Clock Generation

VCU128 Evaluation Board User Guide (UG1302)

Document ID
UG1302
Release Date
2022-05-06
Revision
1.2 English

[Figure 1, callout 10-18]

The VCU128 evaluation board clock sources to the FPGA are listed in the following table.

Table 1. Board Clock Sources
Clock Name Clock Ref. Des. Description
Memory Interface Clocks
DDR4 clock 100 MHz U76 SiTime SiT9120AI 3.3V fixed frequency 100.000 MHz (DDR4_CLK_100MHZ_P/N)
QDR4 clock 100 MHz U96 SiTime SiT9120AI 3.3V fixed frequency 100.000 MHz (QDR4_CLK_100MHZ_P/N)
RLD3 clock 100 MHz U45 SiTime SiT9120AI 3.3V fixed frequency 100.000 MHz (RLD3_CLK_100MHZ_P/N)
QSFP Interface Clocks
QSFP1 clock 156.250 MHz U95 Silicon Labs Si570 3.3V LVDS I2C programmable oscillator, 156.250 MHz default. (QSFP1_SI570_CLOCK_P/N)
QSFP2 clock 156.250 MHz U90 Silicon Labs Si570 3.3V LVDS I2C programmable oscillator, 156.250 MHz default. (QSFP2_SI570_CLOCK_P/N)
QSFP3 clock 156.250 MHz U82 Silicon Labs Si570 3.3V LVDS I2C programmable oscillator, 156.250 MHz default. (QSFP3_SI570_CLOCK_P/N)
QSFP4 clock 156.250 MHz U80 Silicon Labs Si570 3.3V LVDS I2C programmable oscillator, 156.250 MHz default. (QSFP4_SI570_CLOCK_P/N)
SMA GTY REFCLK and User Clock
QSFP GTY131 REFCLK1 SMA clock SMA J24 (P)/SMA J26 (N) Bank 131 series capacitor coupled SMA clock (SMA_REFCLK_INPUT_P/N)
FPGA U1 bank 67 GPIO user SMA clock SMA J12 (P)/SMA J13 (N) Bank 67 QBC direct connect GPIO SMA (SMA_CLK_OUTPUT_P/N)
QSFP1/2 recovery clocks
QSFP1/2 jitter attenuated clock U87 Silicon Labs Si5328B LVDS precision clock, multiplier/jitter attenuator. See Jitter Attenuated Clock (SI5328_CLOCK1/2_P/N)

The following table lists the VCU128 clock sources-to-FPGA U1 connections.

Table 2. Clock Sources to XCVU37P FPGA U1 Connections
Clock Source Device/U#.Pin# Schematic Net Name I/O Standard FPGA (U1) Pin
Memory Interface Clocks
SIT9120AI/U76.4 DDR4_CLK_100MHZ_P LVDS BH51
SIT9120AI/U76.5 DDR4_CLK_100MHZ_N LVDS BJ51
SIT9120AI/U96.4 QDR4_CLK_100MHZ_P LVDS BJ4
SIT9120AI/U96.5 QDR4_CLK_100MHZ_N LVDS BK3
SIT9120AI/U45.4 RLD3_CLK_100MHZ_P LVDS F35
SIT9120AI/U45.5 RLD3_CLK_100MHZ_N LVDS F36
QSFP Interface Clocks
SI570/U95.4 QSFP1_SI570_CLOCK_P 1 P42
SI570/U95.5 QSFP1_SI570_CLOCK_N 1 P43
SI570/U90.4 QSFP2_SI570_CLOCK_P 1 T42
SI570/U90.5 QSFP2_SI570_CLOCK_N 1 T43
SI570/U82.4 QSFP3_SI570_CLOCK_P 1 Y42
SI570/U82.5 QSFP3_SI570_CLOCK_N 1 Y43
SI570/U80.4 QSFP4_SI570_CLOCK_P 1 AB42
SI570/U80.5 QSFP4_SI570_CLOCK_N 1 AB43
SMA GTY REFCLK and User Clock
SMA J24.1 SMA_REFCLK_INPUT_P 1 AA40
SMA J26.1 SMA_REFCLK_INPUT_N 1 AA41
SMA J12.1 SMA_CLK_OUTPUT_P 2 BK26
SMA J13.1 SMA_CLK_OUTPUT_N 2 BL25
QSFP1/2 Recovery Clocks
SI5328B/U87.29 SI5328_CLOCK1_P 1 R40
SI5328B/U87.28 SI5328_CLOCK1_P 1 R41
SI5328B/U87.35 SI5328_CLOCK2_P 1 W40
SI5328B/U87.34 SI5328_CLOCK2_P 1 W41
  1. Series capacitor coupled, MGT connections I/O standard is not applicable.
  2. Signal amplitude not to exceed FPGA U1 bank 67 VCCO = VCC1V8 rail = 1.8V.