ACTEL MC-ACT-UL2LINK-NET

AvnetCore: Datasheet
Version 1.0, July 2006
UTOPIA Level 2 Link
Intended Use:
— ATM Cell Processors
— ATM Switch Fabrics
Features:
— Function compatible with ATM Forum af-phy-0017.000 &
wr_data
wr_enb
wr_clk
a_full
increment
af-phy-0039.000
TX FIFO
rd_data
rd_enb
decrement
empty
flag
TX
Master
egr_data
egr_addr
egr_soc
egr_enb_n
egr_clav
egr_prty
egr_clk
tex
t FIFO
RX
— Up to 31 PHYs supported
— 8/16 bit interfaces supported
— 52/54 byte cells supported
— Simple system side FIFO interface
ing_perr
rd_data
rd_enb
rd_clk
flag
decrement
— Asynchronous/synchronous FIFO using RAM
— Simple system side FIFO interface
wr_data
wr_enb
soc
increment
a_full
RX
Master
ing_data
ing_addr
ing_soc
ing_enb_n
ing_clav
ing_prty
ing_clk
Targeted Devices:
— Axcelerator Family
Core Deliverables:
— Netlist Version
> Netlist compatible with the Actel Designer place and route tool
> Compiled RTL simulation model, compliant with the Actel
Libero® environment
— RTL Version
> VHDL Source Code
— All
Block Diagram
> User Guide
> Test Bench
UTOPIA (Universal Test and Operations PHY Interface for ATM) Level 2 defines the
interface between the ATM or LINK layer and a Physical Layer (PHY) device. The
UTOPIA level 2 standard defines a full duplex interface with a Master/Slave format. The
Slave or LINK layer device responds to the requests from the PHY or Master device.
The Master performs PHY arbitration and initiates data transfers to and from the Slave.
The ATM forum has defined the UTOPIA Level 2 as either 8 or 16 bits in width, at up to
50MHz, supporting an OC12 channel at 622Mbps.
Synthesis and Simulation Support:
— Synthesis: Synplicity
— Simulation: ModelSim
— Other tools supported upon request
Verification:
— Test Bench
— Test Vectors
Functional Description
This core conforms to the appropriate standard(s). In general, standards do not define the internal user interface, only the external interfaces and protocols. Therefore, Avnet Memec has created a simple FIFO interface to this core for easy user connectivity. This document describes this Avnet Memec created interface. Please
consult the appropriate standards document for all external signaling.
TX MASTER
The TX master is responsible for polling the phys and internal queues in order to send cells to the slave device.
Width
Direction
EGR_CLK
Signal
1
Input
Description
EGR_DATA
8/16
Output
Utopia Data Bus. 8 or 16 bits selectable
EGR_ADDR
5
Output
Utopia Address Bus used for polling
EGR_SOC
1
Output
Utopia Start of Cell signal used to flag the first byte/word in the cell
EGR_ENB_N
1
Output
Utopia Enable signal used for selection
EGR_CLAV
1
Input
EGR_PRTY
1
Output
RD_DATA
N*8/16
Input
RD_ENB
N
Output
Internal FIFO Read Enable Signal
DECREMENT
N
Output
Internal signal used to decrement cell available counter
EMPTY
N
Input
Internal FIFO Empty flag
FLAG
N
Input
Internal signal used to indicate that there is a cell waiting to be sent for this queue
25/50 MHz Utopia Clock for all registers in this block
Utopia Cell Available signal used to indicate that the phy has room for a cell
Utopia Parity used for odd parity on EGR_DATA
Internal FIFO Bus
Table 1: TX Master Signal List
TX FIFO
The TX FIFO contains the RAM FIFO and the packet counter block. The packet counter is responsible for generating the cell available flags for the rest of the design.
Every time a cell is written into the FIFO increment gets set and the cell count goes up, and when a cell is read decrement is set and the cell count goes down. The
cell available “flag” is set when there is at least one cell in the FIFO that needs to be read. The FIFO operates in synchronous and asynchronous systems and can
hold 9 cells. There is one FIFO per PHY polled.
