Disabled, Double-Rate Transfer=Enabled
TX Port Function	TX Port	RX Port Function	RX Port
Configuration-4, PMA Width-32, FPGA Fabric width-16
`data[15:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[15:0] (lower word)`	`data[15:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[15:0] (lower word)`
`data[31:16]`	`tx_parallel_data[15:0] (upper word)`	`data[31:16]`	`rx_parallel_data[15:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[19] (lower word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[19] (upper word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-5, PMA Width-40, FPGA Fabric width-20
`data[19:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[19:0] (lower word)`	`data[19:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[19:0] (lower word)`
`data[39:20]`	`tx_parallel_data[19:0] (upper word)`	`data[39:20]`	`rx_parallel_data[19:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-6, PMA Width-32/40/64, FPGA Fabric width-32
`data[31:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[31:0] (lower word)`	`data[31:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[31:0] (lower word)`
`data[63:32]`	`tx_parallel_data[31:0] (upper word)`	`data[63:32]`	`rx_parallel_data[31:0] (upper word)`
`tx_control[3:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[35:32] (lower word)`	`rx_control[3:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[35:32] (lower word)`
`tx_control[8:4]`	`tx_parallel_data[36:32] (upper word)`	`rx_control[9:4]`	`rx_parallel_data[37:32] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
`tx_enh_data_valid`	`tx_parallel_data[36] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_enh_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[36] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`

PCS-Core Interface Ports: Standard PCS

Figure 31. PCS-Core Interface Ports: Standard PCS

Table 78. Simplified Data Interface=Disabled, Double-Rate Transfer=Disabled
TX Port Function	TX Port	RX Port Function	RX Port
Configuration-7, PMA Width-8, 8B10B-NA, Byte Serializer-Disabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0]`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0]`
		`rx_std_wa_a1a2size`	`rx_parallel_data[8]`
		`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-8, PMA Width-8, 8B10B-NA, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0]`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0]`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[18:11]`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[23:16]`
		`rx_std_wa_a1a2size`	`rx_parallel_data[8], [24]`
		`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-9, PMA Width-10, 8B10B-Disabled, Byte Serializer-Disabled
`data[9:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0]`	`data[9:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0]`
		`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10]`
		`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14]`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-10, PMA Width-10, 8B10B-Disabled, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[9:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0]`	`data[9:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0]`
`data[19:10]`	`tx_parallel_data[20:11]`	`data[25:16]`	`rx_parallel_data[25:16]`
		`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26]`
		`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11], [27]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13], [29]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14], [30]`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15], [31]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-11, PMA Width-10, 8B10B-Enabled, Byte Serializer-Disabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0]`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0]`
`tx_datak`	`tx_parallel_data[8]`	`rx_datak`	`rx_parallel_data[8]`
`tx_forcedisp`	`tx_parallel_data[9]`	`rx_errdetect`	`rx_parallel_data[9]`
`tx_dispval`	`tx_parallel_data[10]`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10]`
		`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14]`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-12, PMA Width-10, 8B10B-Enabled, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0]`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0]`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[18:11]`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[23:16]`
`tx_datak`	`tx_parallel_data[8], [19]`	`rx_datak`	`rx_parallel_data[8], [24]`
`tx_forcedisp`	`tx_parallel_data[9], [20]`	`rx_errdetect`	`rx_parallel_data[9], [25]`
`tx_dispval`	`tx_parallel_data[10], [21]`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26]`
		`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11], [27]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13], [29]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14], [30]`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15], [31]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-13, PMA Width-16, 8B10B-NA, Byte Serializer-Disabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0]`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0]`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[18:11]`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[23:16]`
		`rx_std_wa_a1a2size`	`rx_parallel_data[8], [24]`
		`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-14, PMA Width-16, 8B10B-NA, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0]`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0]`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[18:11]`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[23:16]`
`data[23:16]`	`tx_parallel_data[47:40]`	`data[23:16]`	`rx_parallel_data[47:40]`
`data[31:24]`	`tx_parallel_data[58:51]`	`data[31:24]`	`rx_parallel_data[63:56]`
		`rx_std_wa_a1a2size`	`rx_parallel_data[8], [24], [48], [64]`
		`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26], [50], [66]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28], [52], [68]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-15, PMA Width-20, 8B10B-Disabled, Byte Serializer-Disabled
`data[9:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0]`	`data[9:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0]`
`data[19:10]`	`tx_parallel_data[20:11]`	`data[19:10]`	`rx_parallel_data[25:16]`
		`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26]`
		`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11], [27]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13], [29]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14], [30]`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15], [31]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-16, PMA Width-20, 8B10B-Disabled, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[9:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0]`	`data[9:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0]`
`data[20:11]`	`tx_parallel_data[20:11]`	`data[19:10]`	`rx_parallel_data[25:16]`
`data[49:40]`	`tx_parallel_data[49:40]`	`data[29:20]`	`rx_parallel_data[49:40]`
`data[60:51]`	`tx_parallel_data[60:51]`	`data[39:30]`	`rx_parallel_data[65:56]`
		`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26], [50], [66]`
		`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11], [27], [51], [67]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28], [52], [68]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13], [29], [53], [69]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14], [30], [54], [70]`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15], [31], [55], [71]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-17, PMA Width-20, 8B10B-Enabled, Byte Serializer-Disabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0]`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0]`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[18:11]`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[23:16]`
`tx_datak`	`tx_parallel_data[8], [19]`	`rx_datak`	`rx_parallel_data[8], [24]`
`tx_forcedisp`	`tx_parallel_data[9], [20]`	`rx_errdetect`	`rx_parallel_data[9], [25]`
`tx_dispval`	`tx_parallel_data[10], [21]`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26]`
		`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11], [27]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13], [29]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14], [30]`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15], [31]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-18, PMA Width-20, 8B10B-Enabled, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0]`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0]`
`data[18:11]`	`tx_parallel_data[18:11]`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[23:16]`
`data[23:16]`	`tx_parallel_data[47:40]`	`data[23:16]`	`rx_parallel_data[47:40]`
`data[31:24]`	`tx_parallel_data[58:51]`	`data[31:24]`	`rx_parallel_data[63:56]`
`tx_datak`	`tx_parallel_data[8], [19], [48], [59]`	`rx_datak`	`rx_parallel_data[8], [24], [48], [64]`
`tx_forcedisp`	`tx_parallel_data[9], [20], [49], [60]`	`rx_errdetect`	`rx_parallel_data[9], [25], [49], [65]`
`tx_dispval`	`tx_parallel_data[10], [21], [50], [61]`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26], [50], [66]`
		`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11], [27], [51], [67]`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28], [52], [68]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13], [29], [53], [69]`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14], [30], [54], [70]`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15], [31], [55], [71]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`

