Altera POS-PHY Level 4 IP Core User Manual
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Appendix B: Sharing PLLs for Multicore Designs
POS-PHY Level 4 IP Core User Guide
December 2014
Altera Corporation
4. Open the transmitter’s LVDS parameter editor and change the input clock
frequency to <number of Mbps>/2 (refer to
5. In the top-level design, connect the PLL reset signals (cH_rx_pll_areset and
cH_tx_pll_areset
) and the rdclk to the trefclk signal.
To share a PLL between two transmitters, ensure the input frequencies are matched
and connect the trefclk signals together.
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If the receiver PLL is configured as real-time configurable, it does not automatically
merge with the transmitter PLL. Use the following assignment to force the merging of
the receiver and transmitter PLLs:
set_instance_assignment -name FORCE_MERGE_PLL ON -from "<tx_pll>" -to
"<rx_pll>"
Figure B–2. Specify ALTLVDS Parameters