Signal
Width
Direction
Description
WR_CLK
1
Input
System Clock for all registers in this block
WR_DATA
N*8/16
Input
Write data bus for FIFO
WR_ENB
N
Input
Write enable signal for FIFO
INCREMENT
N
Input
Increment signal for packet counter block
A_FULL
N
Output
RD_CLK
1
Input
Almost full for FIFO indicates that the FIFO does not have enough room for an
additional cell.
Read clock for the FIFO = EGR_CLK for all read registers in this block
RD_DATA
N*8/16
Output
RD_ENB
N
Input
Read enable signal for the FIFO
DECREMENT
N
Input
Decrement signal for packet counter block
EMPTY
N
Output
Read data bus for the FIFO
Indicates when FIFO is empty
Table 2: TX FIFO Signal List
RX MASTER
The RX master is responsible for polling the PHYs and internal queues in order to send cells to the slave device.
Width
Direction
ING_CLK
Signal
1
Input
25/50 MHz Utopia Clock for all registers in this block
Description
ING_DATA
8/16
Input
Utopia Data Bus. 8 or 16 bits selectable
ING_ADDR
5
Output
ING_SOC
1
Input
ING_ENB_N
1
Output
ING_CLAV
1
Input
Utopia Cell Available signal used to indicate that the phy has a cell is ready for transmission
ING_PRTY
1
Input
Utopia Parity used for odd parity on EGR_DATA
ING_PERR
N
Output
Internal signal used to indicate that a parity error was detected on ING_DATA
WR_DATA
N*8/16
Output
Internal FIFO Bus
WR_ENB
N
Output
Internal FIFO Write Enable Signal
INCREMENT
N
Output
A_FULL
N
Input
Utopia Address Bus used for polling
Utopia Start of Cell signal used to flag the first byte/word in the cell
Utopia Enable signal used for selection
Internal signal used to increment cell available counter
Internal FIFO almost full flag indicates that the FIFO cannot accept another cell
Table 3: RX Master Signal List
RX FIFO
The RX FIFO contains the RAM FIFO and the packet counter block. The packet counter is responsible for generating the cell available flags for the rest of the design.
Every time a cell is written into the FIFO increment gets set and the cell count goes up, and when a cell is read decrement is set and the cell count goes down. The
cell available “flag” is set when there is at least one cell in the FIFO that needs to be read. The FIFO operates in synchronous and asynchronous systems and can
hold 9 cells. There is one FIFO per PHY polled. If there is a SOC-SOC error the FIFO will discard all previous data and use the current data as the first byte in the
new cell.
Width
Direction
WR_CLK
Signal
1
Input
Write Clock for the FIFO = ING_CLK for all write registers in this block
Description
WR_DATA
N*8/16
Input
Write data bus for FIFO
WR_ENB
N
Input
Write enable signal for FIFO
INCREMENT
N
Input
Increment signal for packet counter block
A_FULL
N
Output
RD_CLK
1
Input
RD_DATA
N*8/16
Output
RD_ENB
N
Input
Read enable signal for the FIFO
DECREMENT
N
Input
Decrement signal for packet counter block
EMPTY
N
Output
Almost full for FIFO indicates that the FIFO does not have enough room for an additional cell.
System Clock for all read registers in this block
Read data bus for the FIFO
Indicates when FIFO is Empty
Table 4: RX FIFO Signal List
DATA FORMATTING
The data will be written into the FIFO in 8/16 bit increments. If the 16-bit Utopia interface is selected then the MSB will be in bits (15:8) and the LSB will be in (7:0).