Table 79. Simplified Data Interface=Disabled, Double-Rate Transfer=Enabled
TX Port Function	TX Port	RX Port Function	RX Port
Configuration-19, PMA Width-8, 8B10B-NA, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-20, PMA Width-10, 8B10B-Disabled, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[9:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0] (lower word)`	`data[9:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0] (lower word)`
`data[19:10]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0] (upper word)`	`data[19:10]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-21, PMA Width-10, 8B10B-Enabled, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`
`tx_datak`	`tx_parallel_data[8] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_datak`	`rx_parallel_data[8] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_forcedisp`	`tx_parallel_data[9] (lower and upper word)`	`code_violation_status` ¹⁵	`rx_parallel_data[9] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_dispval`	`tx_parallel_data[10] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`	`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-22, PMA Width-16, 8B10B-NA, Byte Serializer-Disabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-23, PMA Width-16, 8B10B-NA, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[18:11] (lower word)`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[23:16] (lower word)`
`data[23:16]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`	`data[23:16]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`
`data[31:24]`	`tx_parallel_data[18:11] (upper word)`	`data[31:24]`	`rx_parallel_data[23:16] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-24, PMA Width-20, 8B10B-Disabled, Byte Serializer-Disabled
`data[9:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0] (lower word)`	`data[9:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0] (lower word)`
`data[19:10]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0] (upper word)`	`data[19:10]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-25, PMA Width-20, 8B10B-Disabled, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[19:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0], [20:11] (lower word)`	`data[19:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0], [25:16] (lower word)`
`data[39:20]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0], [20:11] (upper word)`	`data[39:20]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0], [25:16] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11], [27] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13], [29] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14], [30] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15], [31] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-26, PMA Width-20, 8B10B-Enabled, Byte Serializer-Disabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`
`tx_datak`	`tx_parallel_data[8] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_datak`	`rx_parallel_data[8] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_forcedisp`	`tx_parallel_data[9] (lower and upper word)`	`code_violation_status` ¹⁵	`rx_parallel_data[9] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_dispval`	`tx_parallel_data[10] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`	`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-27, PMA Width-20, 8B10B-Enabled, Byte Serializer-Enabled
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[18:11] (lower word)`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[23:16] (lower word)`
`data[23:16]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`	`data[23:16]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`
`data[31:24]`	`tx_parallel_data[18:11] (upper word)`	`data[31:24]`	`rx_parallel_data[23:16] (upper word)`
`tx_datak`	`tx_parallel_data[8], [19] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_datak`	`rx_parallel_data[8], [24] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_forcedisp`	`tx_parallel_data[9], [20] (lower and upper word)`	`code_violation_status` ¹⁵	`rx_parallel_data[9], [25] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_dispval`	`tx_parallel_data[10], [21] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_syncstatus`	`rx_parallel_data[10], [26] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`	`rx_disperr`	`rx_parallel_data[11], [27] (lower and upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_patterndetect`	`rx_parallel_data[12], [28] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[0]`	`rx_parallel_data[13], [29] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_rmfifostatus[1]`	`rx_parallel_data[14], [30] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_runningdisp`	`rx_parallel_data[15], [31] (lower and upper word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
		`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`

¹⁵ Asserts when the 8b10b decoder detects a code error. Deasserts when the 8b10b decoder does not detect a code error.

PCS-Core Interface Ports: PCS-Direct

Figure 32. PCS-Core Interface Ports: PCS-Direct

Table 80. Simplified Data Interface=Disabled, Double-Rate Transfer=Disabled
TX Port Function	TX Port	RX Port Function	RX Port
Configuration-28, PMA Width-8, FPGA Fabric width-8
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0]`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0]`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79]`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-29, PMA Width-10, FPGA Fabric width-10
`data[9:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0]`	`data[9:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0]`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79]`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-30, PMA Width-16, FPGA Fabric width-16
`data[15:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[15:0]`	`data[15:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[15:0]`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79]`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-31, PMA Width-20, FPGA Fabric width-20
`data[19:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[19:0]`	`data[19:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[19:0]`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79]`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-32, PMA Width-32, FPGA Fabric width-32
`data[31:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[31:0]`	`data[31:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[31:0]`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79]`	`rx_prbs_err`	`rx_parallel_data[35]`
		`rx_prbs_done`	`rx_parallel_data[36]`
		`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-33, PMA Width-40, FPGA Fabric width-40
`data[39:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[39:0]`	`data[39:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[39:0]`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79]`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-34, PMA Width-64, FPGA Fabric width-64
`data[31:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[31:0]`	`data[31:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[31:0]`
`data[63:32]`	`tx_parallel_data[71:40]`	`data[63:32]`	`rx_parallel_data[71:40]`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79]`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`

