Intel: Lan Access Division
Technion: High Speed Digital
Systems Lab
By: Leonid Yuhananov &
Asaad Malshy
Supervised by: Dr. David Bar-On
Goal
High Level Specifications:
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2.
 Project definition.
 HL Block diagram.
Detailed Block View:
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Transceiver channel.
Processing block.
Logic Analyzer
Logic Analyzer Interface (LAI).
Plan
 Gantt chart.
 Deliverables:
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5.
Semester 10G.
Yearly 40G.
Demo - TBD
“Tracing 40Gbit Ethernet on a logic analyzer”
We want to tap onto 40G traffic and
present it in a useful way.
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Tap: Listen to the Link.
◦ Sniff the data transmitting on the line.
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Present: View data on Logic analyzer.
◦ Parse the data into Ethernet II frames.
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Useful: Easy to read and good for debug.
◦ Only the frames we are interested in will be presented.
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2.
Goal
High Level Specifications:
 Project definition.
 HL Block diagram.
 Description of main blocks
3.
Detailed Block View:
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4.
Transceiver channels.
ALTERA AltGx.
ALTERA 10BaseR-PHY
Alignment FPGA blocks
DDR to Logic Analyzer.
Plan
 Gantt chart.
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In the Ingress direction:
◦ 4 10G optical lines in differential operation mode.
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In the egress direction:
◦ 34x4 channels to logic analyzer.
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Display:
◦ Output will be displayed on the logic analyzer in
Ethernet II frame structure.
FPGA
4xXAUIx3.125G
SFP+
10.3125Gx2
Transceiver
Optical
channels
modules
AEL2005
x2
ALTERA
AltGx
4xXAUIx3.125G
10.3125Gx2
SFP+
Transceiver
ALTERA
10.3125Gx2
Optical
channels
10Gbase
modules
AEL2006
R PHY
x2
72 lines x 156.25M x4
10G
word
aligner
x4
40G
words
aligner
ALTERA
to DDR
frequency
multipliers
Logic
Analyzer
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SFP+ (optical Module): Converts the optical signal to an electrical one.
Transceiver channel:
◦ AEL2005- converts data to 4xXAUI lines of 3.125G traffic (detailed
information is internal)
◦ AEL2006- converts data to 10Gbase-R 10.3125G traffic (detailed
information is internal)
ALTERA AltGX – convert 4xXAUI to 72 lines of 64 data and 8 controls.
ALTERA 10GBASER-PHY – convert 10.3125Gtraffic to 72 lines of 64 data
and 8 controls.
10G word aligner – Our logic to align data and generate triggers (as
defined at midterm presentation)
40G word aligner – Our logic to align 4x10G lines to 40G according to
40G protocol
Altera to DDR frequency block – multipliers that reduce amount of lines
to logic analyzer by increasing speed.
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2.
Goal
High Level Specifications:
 Project definition.
 HL Block diagram.
 Description of main blocks
3.
Detailed Block View:
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4.
Transceiver channels.
ALTERA AltGx.
ALTERA 10BaseR-PHY
Alignment FPGA blocks
DDR to Logic Analyzer.
Plan
 Gantt chart.
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Puma AEL2005 - 10GbE LAN PHY/SerDes
◦ Transiving 10G to 4 lanes of XAUI each one of 3.125G traffic.
NetLogic Microsystems' Puma AEL2005 device is a physical layer transceiver. AEL2005provides full PCS, PMA, and
XGXS sub-layer functionality through the consolidation of the receiver and transmitter PHY functions on a single
chip along with the integration of encode/decode/alignment logic, FIFOs, on-chip clock drivers, multiple loop-back
features and PRBS & Ethernet frame generation & verification for both the line side and the system side.
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Puma AEL2006-10GbE Dual CDR w/EDC
◦ Transiving 10G HSRXDATA from SFP+ to 10G RXDATA for 10G baseR PHY
NetLogic Microsystems' Puma AEL2006 device is a dual physical layer retimer - compliant with IEEE802.3aq
specifications.
The NetLogic Microsystems Puma AEL2006 device provides the consolidation of the receiver and transmitter SerDes
functions on a single chip along with on-chip clock drivers, multiple loop-back features and PRBS generation &
verification for both the line side and the system side.