MSB (15:8)
LSB (7:0)
Figure 1: Data Formatting
egr_data
egr_addr
egr_soc
egr_enb_n
egr_clav
egr_prty
egr_clk
wr_data
wr_enb
wr_clk
a_full
increment
TX FIFO
TX Master
ing_perr
ing_data
ing_addr
ing_soc
ing_enb_n
ing_clav
ing_prty
ing_clk
rd_data
rd_enb
rd_clk
flag
decrement
RX FIFO
MDS8076
RX Master
Figure 1: Logic Symbol
Device Requirements
MC-ACT-UL2LINK (UTOPIA Level 2 LINK Interface)
Device
Speed
Ingress / Egress
C cells
R cells
Tiles
RAM's
A3P250
88 / 88 MHz
-
-
1833 (30%)
4
APA075
77 / 62 MHz
-
-
2163 (70%)
8
AX125
108 / 98 MHz
812 (60%)
640 (95%)
-
4
Table 1: Device Utilization and Performance*
*Note: These numbers obtained with 1 channel and 16-bit data size.
Verification and Compliance
The testbench is self-checking, which means that if there is an error detected in the start word, end word, or payload the testbench will assert one or both of two error
signals. This core has also been used successfully in customer designs.
Signal Descriptions
The following signal descriptions define the IO signals.
Signal
Width
Direction
Description
WR_DATA
N*8/16
Input
Write data bus for FIFO
WR_ENB
N
Input
Write enable signal for FIFO
WR_CLK
1
Input
System Clock for all registers in this block
A_FULL
N
Output
INCREMENT
N
Input
ING_PERR
N
Output
Internal signal used to indicate that a parity error was detected on ING_DATA
RD_DATA
N*8/16
Output
Read data bus for the FIFO
RD_ENB
N
Input
Read enable signal for the FIFO
System Clock for all read registers in this block
Almost full for FIFO indicates that the FIFO does not have enough room for an additional cell
Increment signal for packet counter block
RD_CLK
1
Input
FLAG
N
Output
DECREMENT
N
Input
EGR_DATA
8/16
Output
Utopia Data Bus, 8 or 16 bits selectable
EGR_ADDR
5
Output
Utopia Address Bus used for polling
EGR_SOC
1
Output
Utopia Start of Cell signal used to flag the first byte/word in the cell
EGR_ENB_N
1
Output
EGR_CLAV
1
Input
EGR_PRTY
1
Output
Signal used to indicate that there is a cell waiting to be sent for this queue
Decrement signal for packet counter block
Utopia Enable signal used for selection
Utopia Cell Available signal used to indicate that the PHY has room for a cell
Utopia Parity used for odd parity on EGR_DATA
EGR_CLK
1
Input
25/50 MHz Utopia Clock for all registers in this block
ING_DATA
8/16
Input
Utopia Data Bus, 8 or 16 bits selectable
ING_ADDR
5
Output
ING_SOC
1
Input
ING_ENB_N
1
Output
ING_CLAV
1
Input
Utopia Cell Available signal used to indicate that the PHY has a cell is ready for transmission
ING_PRTY
1
Input
Utopia Parity used for odd parity on EGR_DATA
ING_CLK
1
Input
25/50 MHz Utopia Clock for all registers in this block
Utopia Address Bus used for polling
Utopia Start of Cell signal used to flag the first byte/word in the cell
Utopia Enable signal used for selection
Table 2: Core I/O Signals
Timing
Since the ATM Forum specification fully defines the line side of the UTOPIA Level 2 interface, timing for that is not replicated here. Instead, only user (FIFO) interface
timing information is presented here. The figure below shows the functional timing for FIFO reads and writes.
RD_CLK
RD_CLK
RD_ADDR
RD_ADDR
A0
A0
A1
A1
...
...
A52
A52
A53
A53
D0
D0
D1
D1
...
...
A52
D52
A0
A0
A1
A1
...
...
A52
A52
A53
A53
D0
D0
D1
D1
...
...
A52
D52
A53
D53
RD_ENB
RD_ENB
RD_DATA
RD_DATA
DECREMENT
DECREMENT
WR_CLK
WR_CLK
WR_ADDR
WR_ADDR
WR_ENB
WR_ENB
WR_DATA
WR_DATA
INCREMENT
INCREMENT
Figure 3: FIFO Timing
A53
D53
Recommended Design Experience
For the source version, users should be familiar with HDL entry and Actel design flows. Users should be familiar with Actel Libero v2.2 Integrated Design Environment
(IDE) and preferably with Synplify and ModelSim.
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