Altera 100G Interlaken MegaCore Function - Manual (Page 83)

In Arria 10 variations, the example design includes external TX PLLs. You can examine the clear text files
to view sample code that implements one possible method to connect external PLLs to the
100G Interlaken IP core.
The Arria 10 example design packs six Interlaken lanes in a transceiver block, and connects all of the
channels in the same transceiver block to a single ATX PLL. The IP core connects each ATX PLL to the
100G Interlaken IP core
tx_pll_locked
and
tx_pll_powerdown
ports. This simple connection model is
only one of many options available to you for configuring and connecting the external PLLs in your
100G Interlaken design.
100G Interlaken IP Core Testbench Interface Signals on page 7-2
Testbench Simulation Behavior on page 7-2
Running the Testbench With the Example Design on page 7-3
100G Interlaken IP Core Testbench Interface Signals
Table 7-1: 100G Interlaken IP Core TestBench Signals
Port Name Direction Width (Bits) Description
clk50 Input 1 System clock input. Clock
frequency is 50 MHz.
pll_ref_clk Input 1 Transceiver reference clock.
Drives the RX CDR PLL in Arria
10 variations, and drives both the
TX PLL and the RX PLL in other
variations.
rx_pin Input Number of lanes Receiver SERDES data pin.
tx_pin Output Number of lanes Transmit SERDES data pin.
Related Information
100G Interlaken IP Core Clock Interface Signals on page 5-1
Lists the valid PLL reference clock frequencies.
Testbench Simulation Behavior
During simulation, the 100G Interlaken IP core testbench performs the following actions:
1. Resets the 100G Interlaken IP core.
2. After the reset sequence completes, sends a sequence of Interlaken packets of fixed sizes with
predefined data in the payload to the TX user data transfer interface of the IP core. This action
continues for a preset amount of time.
7-2 100G Interlaken IP Core Testbench Interface Signals
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