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ALTGX – block from Altera megafunction, used to convert 4x3.125G
XAUI lines to 8 words of data and 8 bits of controls
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Deserializer
8/10 protocol
Word aligner
Phase compensation
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10G BaseR PHY – block from Altera megafunction, used to convert 10G
RXDATA to 8 words of data and 8 bits of controls
SDR XGMII = single data rate XGMII, 72 bits @156.25 Mbps
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10GBASE-R PCS
10.3125-Gbps physical medium
attachment (PMA),
PHY management functions
10GBASE-R PHY functions:
64b/66b encoding/decoding
scrambling/descrambling
66b/16b gear-boxing, and data
serialization/deserialization
10G alignment logic (detailed description at part 1)
 Rearrangement of data coming from XAUI and 10G-BASER-PHY
 Alignment data from beginning of packet
 Triggering matched packet (hard coded)
 Contains FSM, rewiring blocks and trigger capturing FSMs
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72 bits 156.25M
not aligned
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10G-BASER-PHY
alignment logic
x2
72 bits 156.25M
aligned
72 bits 156.25M
not aligned
XAUI alignment
logic
x2
72 bits 156.25M
aligned
Note: Two different logic for two different not aligned data from AltGx and 10GbaseR-PHY
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40G alignment logic
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Contains 4 10G alignment blocks
Determining alignment pattern logic
Alignment output according to 40G protocols –
FSMs
Redirection of Trigger’s signals
Arrangement data for DDR to Logic analyzer block
72 bits 156.25M
aligned
10G-BASER-PHY
alignment logic
x2
72x4 bits 156.25M
Aligned for 40G protocol
And DDR multipliers
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A logic analyzer is an electronic instrument which
displays signals in a digital circuit. A logic analyzer may
convert the captured data into timing diagrams,
protocol decodes, state machine traces.
TLA7000 Series
6,528 Logic Analyzer Channels
500 ps (2 GHz) – serial data
312.5 ps (3.2 GHz) – signal integrity
625 ps (1.6 GHz) MIPI
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The double data rate is our output to the outer world
(Logic Analyzer).
Since we want to utilize less LA pins using higher speeds,
a double data rate is required.
Should be considered as a serializer, from 2 or more lines
of a certain data rate, to a single line of double or more
data rate.
The operation is based on a high speed DeMux, with a
round around counter for its select bits.
1.
2.
Goal
High Level Specifications:
 Project definition.
 HL Block diagram.
 Description of main blocks
3.
Detailed Block View:





4.
Transceiver channels.
ALTERA AltGx.
ALTERA 10BaseR-PHY
Alignment FPGA blocks
DDR to Logic Analyzer.
Plan
 Gantt chart.
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Exams: we are on the doorstep of the coming exams, that puts
work on the project onto low gear if not suspension.
The DDR to soft touch connector: an imperative piece of
hardware the is required by our project to interface with the
Logic Analyzer. We are currently waiting for its tape out.
A 40G link partner, currently the industry only has 2 other NICs
capable of 40GbE, and an IXIA would be an expensive and an
unwise purchase, while using the 40G generator by the other
team might mask shared problems in the design.
One of our dev boards was fried during testing operation and it
is undergoing fixing and rewiring, in the case of a failure to do
so, the delivery time of a new board is 3-6 weeks.
We are using MegaCore functions provided by Altera, and as it
seems as of today, there seem to be usage limitations
concerning operation mode. We may run our design while
connected to the computer only, we are working on acquiring the
license for the function.
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Expand the SFP+ interfacing to all of the connectors to a total of 4.
◦ The on board AEL chip is of different generation (2006), which may prove a double
edged sword – being more capable but with the risk of incoherence with the 2005.
◦ The magnitude of the challenge of syncing the 4 connectors is still yet to be clear (it
won’t be a walk in the park).
Configuring the AEL 2006.
◦ Since it is a different chip the MDIO write will be different.
◦ It may be that there is no mirror mode to the one the AEL 2005 operates on.
Get 40Gbit link.
◦ A whole new world – 40G is still young in the industry.
◦ Who is our partner?
◦ Latency issues with the Altera might arise with ~200 bit wide busses.
Generating trigger and capturing packets using logic analyzer.
◦ Logic analyzer – a while new device to integrate.
◦ Triggering the LA in sync with the data.
◦ We managed to go inside Altera – now we go outside again.
Integrating it all together with the generation side.
◦ Size of design might start being an issue.
◦ Clock synchronization and pipelining.
◦ Strain on Altera in 40G Rx/Tx (80Gbs data processing no matter how wide will have to
go through our processing blocks)
Writing end of project book and presentation.
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