Article ID: 000086998 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 04/04/2023

Are there any known issues with tCCD_S behavior in the Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA DDR4 Controller Intel® FPGA IP?

Environment

  • Quartus® II Subscription Edition
  • Simulation
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    Description

    When using an Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA quarter-rate DDR4 controller in the Quartus® II software version 14.1, you might find the CAS_n-to-CAS_n command delay to different bank groups does not meet the tCCD_S parameter setting in the Intel Arria 10 DDR4 Controller Intel® FPGA IP GUI. For example, you may set tCCD_S as 4 in the GUI, but the simulation waveform shows an 8. This results in gaps between consecutive read or write transactions.

    Resolution

    As a workaround, you can change the following parameters:

    From: 
    .SEC_HMC_CFG_RD_TO_RD_DIFF_BG              (2),
    .PRI_HMC_CFG_RD_TO_RD_DIFF_BG              (2),
    .SEC_HMC_CFG_WR_TO_WR_DIFF_BG              (2),
    .PRI_HMC_CFG_WR_TO_WR_DIFF_BG              (2),

     To:
    .SEC_HMC_CFG_RD_TO_RD_DIFF_BG              (1),
    .PRI_HMC_CFG_RD_TO_RD_DIFF_BG              (1),
    .SEC_HMC_CFG_WR_TO_WR_DIFF_BG              (1),
    .PRI_HMC_CFG_WR_TO_WR_DIFF_BG              (1),

    These parameters exist in the following files for synthesis or simulation purposes:

    • <working_dir>/emif_<instance_num>_example_design/sim/altera_emif_<acds version>/sim/ ed_sim_altera_emif_<acds version>_*.v
    • <working_dir>/emif_<instance_num>_example_design/qii/altera_emif_<acds version>/synth/ ed_synth_altera_emif_<acds version>_*.v
    • <working_dir>/<core_name>/altera_emif_<acds version>/synth/<core_name>_altera_emif_<acds version>_*.v
    • <working_dir>/<core_name>/altera_emif_<acds version>/sim/<core_name>_altera_emif_<acds version>_*.v

    This problem is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of the Quartus II software.

    Related Products

    This article applies to 3 products

    Intel® Arria® 10 GX FPGA
    Intel® Arria® 10 GT FPGA
    Intel® Arria® 10 SX SoC FPGA