Table 81. Simplified Data Interface=Disabled, Double-Rate Transfer=Enabled
TX Port Function	TX Port	RX Port Function	RX Port
Configuration-35, PMA Width-16, FPGA Fabric width-8
`data[7:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`	`data[7:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (lower word)`
`data[15:8]`	`tx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`	`data[15:8]`	`rx_parallel_data[7:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[19] (lower word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[19] (upper word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-36, PMA Width-20, FPGA Fabric width-10
`data[9:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0] (lower word)`	`data[9:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0] (lower word)`
`data[19:10]`	`tx_parallel_data[9:0] (upper word)`	`data[19:10]`	`rx_parallel_data[9:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[19] (lower word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[19] (upper word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-37, PMA Width-32, FPGA Fabric width-16
`data[15:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[15:0] (lower word)`	`data[15:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[15:0] (lower word)`
`data[31:16]`	`tx_parallel_data[15:0] (upper word)`	`data[31:16]`	`rx_parallel_data[15:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[19] (lower word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[19] (upper word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79]`
Configuration-38, PMA Width-40, FPGA Fabric width-20
`data[19:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[19:0] (lower word)`	`data[19:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[19:0] (lower word)`
`data[39:20]`	`tx_parallel_data[19:0] (upper word)`	`data[39:20]`	`rx_parallel_data[19:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`
Configuration-39, PMA Width-64, FPGA Fabric width-32
`data[31:0]`	`tx_parallel_data[31:0] (lower word)`	`data[31:0]`	`rx_parallel_data[31:0] (lower word)`
`data[63:32]`	`tx_parallel_data[31:0] (upper word)`	`data[63:32]`	`rx_parallel_data[31:0] (upper word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=0`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=0`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (lower word)`
`tx_word_marking_bit=1`	`tx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`	`rx_word_marking_bit=1`	`rx_parallel_data[39] (upper word)`
`tx_fifo_wr_en`	`tx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`	`rx_data_valid`	`rx_parallel_data[79] (lower and upper word)`

IP Core File Locations

When you generate your Transceiver Native PHY IP, the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Pro Edition software generates the HDL files that define your instance of the IP. In addition, the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Pro Edition software generates an example Tcl script to compile and simulate your design in the ModelSim simulator. It also generates simulation scripts for Synopsys VCS, Aldec Active-HDL, Aldec Riviera-Pro, and Cadence Incisive Enterprise.

Figure 33. Directory Structure for Generated Files

The following table describes the directories and the most important files for the parameterized Transceiver Native PHY IP core and the simulation environment. These files are in clear text.

Table 82. Transceiver Native PHY Files and Directories
File Name	Description
<project_dir>	The top-level project directory.
<your_ip_name> .v or .vhd	The top-level design file.
<your_ip_name> .qip	A list of all files necessary for Intel^® Quartus^® Prime compilation.
<your_ip_name> .bsf	A Block Symbol File (.bsf) for your Transceiver Native PHY instance.
<project_dir>/<your_ip_name>/	The directory that stores the HDL files that define the Transceiver Native PHY IP.
<project_dir>/sim	The simulation directory.
<project_dir>/sim/aldec	Simulation files for Riviera-PRO simulation tools.
<project_dir>/sim/cadence	Simulation files for Cadence simulation tools.
<project_dir>/sim/mentor	Simulation files for Mentor simulation tools.
<project_dir>/sim/synopsys	Simulation files for Synopsys simulation tools.
<project_dir>/synth	The directory that stores files used for synthesis.

The Verilog and VHDL Transceiver Native PHY IP cores have been tested with the following simulators:

ModelSim SE
Synopsys VCS MX
Cadence NCSim

If you select VHDL for your transceiver PHY, only the wrapper generated by the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Pro Edition software is in VHDL. All the underlying files are written in Verilog or SystemVerilog. To enable simulation using a VHDL-only ModelSim license, the underlying Verilog and SystemVerilog files for the Transceiver Native PHY IP are encrypted so that they can be used with the top-level VHDL wrapper without using a mixed-language simulator.

For more information about simulating with ModelSim, refer to the Mentor Graphics ModelSim Support chapter in volume 3 of the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Handbook.

The Transceiver Native PHY IP cores do not support the NativeLink feature in the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Pro Edition software.

Using the Intel Stratix 10 L-Tile/H-Tile Transceiver Native PHY Intel Stratix 10 FPGA IP Core

Use the Native PHY IP core to instantiate one of the following PCS options:

Standard PCS
Enhanced PCS
PCIe Gen3 PCS
PCS Direct

Figure 34. Native PHY IP Core Ports and Functional Blocks

Figure 35. Native PHY IP Core Parameter Editor

Note: Although the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Pro Edition software provides legality checks, the supported FPGA fabric to PCS interface widths and the supported datarates are pending characterization.

PMA Functions

The Native PHY IP core allows you to set the TX PMA and RX PMA through the Analog PMA Settings tab.

Note: These PMA settings apply across all channels for that PHY instance. If you want to have different PMA settings for different channels in one PHY instance, you must use the Sample QSF Assignments option to overwrite these settings on a per-channel basis. You can also find a list of sample transmitter QSF assignments in the TX PMA Use Model section.

TX PMA Use Model

You can configure all TX PMA settings using the Analog PMA Settings tab, or if needed, through the corresponding QSF assignments provided through the tab. You can also reconfigure them through the registers outlined in the Logical View of the L-Tile/H-Tile Transceiver Registers.

Transmitter QSF Assignments

These are the sample QSF assignments for the transmitter PMA. The syntax is as shown, with an example below.

Syntax:

set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER "${full_attribute_name}={chosen_attribute_value} " -to ${tx_pin}

Example:

set_instance_assignment -name HSSI_PARAMETER ""pma_tx_buf_vod_output_swing_ctrl =31 " -to tx_serial_pin[0]

Note: Attribute names are longer than the ones you find on the Register Map. Refer to the following table for a list of attribute names and values.

