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skon
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7 years ago

Will the receiver auto align?

Hello, I'm using an Arria V FPGA with a native PHY configured to Rx mode only. The PHY receives serial data in an 8b/10b format. My question is regarding the "Word Aligner". I understand that it ...
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CheepinC_altera
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7 years ago

Hi skon,

As for state machine mode, it will perform auto alignment after XCVR coming out from reset. It will look for pre-defined word alignment pattern configured in Native PHY. For the Manual mode, it is almost similar to state machine mode but just that user will need to manually trigger to start the alignment process.

Please let me know if there is any concern. Thank you.

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