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How to share a COMMON block using GTH transceivers

描述

This article documents the process used to share a COMMON block in UltraScale GTH transceivers.

It uses an example case of two different 10-lane protocols.

The principle applies to GTY transceivers as well.

解决方案

Transceiver Common Block sharing

The UltraScale GTH/GTY transceiver COMMON block has several PLLs which allow for multiple protocols to operate in the same group while using unrelated reference clocks and data rates.

The process to put together a design with a shared COMMON using the GT Wizard and the associated example designs is not fully automated and is considered an advanced use mode.

Here, a flow is presented demonstrating a case with two groups of 10 GTs, each using unrelated reference clocks.

These 20 GTHs are spread across 5 GTH COMMON blocks. Figure 1 shows the setup.

Please ensure that the reference clock sharing does not go across the boundary of SLRs.

If GTYs are used, the reference clock does not support a line rate greater than 16.3Gbps.



Figure 1: Setup for COMMON block sharing

Overview

There are numerous ways to accomplish this with the GT Wizards options for including various helper blocks in the Example Design or core.
This example uses the Example Design setting for all possible options for several reasons.
First, to maintain continuity of GT configuration across all 10 lanes and to avoid the possibility of a mismatch on some of the lanes.
Second, the process was required to be able to be clearly documented and explained.
Lastly, the fundamental components can be re-used by others.

At a high level, the process consisted of constructing 2 10 lane interfaces using the GT wizard, being sure to include the COMMON block in the Example Design that the and secondary PLL functionality was enabled.
These example designs were then integrated into a top-level design and a shared common wrapper file which included instantiations for each of the COMMON blocks individually.
The necessary signals were then connected from the COMMON blocks to the top level, GT CHANNELs, and helper blocks.
The IP customization and design construction processes are explained in more detail in the following sections.

IP Customization

The process to customize each of the 10 lane interfaces is as follows.

First is the OTL4.10 core, which includes the secondary PLL option.

Customize the OTL4.10 core

1. Open the UltraScale Transceiver Wizard.


2. Select the GTH: OTL4.10 item from the pull-down, QPLL1, and 349MHz refclk.


3. In the Physical Resources tab, select appropriate GTs, refclk source, Master channel, and DRP clk freq.


4. In the optional features tab, expand Advanced Clocking and select "Enable Secondary QPLL".

Enter the line rate and refclk frequency for the second set of GTs.


5. In the structural options tab, ensure that the transceiver COMMON is part of the Example Design.


6. Click OK to complete core customization.

Customize the 10x12.5G core

7. Here, using the start from scratch template, customize as follows:

a. Basic tab
  1. Line rate 12.5Gb/s
  2. QPLL0
  3. Refclk 250MHz

b. Physical Resources tab
  1.   Select GTs, associated refclks, Master channel, and DRP clk freq.

c. Optional features tab
  1.   Leave set to defaults.

d. Structural options tab
  1. Ensure COMMON is in the example design.

Design construction

8. For each IP, open the example designs.
9. Generate a top-level wrapper containing each example design instantiation.
10. Make a new file called GTH_COMMONS.v.

The version I created is attached and described in the figure below.

COMMON 1 corresponds to the OTL4.10 version that has the Enable Secondary PLL option selected.

Either COMMON 1 or COMMON 2 can be used for X0Y0 and X0Y1.


Note: Ensure X0Y2 is COMMON 1 - with "Enable Secondary PLL" selected.

11. For each set of 10 GTs, inside the example_wrapper_inst level of hierarchy, wire out the corresponding PLL signals and connect to the GTH_COMMONS as described below.

The GT number corresponds to the index in the bus connected to the core:

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Validate

The above approach was validated using Vivado 2015.2.

The design successfully routed and the schematic was correct.

附件

文件名 文件大小 File Type
gth_commons.v 18 KB V
AR# 65228
日期 08/28/2015
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