Table 83. Transmitter QSF Assignment Attributes
Attribute	Full Attribute Name	Attribute Values
TX Output Swing Level (VOD)	`pma_tx_buf_vod_output_swing_ctrl`	17 (600 mV) until 31 (V_CCT or Transmitter Power Supply Voltage)
Pre-emphasis 1st post-tap magnitude	`pma_tx_buf_pre_emp_switching_ctrl_1st_post_tap`	0-24
Pre-emphasis 1st post-tap polarity	`pma_tx_buf_pre_emp_sign_1st_post_tap`	`fir_post_1t_neg` (negative) OR `fir_post_1t_pos` (positive)
Pre-emphasis 1st pre-tap magnitude	`pma_tx_buf_pre_emp_switching_ctrl_pre_tap_1t`	0-15
Pre-emphasis 1st pre-tap polarity	`pma_tx_buf_pre_emp_sign_pre_tap_1t`	`fir_pre_1t_neg` (negative) OR `fir_pre_1t_pos` (positive)
Slew Rate	`pma_tx_buf_slew_rate_ctrl`	`0` (slowest) to `5` (fastest)

RX PMA Use Model

The Adaptive Parametric Tuning (ADAPT) engine allows the continuous time linear equalization (CTLE) and decision feedback equalization (DFE) blocks of the RX PMA to adapt to an optimal value.

Adaptation is available for CTLE, VGA, and DFE. The RX PMA Adaptation Modes include:

Manual CTLE, Manual VGA, DFE Off
Adaptive CTLE, Adaptive VGA, DFE Off
Adaptive CTLE, Adaptive VGA, All-Tap Adaptive DFE
Adaptive CTLE, Adaptive VGA, 1-Tap Adaptive DFE
ctle_dfe_mode_2 (Adaptive Mode for PCIe Gen3) — This mode fixes the AC gain and leaves everything else adaptive.

Table 84. RX PMA Adaptation Range of Values
Analog PMA Setting	Range of Values
CTLE	AC gain: 0-15 EQ gain: 0-47
VGA	0-31
DFE (Adaptive only)	Tap1: -63 to 63 Taps 2-3: -31 to 31 Taps 4-7: -15 to 15 Taps 8-15: -7 to 7

Using RX in Manual Mode

When CTLE or VGA is in manual mode, you can use the Transceiver Native PHY IP Core or QSF assignments to select your CTLE AC gain, CTLE EQ gain, and VGA gain settings.

Contact Intel Support to obtain the recommended values for your system loss profile.

These values can always be overwritten through the Avalon-MM (AVMM) Interface. The new values take precedence over values defined statically in the PHY IP core. Use this method to dynamically set values and avoid re-compilation.

Note: Intel does not recommend that you use manual mode due to PVT variations.

Using RX in Adaptive Mode

When CTLE, VGA or DFE is in adaptive mode, you must use reconfiguration to access the AVMM Interface and reset and start the adaptation. Ensure that rx_ready is asserted before starting adaptation. The adaptation engine converges the values within 50 ms.

Refer to the RX PMA sections of the Logical View of the L-Tile/H-Tile Transceiver Registers for more details on the register addresses, and the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 Dynamic Transceiver Reconfiguration chapter for details on the AVMM interface and how to perform dynamic reads and writes to the analog PMA settings.

Setting RX PMA Adaptation Modes

There are a number of attributes that are configured differently across the RX adaptation modes. Refer to the Setting RX PMA Adaptation Modes resource for more details.

Register Sequences

When using the logical view register map to reconfigure the PMA, you must use the register addresses in the following sections:

Pre-Emphasis: To change pre-emphasis manually
VOD: to manually change VOD
Manual CTLE: To change CTLE manually
Manual VGA: To change VGA manually
Adaptation Control - Start and Adaptation Control - Stop: To reset and start adaptation
Adaptation Initial Values
Adapted Value Readout: To read out the adapted CTLE, VGA, and DFE values

PCS Functions

Receiver Word Alignment

Word Alignment Using the Standard PCS

To achieve receiver word alignment, use the word aligner of the Standard PCS in one of the following modes:

RX data bitslip
Manual mode
Synchronous State Machine
Deterministic Latency Mode
Word alignment in GbE Mode

RX Bitslip

To use the RX bitslip, select Enable rx_bitslip port and set the word aligner mode to bitslip. This adds rx_bitslip as an input control port. An active high edge on rx_bitslip slips one bit at a time. When rx_bitslip is toggled, the word aligner slips one bit at a time on every active high edge. Assert the rx_bitslip signal for at least 200 ns to ensure it passes through the slow shift register. You can verify this feature by monitoring rx_parallel_data.

The RX bitslip feature is optional and may or may not be enabled.

Figure 36. RX Bitslip in 8-bit Mode tx_parallel_data = 8'hbc

Figure 37. RX Bitslip in 10-bit Mode tx_parallel_data = 10'h3bc

Figure 38. RX Bitslip in 16-bit Mode tx_parallel_data = 16'hfcbc

Figure 39. RX Bitslip in 20-bit Mode tx_parallel_data = 20'h3fcbc

Refer to the Word Aligner bitslip Mode section for more information.

Word Aligner Manual Mode

Refer to the Intel^® Stratix^® 10 (L/H-Tile) Word Aligner Bitslip Calculator to calculate the number of slips you require to achieve alignment based on the word alignment pattern and length. To use this mode:

Set the RX word aligner mode to Manual (FPGA Fabric controlled).
Set the RX word aligner pattern length option according to the PCS-PMA interface width.
Enter a hexadecimal value in the RX word aligner pattern (hex) field.

This mode adds rx_patterndetect and rx_syncstatus. You can select the Enable rx_std_wa_patternalign port option to enable rx_std_wa_patternalign.

