Transmitter Logic for 7 Series Using HR I/O - 9.0 English

Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC LogiCORE IP Product Guide (PG051)

Document ID
PG051
Release Date
2023-11-07
Version
9.0 English

HR I/O do not include ODELAY components and another method is required to introduce the required 2 ns offset between the clock and data.

The logic required to implement the RGMII transmitter logic is illustrated in the following figure . The gtx_clk and gtx_clk90 signals are 125 MHz reference clock sources with 0ο and 90ο phase shift respectively. These can be created using an MMCM driving BUFGs and as illustrated, this clocking logic can be provided in the core by the Shared Logic option. The gtx_clk is used as the clock for the RGMII data and control. It is used both within the core and for the user-side logic which connects to the transmitter AXI4-Stream interface of the core. The gtx_clk90 is used only for the RGMII clock.

The following figure shows how to use the physical transmitter interface of the core to create an external RGMII. The signal names and logic shown in this figure exactly match those delivered with the core. The following figure shows that the output transmitter signals are registered in device IOBs using DDR registers, before driving them to the device pads.

The logic required to forward the transmitter clock is also shown. This logic uses an IOB output Double-Data-Rate (DDR) register so that the clock signal produced incurs the same delay as the data and control signals. However, the clock signal uses the 90ο phase shifted version of the clock. The result of this is to create a 2 ns delay, which places the rgmii_txc forwarded clock in the center of the data valid window for forwarded RGMII data and control signals.

Figure 1. 1 Gbps RGMII Transmitter and Clock Logic for 7 Series Using HR I/O