HC4GX15 Datasheet, PDF (265/668 Pages) Altera Corporation – HardCopy IV Device Handbook

1. HardCopy IV GX Transceiver
Architecture
HIV53001-1.0
Introduction
This chapter provides details about HardCopy^® IV transceiver architecture,
transceiver channels, available modes, and a description of transmitter and receiver
channel datapaths.
HardCopy IV GX devices deliver a very high level of system bandwidth and power
efficiency for high-end applications, allowing you to innovate without compromise.
HardCopy IV GX devices provide up to 24 full-duplex CDR-based transceivers with
physical coding sublayer (PCS) and physical medium attachment (PMA), at serial
data rates between 600 Mbps and 6.5 Gbps. Up to 12 additional full-duplex
CDR-based transceivers with PMA, supporting serial data rates between 600 Mbps
and 6.5 Gbps, are also provided.
The transceiver channels are designed to support the following serial protocols:
■ PCI Express (PIPE)
■ Gen1 at 2.5 Gbps
■ Gen2 at 5 Gbps
■ XAUI (3.125 Gbps to 3.75 Gbps for HiGig support)
■ GIGE (1.25 Gbps)
■ Serial RapidIO (1.25 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, and 3.125 Gbps)
■ SONET/SDH
■ OC-12 at 622 Mbps
■ OC-48 at 2.488 Gbps
■ OC-96 at 4.976 Gbps
■ (OIF) CEI PHY Interface (3.125 Gbps to 6.375 Gbps for Interlaken support)
■ Serial Digital Interface (SDI)
■ HD-SDI at 1.485 Gbps and 1.4835 Gbps
■ 3G-SDI at 2.97 Gbps and 2.967 Gbps
The transceiver channels also support the following highly flexible functional modes
to implement proprietary protocols:
■ Basic
■ Basic single-width (600 Mbps to 3.75 Gbps)
■ Basic double-width (1 Gbps to 6.5 Gbps)
f HardCopy IV GX devices have PCI Express hard IP, PCS, and PMA blocks. For more
information about the PCI Express (PIPE) hard IP block, refer to the PCI Express
Compiler Guide.
© June 2009 Altera Corporation
HardCopy IV Device Handbook Volume 3