Note:

rx_patterndetect is asserted whenever there is a pattern match.
rx_syncstatus is asserted after the word aligner achieves synchronization, 3 clkout cycles after rx_patterndetect goes high.
rx_std_wa_patternalign is asserted to re-align and resynchronize.
If there is more than one channel in the design, rx_patterndetect, rx_syncstatus and rx_std_wa_patternalign become buses in which each bit corresponds to one channel.

You can verify this feature by monitoring rx_parallel_data.

The following timing diagrams demonstrate how to use the ports and show the relationship between the various control and status signals. In the top waveform, rx_parallel_data is initially misaligned. After asserting the rx_std_wa_patternalign signal, it becomes aligned. The bottom waveform shows the behavior of the rx_syncstatus signal when rx_parallel_data is already aligned.

Figure 40. Manual Mode when the PCS-PMA Interface Width is 8 Bits tx_parallel_data = 8'hBC and the word aligner pattern = 8'hBC

In manual alignment mode, the word alignment operation is manually controlled with the rx_std_wa_patternalign input signal or the rx_enapatternalign register. The word aligner operation is level-sensitive to rx_enapatternalign. The word aligner asserts the rx_syncstatus signal for one parallel clock cycle whenever it re-aligns to the new word boundary.

Note: Only the 10-bit mode is level sensitive. The 8-, 16-, and 20-bit modes are edge sensitive.

Refer to the Word Aligner Manual Mode section for more information.

Word Aligner Synchronous State Machine Mode

To use this mode:

Select the Enable TX 8B/10B encoder option.
Select the Enable RX 8B/10B decoder option.

The 8B/10B encoder and decoder add the following additional ports:

tx_datak
rx_datak
rx_errdetect
rx_disperr
rx_runningdisp

Set the RX word aligner mode to synchronous state machine.
Set the RX word aligner pattern length option according to the PCS-PMA interface width.
Enter a hexadecimal value in the RX word aligner pattern (hex) field.

The RX word aligner pattern is the 8B/10B encoded version of the data pattern. You can also specify the number of word alignment patterns (LSB first) to achieve synchronization, the number of invalid data words to lose synchronization, and the number of valid data words to decrement error count. This mode adds two additional ports: rx_patterndetect and rx_syncstatus.

Note:

rx_patterndetect is asserted whenever there is a pattern match.
rx_syncstatus is asserted after the word aligner achieves synchronization, 3 clkout cycles after rx_patterndetect goes high.
If there is more than one channel in the design, tx_datak, rx_datak, rx_errdetect, rx_disperr, rx_runningdisp, rx_patterndetect, and rx_syncstatus become buses in which each bit corresponds to one channel.

You can verify this feature by monitoring rx_parallel_data.

Figure 41. Synchronization State Machine Mode when the PCS-PMA Interface Width is 16 Bits

Refer to the Word Aligner Synchronous State Machine Mode section for more information.

Word Aligner in Deterministic Latency Mode for CPRI

The deterministic latency state machine in the word aligner reduces the known delay variation from the word alignment process. It automatically synchronizes and aligns the word boundary by slipping one half of a serial clock cycle (1UI) in the deserializer. Incoming data to the word aligner is aligned to the boundary of the word alignment pattern (K28.5).

Figure 42. Deterministic Latency State Machine in the Word Aligner

When using deterministic latency state machine mode, assert rx_std_wa_patternalign to initiate the pattern alignment after the reset sequence is complete. This is an edge-triggered signal in all cases except one: when the word aligner is in manual mode and the PMA width is 10 bits, in which case rx_std_wa_patternalign is level sensitive.

Figure 43. Word Aligner in Deterministic Latency Mode 16 Bits Waveform

Calculating Latency through the Word Aligner

You can use the word aligner in either of the following modes to achieve deterministic latency:

Deterministic Latency State Machine (DLSM)
Synchronous State Machine (SSM)
Manual mode
RX Bitslip mode

Table 85. Word Aligner Latency in DLSM and RX Bitslip Modes
Condition	Latency
If `rx_std_bitslipboundarysel` ¹⁶ is EVEN	Constant
If `rx_std_bitslipboundarysel` ¹⁶ is ODD	Constant + 1 UI

Table 86. Word Aligner Latency in SSM and Manual Modes
Condition	Latency
10-bit PMA	Constant (nsec) + (`rx_std_bitslipboundarysel`) * UI ¹⁷ (nsec)
20-bit PMA	Constant (nsec) + (19 - `rx_std_bitslipboundarysel`) * UI¹⁷ (psec)

Word Alignment in GbE Mode

The word aligner for the GbE and GbE with IEEE 1588v2 protocols is configured in automatic synchronization state machine mode.

The Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Pro Edition software automatically configures the synchronization state machine to indicate synchronization when the receiver receives three consecutive synchronization ordered sets. A synchronization ordered set is a /K28.5/ code group followed by an odd number of valid /Dx.y/ code groups. The fastest way for the receiver to achieve synchronization is to receive three continuous {/K28.5/, /Dx.y/} ordered sets.

The Native PHY IP core signals receiver synchronization status on the rx_syncstatus port of each channel. A high on the rx_syncstatus port indicates that the lane is synchronized; a low on the rx_syncstatus port indicates that the lane has fallen out of synchronization. The receiver loses synchronization when it detects three invalid code groups separated by less than three valid code groups or when it is reset.

Table 87. Synchronization State Machine Parameter Settings for GbE
Synchronization State Machine Parameter	Setting
Number of word alignment patterns to achieve sync	3
Number of invalid data words to lose sync	3
Number of valid data words to decrement error count	3

The following figure shows rx_syncstatus high when three consecutive ordered sets are sent through rx_parallel_data.

Figure 44. rx_syncstatus High

¹⁶ If you do not account for rx_std_bitslipboundarysel, there will be nondeterminism of 1 UI in these word aligner modes.

