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Chapter 2: Shared Transceiver Features
Power Down
Functional Description
The GTX transceiver supports a range of power-down modes. These modes support both
generic power management capabilities as well as those defined in the PCI Express and
SATA standards.
The GTX transceiver offers different levels of power control. Each channel in each direction
can be powered down separately using TXPOWERDOWN and RXPOWERDOWN. The
TXPLLPOWERDOWN and RXPLLPOWERDOWN port directly affects the shared.
Ports and Attributes
Table 2-11 defines the power-down ports.
Table 2-12 defines the power-down attributes.
Table 2-11: Power-Down Ports
Port Dir Clock Domain Description
RXPLLPOWERDOWN In Async Input to power down the RX PLL.
RXPOWERDOWN[1:0] In Async Powers down the RX lane according to the PCIe® protocol
encoding.
00: P0 (normal operation)
01: P0s (low recovery time power down)
10: P1 (longer recovery time)
11: P2 (lowest power state)
TXPDOWNASYNCH In Async Determines whether TXELECIDLE and TXPOWERDOWN
should be treated as synchronous or asynchronous signals.
0: Sets TXELECIDLE and TXPOWERDOWN to
synchronous mode.
1: Sets TXELECIDLE and TXPOWERDOWN to
asynchronous mode.
TXPLLPOWERDOWN In Async Input to power down the TX PLL.
TXPOWERDOWN[1:0] In TXUSRCLK2
(TXPDOWNASYNCH
makes this pin
asynchronous)
Powers down the TX lane according to the PCIe protocol
encoding.
00: P0 (normal operation)
01: P0s (low recovery time power down)
10: P1 (longer recovery time; Receiver Detection still on)
11: P2 (lowest power state)
Attributes can control the transition times between these
power-down states.