Arria® V Device Handbook: Volume 2: Transceivers

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Date 5/29/2020
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4.1.4. PCIe Supported Configurations and Placement Guidelines

Placement by the Quartus II software may vary with design and device. The following figures show examples of transceiver channel and PCIe Hard IP block locations, supported x1, x2, x4, and x8 bonding configurations, and channel placement guidelines. The Quartus II software automatically places the CMU PLL in a channel different from that of the data channels.
Note: This section shows the supported PCIe channel placement if you use both the top and bottom PCIe Hard IP blocks in the device separately.

The following guidelines apply to all channel placements:

  • The CMU PLL requires its own channel and must be placed on channel 1 or channel 4
  • The PCIe channels must be contiguous within the transceiver bank
  • Lane 0 of the PCIe must be placed on channel 0 or channel 5

In the following figures, channels shaded in blue provide the high-speed serial clock. Channels shaded in gray are data channels.

Figure 100. PCIe HIP Supported x1 Guidelines


Figure 101. PCIe HIP Supported x2 and x4 Guidelines


Figure 102. PCIe HIP Supported x8 Guidelines


For PCIe Gen1 and Gen2, there are restrictions on the achievable x1 and x4 bonding configurations if you intend to use both top and bottom Hard IP blocks in the device.