¹⁷ UI is the inverse of the serial datarate. These constants have different values based on the PHY configuration. Contact MySupport for further details on the expected values. The rx_std_bitslipboundarysel output status port is available to you at the PCS-Core interface.

Word Alignment Using the Enhanced PCS

Use the block synchronizer of the Enhanced PCS to achieve word boundary for protocols such as 10GBase-R, 40G/100G Ethernet, and so on.

Refer to the Block Synchronizer section for more information.

Use the gearbox in the PCIe Gen3 PCS for 128B/130B as required by the PIPE Gen3 applications. Refer to the Gearbox section for more information.

Receiver Clock Compensation

Clock Compensation Using the Standard PCS

Use the Rate Match FIFO of the Standard PCS in one of the following modes, to compensate for clock differences between the RX PCS and the FPGA fabric:

Rate Match FIFO in Basic 10-bit PMA mode
Rate Match FIFO in Basic 20-bit PMA mode
Rate Match FIFO in GbE mode
Rate Match FIFO in PIPE mode
Rate Match FIFO in PIPE 0 ppm mode

Rate Match FIFO in Basic (Single Width) Mode

Only the rate match FIFO operation is covered in these steps.

Select basic (single width) in the RX rate match FIFO mode list.

Enter values for the following parameters.

Parameter	Value	Description
RX rate match insert/delete +ve pattern (hex)	20 bits of data specified as a hexadecimal string	The first 10 bits correspond to the skip pattern and the last 10 bits correspond to the control pattern. The skip pattern must have neutral disparity.
RX rate match insert/delete –ve pattern (hex)	20 bits of data specified as a hexadecimal string	The first 10 bits correspond to the skip pattern and the last 10 bits correspond to the control pattern. The skip pattern must have neutral disparity.

ve (volt encodes) are NRZ_L conditions where +ve encodes 0 and –ve encodes 1. ve is a running disparity (+/–RD) specifically used with the rate matcher. Depending on the ppm difference (which is defined by protocol) between the recovered clock and the local clock, the rate matcher adds or deletes a maximum of four skip patterns (neutral disparity). The net neutrality is conserved even after the skip word insertion or deletion because the control words alternate between positive and negative disparity.

In the following figure, the first skip cluster has a /K28.5/ control pattern followed by two /K28.0/ skip patterns. The second skip cluster has a /K28.5/ control pattern followed by four /K28.0/ skip patterns. The rate match FIFO deletes only one /K28.0/ skip pattern from the first skip cluster to maintain at least one skip pattern in the cluster after deletion. Two /K28.0/ skip patterns are deleted from the second cluster for a total of three skip patterns deletion requirement.

The rate match FIFO can insert a maximum of four skip patterns in a cluster, if there are no more than five skip patterns in the cluster after insertion.

Figure 45. Rate Match FIFO Deletion with Three Skip Patterns Required for Deletion

In the following figure, /K28.5/ is the control pattern and neutral disparity /K28.0/ is the skip pattern. The first skip cluster has a /K28.5/ control pattern followed by three /K28.0/ skip patterns. The second skip cluster has a /K28.5/ control pattern followed by two /K28.0/ skip patterns. The rate match FIFO inserts only two /K28.0/ skip patterns into the first skip cluster to maintain a maximum of five skip patterns in the cluster after insertion. One /K28.0/ skip pattern is inserted into the second cluster for a total of three skip patterns to meet the insertion requirement.

Figure 46. Rate Match FIFO Insertion with Three Skip Patterns Required for Insertion

The following figure shows the deletion of D5 when the upstream transmitter reference clock frequency is greater than the local receiver reference clock frequency. It asserts rx_std_rmfifo_full for one parallel clock cycle while the deletion takes place.

Figure 47. Rate Match FIFO Becoming Full After Receiving D5

The following figure shows the insertion of skip symbols when the local receiver reference clock frequency is greater than the upstream transmitter reference clock frequency. It asserts rx_std_rmfifo_empty for one parallel clock cycle while the insertion takes place.

Figure 48. Rate Match FIFO Becoming Empty After Receiving D3

Rate Match FIFO Basic (Double Width) Mode

Select basic (double width) in the RX rate match FIFO mode list.

Enter values for the following parameters.

Parameter	Value	Description
RX rate match insert/delete +ve pattern (hex)	20 bits of data specified as a hexadecimal string	The first 10 bits correspond to the skip pattern and the last 10 bits correspond to the control pattern. The skip pattern must have neutral disparity.
RX rate match insert/delete -ve pattern (hex)	20 bits of data specified as a hexadecimal string	The first 10 bits correspond to the skip pattern and the last 10 bits correspond to the control pattern. The skip pattern must have neutral disparity.

The rate match FIFO can delete as many pairs of skip patterns from a cluster as necessary to avoid the rate match FIFO from overflowing. The rate match FIFO can delete a pair of skip patterns only if the two 10-bit skip patterns appear in the same clock cycle on the LSByte and MSByte of the 20-bit word. If the two skip patterns appear straddled on the MSByte of a clock cycle and the LSByte of the next clock cycle, the rate match FIFO cannot delete the pair of skip patterns.

In the following figure, the first skip cluster has a /K28.5/ control pattern in the LSByte and /K28.0/ skip pattern in the MSByte of a clock cycle followed by one /K28.0/ skip pattern in the LSByte of the next clock cycle. The rate match FIFO cannot delete the two skip patterns in this skip cluster because they do not appear in the same clock cycle. The second skip cluster has a /K28.5/ control pattern in the MSByte of a clock cycle followed by two pairs of /K28.0/ skip patterns in the next two cycles. The rate match FIFO deletes both pairs of /K28.0/ skip patterns (for a total of four skip patterns deleted) from the second skip cluster to meet the three skip pattern deletion requirement.

