Chapter 1: Cyclone IV Transceivers Architecture 1–77
Transceiver Functional Modes
February 2015 Altera Corporation Cyclone IV Device Handbook,
Volume 2
Figure 1–68 shows the transceiver channel datapath and clocking when configured in
SDI mode.
Figure 1–68. Transceiver Channel Datapath and Clocking when Configured in SDI Mode
Note to Figure 1–68:
(1) High-speed recovered clock.
Byte Serializer
8B/10B Encoder
Transmitter Channel PCS Transmitter Channel PMA
Serializer
PCIe Hard IP
FPGA
Fabric
PIPE Interface
Tx Phase
Comp
FIFO
tx_datain
tx_dataout
wr_clk rd_clk
wr_clk rd_clk
high-speed
clock
low-speed clock
low-speed recovered clock
tx_coreclk
tx_clkout
rx_clkout
rx_coreclk
Receiver Channel PCS Receiver Channel PMA
rx_dataout
rx_datain
Deserial-
izer
CDR
Byte
Order-
ing
Deskew
FIFO
8B/10B
Decoder
Rate
Match
FIFO
CDR clock
(1)
Word
Aligner
Rx
Phase
Comp
FIFO
/2
/2
Byte
De-
serializer