AV-51001
2013.05.06
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PCS Features
Table 21: Transceiver PCS Features for Arria V GX, GT, ST, and SX Devices
PCS Support19
Data Rates
(Gbps)
Transmitter Data Path Feature
Receiver Data Path Feature
Custom single- and
double-width modes
0.611 to
~6.5536
• Word aligner
• 8B/10B decoder
• Byte deserializer
• Phase compensation FIFO
• Phase compensation FIFO
• Byte serializer
• 8B/10B encoder
SRIO
1.25 to 6.25
1.5, 3.0, 6.0
Serial ATA
PCIe Gen1
(x1, x2, x4, x8)
• Word aligner
• 8B/10B decoder
• Byte deserializer
• Phase compensation FIFO
• Phase compensation FIFO
• Byte serializer
• 8B/10B encoder
PCIe Gen220
(x1, x2, x4)
2.5 and 5.0
1.25
• PIPE 2.0 interface to the core • Rate match FIFO
logic
• PIPE 2.0 interface to the core
logic
GbE
• Phase compensation FIFO
• Byte serializer
• Word aligner
• 8B/10B decoder
• 8B/10B encoder
• Byte deserializer
• Phase compensation FIFO
• Rate match FIFO
XAUI21
3.125
• Phase compensation FIFO
• Byte serializer
• Word aligner
• 8B/10B decoder
• 8B/10B encoder
• Byte deserializer
• XAUI state machine for
bonding four channels
• Phase compensation FIFO
• XAUI state machine for
realigning four channels
• Deskew FIFO circuitry
SDI
0.2722, 1.485,
2.97
• Phase compensation FIFO
• Byte serializer
• Byte deserializer
• Phase compensation FIFO
GPON23
1.25 and 2.5
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Data rates above 6.5536 Gbps up to 10.3125 Gbps, such as 10GBASE-R, are supported through the soft PCS.
PCIe Gen2 is supported only through the PCIe hard IP.
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XAUI is supported through the soft PCS.
The 0.27 Gbps data rate is supported using oversampling user logic that you must implement in the FPGA
fabric.
The GPON standard does not support burst mode.
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