The rate match FIFO can insert as many pairs of skip patterns into a cluster necessary to avoid the rate match FIFO from under running. The 10-bit skip pattern can appear on the MSByte, the LSByte, or both, of the 20-bit word.

Figure 49. Rate Match FIFO Deletion with Four Skip Patterns Required for Deletion/K28.5/ is the control pattern and neutral disparity /K28.0/ is the skip pattern.

In the following figure, /K28.5/ is the control pattern and neutral disparity /K28.0/ is the skip pattern. The first skip cluster has a /K28.5/ control pattern in the LSByte and /K28.0/ skip pattern in the MSByte of a clock cycle. The rate match FIFO inserts pairs of skip patterns in this skip cluster to meet the three skip pattern insertion requirement.

Figure 50. Rate Match FIFO Insertion with Four Skip Patterns Required for Insertion

The following figure shows the deletion of the 20-bit word D7D8.

Figure 51. Rate Match FIFO Becoming Full After Receiving the 20-Bit Word D5D6

The following figure shows the insertion of two skip symbols.

Figure 52. Rate Match FIFO Becoming Empty After Reading out the 20-Bit Word D5D6

Rate Match FIFO for GbE

The rate match FIFO compensates frequency Part-Per-Million (ppm) differences between the upstream transmitter and the local receiver reference clock up to 125 MHz ± 100 ppm difference.

Note: 200 ppm total is only true if calculated as (125 MHz + 100 ppm) - (125 MHz - 100 ppm) = 200 ppm. By contrast, (125 MHz + 0 ppm) - (125 MHz - 200 ppm) is out of specification.

The GbE protocol requires the transmitter to send Idle ordered sets /I1/ (/K28.5/D5.6/) and /I2/ (/K28.5/D16.2/) during inter-packet gaps (IPG) adhering to the rules listed in the IEEE 802.3-2008 specification.

The rate match operation begins after the synchronization state machine in the word aligner indicates synchronization is acquired by driving the rx_syncstatus signal high. The rate matcher deletes or inserts both symbols /K28.5/ and /D16.2/ of the /I2/ ordered sets as a pair in the operation to prevent the rate match FIFO from overflowing or underflowing. The rate match operation can insert or delete as many /I2/ ordered sets as necessary.

The following figure shows a rate match deletion operation example where three symbols must be deleted. Because the rate match FIFO can only delete /I2/ ordered sets, it deletes two /I2/ ordered sets (four symbols deleted).

Figure 53. Rate Match FIFO Deletion

The following figure shows an example of rate match FIFO insertion in the case where one symbol must be inserted. Because the rate match FIFO can only insert /I2/ ordered sets, it inserts one /I2/ ordered set (two symbols inserted).

Figure 54. Rate Match FIFO Insertion

rx_std_rmfifo_full and rx_std_rmfifo_empty are forwarded to the FPGA fabric to indicate rate match FIFO full and empty conditions.

The rate match FIFO does not delete code groups to overcome a FIFO full condition. It asserts the rx_std_rmfifo_full flag for at least two recovered clock cycles to indicate rate match FIFO full. The following figure shows the rate match FIFO full condition when the write pointer is faster than the read pointer.

Figure 55. Rate Match FIFO Full Condition

The rate match FIFO does not insert code groups to overcome the FIFO empty condition. It asserts the rx_std_rmfifo_empty flag for at least two recovered clock cycles to indicate that the rate match FIFO is empty. The following figure shows the rate match FIFO empty condition when the read pointer is faster than the write pointer.

Figure 56. Rate Match FIFO Empty Condition

In the case of rate match FIFO full and empty conditions, you must assert the rx_digitalreset signal to reset the receiver PCS blocks.

Clock Compensation for PIPE

Refer to the Gen1 and Gen2 Clock Compensation and Gen3 Clock Compensation sections for more information.

Clock Compensation Using the Enhanced PCS

For protocols such as 10GBASE-R, 40G/100G Ethernet, and so on, use the RX Core FIFO of the Enhanced PCS in 10GBASE-R Mode.

Figure 57. IDLE Word InsertionThis figure shows the insertion of IDLE words in the receiver data stream.

Figure 58. IDLE Word DeletionThis figure shows the deletion of IDLE words from the receiver data stream.

Figure 59. OS Word DeletionThis figure shows the deletion of Ordered set word in the receiver data stream.

Refer to the 10GBASE-R Mode section for more information.

Encoding/Decoding

Use the 8B/10B encoder/decoder of the Standard PCS for protocols that require this encoding.

Similarly, use the 64B/66B encoder/decoder of the Enhanced PCS for protocols such as 10GBASE-R, 40G/100G Ethernet, and so on.

Refer to the 8B/10B Encoder Control Code Encoding, 8B/10B Encoder Reset Condition, and 8B/10B Encoder Idle Character Replacement Feature sections for more information about the 8B/10B encoder.

Refer to the 8B/10B Decoder Control Code Encoding section for more information about about the 8B/10B decoder.

8B/10B Encoder and Decoder

To enable the 8B/10B Encoder and the 8B/10B Decoder, select the Enable TX 8B/10B Encoder and Enable RX 8B/10B Decoder options on the Standard PCS tab in the IP Editor. Platform Designer allows implementing the 8B/10B decoder in RX-only mode.

The following ports are added:

tx_datak
rx_datak
rx_runningdisp
rx_disperr
rx_errdetect

rx_datak and tx_datak indicate whether the parallel data is a control word or a data word. The incoming 8-bit data (tx_parallel_data) and the control identifier (tx_datak) are converted into a 10-bit data. After a power on reset, the 8B/10B encoder takes the 10-bit data from the RD- column. Next, the encoder chooses the 10-bit data from the RD+ column to maintain neutral disparity. The running disparity is shown by rx_runningdisp.

