
November 2012 Altera Corporation Altera Transceiver PHY IP Core
User Guide
9. Custom PHY IP Core
The Altera Custom PHY IP Core is a generic PHY that you can customize for use in
Arria V, Cyclone V, or Stratix V FPGAs. You can connect your application’s
MAC-layer logic to the Custom PHY to transmit and receive data at rates of
0.611–6.5536 Gbps for Arria V GX devices, 0.611–10.3125 Gbps in Arria V GT devices,
0.622–9.8304 Gbps in Arria V GZ devices, 0.611–3.125 Gbps for Cyclone V GX devices,
0.611–5.000 Gbps for Cyclone V GT devices, and 0.622–11.0 Gbps for Stratix V devices.
You can parameterize the physical coding sublayer (PCS) to include the functions that
your application requires. The following functions are available:
■ 8B/10B encode and decode
■ Three word alignment modes
■ Rate matching
■ Byte ordering
By setting the appropriate options using the MegaWizard Plug-In Manager, you can
configure the Custom PHY IP Core to support many standard protocols, including all
of the following protocols:
■ Serial Data Converter (SDC(JESD204A))
■ Serial digital interface (SDI)
■ Ethernet (1.25 and 2.50 Gbps)
■ Serial RapidIO
®
(SRIO) 1.3
■ Serial ATA (SATA) and sequential active serial (SAS) Gen1, Gen2, and Gen3
■ Gigabit-capable passive optical network (GPON)
To access control and status registers in the Custom PHY, your design must include an
embedded controller with an Avalon-MM master interface. This is a standard,
memory-mapped protocol that is typically used to read and write registers and
memory.
f For more information about the Avalon-ST and Avalon-MM protocols, refer to the
Avalon Interface Specifications.
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