SoftIP IP Group of Alphawave IP
SoftIP IP Group of Alphawave IP

SFI-5 Digital Core

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The Precise-ITC Scalable Serdes Framer Interface Digital Core IP implements the digital portion of the SFI-5 interface (OIF-SFI5-01.02).  The SFI-S interface has up to a 50 Gbps bi-directional bit-rate and is used to connect communication microchips.  It supports 16 lanes of data plus a deskew channel.  Each lane has a bit-rate of 2.488 to 3.125 Gbps to support SONET OC-768, SDH STM-256, OTN OTU-3, and other systems operating in the range of 40 Gbps to 50 Gbps.

It features a flexible, parameterized design with a small footprint, easily tailored for your specific application.

Key Features

  • Fully compliant with OIF-SFI5-01.02
  • Independent transmit and receive blocks, each with 16 data lanes and a deskew channel
  • Provides easy I/O connections to Serdes components
  • Optional processor interface with 32-bit registers

Transmit

  • Optional Receive Data Clock (RXDCK) generation
  • Receive Status (RXS) generation to indicate alarm status
  • Programmable PHY output lane swap
  • Programmable deskew (DSC) channel framing bytes and expansion header
  • Supports fixed and PRBS test pattern generation.  Test pattern can be assigned to an individual lane or striped across data lanes

Receive

  • Supports parameterized maximum lane-to-lane deskew e.g. +/- 32 UI
  • Detects deskew channel loss of frame synchronization (LOF)
  • Monitors Receive Status (RXS)
  • Counts number of deskew channel mismatch errors
  • Programmable PHY input lane swap
  • Programmable deskew (DSC) channel framing bytes and expansion header
  • Supports fixed and PRBS test pattern monitoring.  Test pattern can be assigned to an individual lane or striped across data lanes

Block Diagram

Precise-ITC Serdes Framer Level 5 Digital Core (SFI-5)