8B/10B Encoding for GbE, GbE with IEEE 1588v2

The 8B/10B encoder clocks 8-bit data and 1-bit control identifiers from the transmitter phase compensation FIFO and generates 10-bit encoded data. The 10-bit encoded data is sent to the PMA.

The IEEE 802.3 specification requires GbE to transmit Idle ordered sets (/I/) continuously and repetitively whenever the gigabit media-independent interface (GMII) is Idle. This transmission ensures that the receiver maintains bit and word synchronization whenever there is no active data to be transmitted.

For the GbE protocol, the transmitter replaces any /Dx.y/ following a /K28.5/ comma with either a /D5.6/ (/I1/ ordered set) or a /D16.2/ (/I2/ ordered set), depending on the current running disparity. The exception is when the data following the /K28.5/ is /D21.5/ (/C1/ ordered set) or /D2.2/ (/C2/) ordered set. If the running disparity before the /K28.5/ is positive, an /I1/ ordered set is generated. If the running disparity is negative, a /I2/ ordered set is generated. The disparity at the end of a /I1/ is the opposite of that at the beginning of the /I1/. The disparity at the end of a /I2/ is the same as the beginning running disparity immediately preceding transmission of the Idle code. This sequence ensures a negative running disparity at the end of an Idle ordered set. A /Kx.y/ following a /K28.5/ does not get replaced.

Note: /D14.3/, /D24.0/, and /D15.8/ are replaced by /D5.6/ or /D16.2/ (for I1 and I2 ordered sets). D21.5 (/C1/) is not replaced.

Figure 60. Idle Ordered-Set Generation Example

Reset Condition for 8B/10B Encoder in GbE, GbE with IEEE 1588v2

After deassertion of tx_digitalreset, the transmitters automatically transmit at least three /K28.5/ comma code groups before transmitting user data on the tx_parallel_data port. This transmission could affect the synchronization state machine behavior at the receiver.

Depending on when you start transmitting the synchronization sequence, there could be an even or odd number of /Dx.y/ code groups transmitted between the last of the three automatically sent /K28.5/ code groups and the first /K28.5/ code group of the synchronization sequence. If there is an even number of /Dx.y/code groups received between these two /K28.5/ code groups, the first /K28.5/ code group of the synchronization sequence begins at an odd code group boundary. The synchronization state machine treats this as an error condition and goes into the loss of synchronization state.

Figure 61. Reset Condition

KR-FEC Functionality for 64B/66B Based Protocols

You can use the KR-FEC block in the Enhanced PCS for both 10GBASE-KR/Ethernet and custom protocol implementation, provided that the protocol is 64B/66B based. This block is designed according to IEEE802.3 Clause 74 , and can be used up to the maximum datarate of the transceiver channel.

For example, you can implement the Superlite II V2 protocol running four bonded lanes at 16 Gbps across a lossy backplane (close to 30 dB of IL at 8 GHz), and use the KR-FEC block in addition to RX equalization, to further reduce BER. Note that you incur additional latency that inherently occurs when using FEC. For the KR-FEC implementation mentioned in the example above, the latency is approximately an additional 40 parallel clock cycles for the full TX and RX path). The latency numbers depend on the actual line rate and other PCS blocks used for the protocol implementation. Refer to the Intel FPGA Wiki for more information about high speed transceiver demo designs.

Note: The material in the Intel FPGA Wiki is provided AS-IS and is not supported by Altera Corporation or Intel.

Refer to the KR FEC Blocks and RX KR FEC Blocks sections for more information about the KR-FEC blocks.

Refer to the 64B/66B Encoder and Transmitter State Machine (TX SM) and 64B/66B Decoder and Receiver State Machine (RX SM) sections for more information about the 64B/66B encoder and decoder.

Running Disparity Control and Check

This is a function of the 8B/10B encoder block of the Standard PCS.

8B/10B TX Disparity Control

The Disparity Control feature controls the running disparity of the output from the 8B/10B Decoder.

To enable TX Disparity Control, select the Enable TX 8B/10B Disparity Control option. The following ports are added:

tx_forcedisp—a control signal that indicates whether a disparity value has to be forced or not
tx_dispval—a signal that indicates the value of the running disparity that is being forced

When the number of data channels is more than 1, tx_forcedisp and tx_dispval are shown as buses in which each bit corresponds to one channel.

The following figure shows the current running disparity being altered in Basic single-width mode by forcing a positive disparity /K28.5/ when it was supposed to be a negative disparity /K28.5/. In this example, a series of /K28.5/ code groups are continuously being sent. The stream alternates between a positive running disparity (RD+) /K28.5/ and a negative running disparity (RD-) /K28.5/ to maintain a neutral overall disparity. The current running disparity at time n + 3 indicates that the /K28.5/ in time n + 4 should be encoded with a negative disparity. Because tx_forcedisp is high at time n + 4, and tx_dispval is low, the /K28.5/ at time n + 4 is encoded as a positive disparity code group.

Figure 62. 8B/10B TX Disparity Control

Refer to the 8B/10B Encoder Current Running Disparity Control Feature section for more information about the 8B/10B data current running disparity control.

Refer to the 8B/10B Decoder Running Disparity Checker Feature section for more information about the 8B/10B data current running disparity checker.

The Interlaken disparity generator and checker blocks of the Enhanced PCS support these functions. Refer to the Interlaken Disparity Generator and Interlaken Disparity Checker sections for more information about the Interlaken disparity generator and checker, respectively.

FIFO Operation for the Enhanced PCS

Enhanced PCS FIFO Operation

Phase Compensation Mode

Phase compensation mode ensures correct data transfer between the core clock and parallel clock domains. The read and write sides of the TX Core or RX Core FIFO must be driven by the same clock frequency. The depth of the TX or RX FIFO is constant in this mode. Therefore, the TX Core or RX Core FIFO flag status can be ignored. You can tie tx_fifo_wr_en or rx_data_valid to logic level 1.