Altera Stratix GX Transceiver User Manual

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Altera Corporation

B–11

January 2005

Stratix GX Transceiver User Guide

RUN_LENGTH

Integer

No

Specifies the maximum run length supported for the
incoming data signal. This parameter is ignored if the

RUN_LENGTH_ENABLE

parameter is turned off. If the

deserialization factor is

8

, legal values are

4

128

, in

multiples of four. If the deserialization factor is 10, legal
values are

5

160

, in multiples of five. If omitted, the

default is

0

.

RUN_LENGTH_ENABLE

String

No

Specifies whether to use run length detection. Values
are

ON

and

OFF

. If omitted, the default is

OFF

.

USE_CHANNEL_ALIGN

String

No

Specifies whether to use the channel aligner and
enable the deskew system. The

USE_CHANNEL_ALIGN

parameter can only be used

when the

PROTOCOL

parameter is set to

XAUI

. Values

are

ON

and

OFF

. If omitted, the default is

OFF

.

USE_AUTO_BIT_SLIP

String

No

Specifies whether to use internal bit slipping circuitry. If
you enable this parameter, the bitslip transceiver block
receiver channel is ignored, and an internal register
controls the byte alignment functions. If this parameter
is turned off, the bit slipping operation is controlled by
the

rx_bitslip[]

signal. Values are

ON

and

OFF

.

If omitted, the default is

OFF

.

USE_SYMBOL_ALIGN

String

No

Specifies whether to use the word aligner. Values are

ON

and

OFF

. If omitted, the default is

ON

.

ALIGN_PATTERN

String

No

Specifies the pattern of 7, 10, or 16 bits used by the
word aligner for the

USE_SYMBOL_ALIGN

parameter.

If the

USE_SYMBOL_ALIGN

parameter is turned off,

this parameter is ignored. If the

PROTOCOL

parameter

is set to

XAUI

or

GigE

, the only legal pattern is

0101111100.

ALIGN_PATTERN_LENGTH

Integer

No

Specifies the length of the

ALIGN_PATTERN

parameter. Values are

7

,

10

, or

16

. If omitted, the

default is

0

.

CLK_OUT_MODE_

REFERENCE

String

No

Specifies whether to use the clock that operates the
post rate matching FIFO module of the transceiver
block receiver channel. This parameter is ignored if the

USE_RATE_MATCH_FIFO

parameter is turned off.

Values are

ON

and

OFF

. If omitted, the default is

OFF

.

USE_SELF_TEST_MODE

String

No

Indicates whether to use the built-in self test mode.
Values are

ON

and

OFF

. If omitted, the default is

OFF

.

Table B–3. Parameter Descriptions (Part 3 of 6)

Parameter

Type

Required

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