Arria® V Device Handbook: Volume 2: Transceivers

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Date 5/29/2020
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4.1.2.3. Power State Management

The PCIe specification defines four power states: P0, P0s, P1, and P2.

The physical layer device must support these power states to minimize power consumption:

  • P0 is the normal operating state during which packet data is transferred on the PCIe link.
  • P0s, P1, and P2 are low-power states into which the physical layer must transition as directed by the PHY-MAC layer to minimize power consumption.

The PIPE interface in the transceivers provides an input port for each transceiver channel configured in a PIPE configuration.

Note: When transitioning from the P0 power state to lower power states (P0s, P1, and P2), the PCIe specification requires that the physical layer device implements power saving measures. The transceivers do not implement these power saving measures except to place the transmitter buffer in electrical idle in the lower power states.