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Deshi_Intel
Regular Contributor
7 years agoHi Sachin Jadhav,
In general, below is the common cause of PLL loose lock issue.
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/support/devices/pll/pll-loss-of-lock-checklist.pdf
Looks like your fPLL loose lock is highly caused by the instable or noisy rx_pma_iqrxtx_clkout as fPLL clock source.
May I know does fPLL loose lock in CDR LTD or LTR mode ? I presume LTR mode should still generate stable clockout and it shouldn't cause fPLL to loose lock, right ?
If everything works correctly then alternate debug suggestion is to constraint rx_pma_iqrxtx_clkout clock network to minimize the clock jitter. You can try to connect rx_pma_iqrxtx_clkout to "clock control block" IP and configure it to regional clock network instead of global clock network if possible.
Thanks.
Regards,
dlim
- SJadh17 years ago
New Contributor
Hello Dlim,
As of now I am manually configuring CDR in LTR mode and expect a stable rx_pma_iqrxtx_clkout.
What is the correct way of constraining rx_pma_iqrxtx_clkout signal for low jitter.
I will also try to add a clock control block before fPLL.
Is there any more surgical method to find the root cause ?
Thanks & Regards,
Sachin Jadhav