CoreU1PHY – UTOPIA Level 1 PHY Interface
Product Summary
Intended Use
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Standard UTOPIA Level 1 PHY Interface to any
ATM Link-Layer Device
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Libero IDE and Industry Standard Synthesis and
Simulation Tools
RTL Version
VHDL Source Code
Core Synthesis and Simulation Scripts
Actel-Developed
Testbench
(VHDL)
Fully
Supported by Industry-Standard Simulation Tools
Key Features
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Standard 8-Bit, 25 MHz UTOPIA Level 1 PHY
Interface Complies with the ATM Forum UTOPIA
Specification, Level 1 Version 2.01 (af-phy-
0017.000)
Separate TX and RX Clocks and Interface Pins
Supports Cell-Level Handshake for 53- or 54-byte
ATM Cells with Automatic Add/Drop of UDF2 Field
in the ATM Header in 53-byte Mode
16-Bit (54-byte) User Interfaces Can be Used
Directly or Bolt-Up to One of Actel's ATM Cell
Buffer Blocks: ATMBUFx
Design Tools Support
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Simulation: VITAL Compliant VHDL and OVI
Compliant Verilog Simulators
Synthesis: LeonardoSpectrum
®
, Synplify
®
, Design
Compiler
®
, FPGA Compiler
TM
, and FPGA Express
TM
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Contents
General Description ...................................................
Device Requirements .................................................
UTOPIA Interface .......................................................
User Interface .............................................................
Ordering Information ................................................
List of Changes ...........................................................
Datasheet Categories .................................................
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Supported Families
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Fusion
ProASIC3/E
ProASIC
PLUS®
Axcelerator
®
Core Deliverables
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Netlist Version
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Compiled RTL Simulation Model Fully
Supported in Actel Libero
®
Integrated Design
Environment (IDE)
Structural VHDL and Verilog Netlists (with and
without I/O Pads) Compatible with Actel’s
General Description
CoreU1PHY is a UTOPIA Level 1 PHY interface core that
connects directly to any ATM link-layer (master) device
and user logic (or optional ATM cell buffer blocks) to
provide an interface between the link-layer device and a
non-standard physical layer device (Figure
1).
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TX
Utopia
Level 1
Link-Layer
Device
CoreATMBUF3
RX
CoreU1PHY
CoreATMBUF3
User
Logic
Other
Device
Figure 1 •
Block Diagram
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Device Requirements
CoreU1PHY can be implemented in either the ProASIC
PLUS
or Axcelerator device families.
Table 1
indicates the number
of core logic cells required in each technology.
Table 1 •
Device Utilization and Performance
Cells or Tiles
Family
Fusion
ProASIC3/E
ProASIC
PLUS
Axcelerator
Sequential
59
59
79
60
Combinatorial
61
61
58
60
Total Utilization
Device
AFS060
A3P060
APA075
AX125
Percentage
8.0%
8.0%
4.5%
6.0%
Performance
25 MHz
25 MHz
>25 MHz
>25 MHz
UTOPIA Interface
CoreU1PHY implements a standard 8-bit point-to-point
physical-layer interface that supports cell lengths of
either 53 or 54 bytes. If the cell_size bit is low, a 53-byte
cell is transferred and the UDF2 byte is inserted on
ingress to and dropped on egress from the user
interface; otherwise, 54 bytes are transferred. The
UTOPIA interface signals are summarized in
Table 2.
Table 2 •
UTOPIA Interface Signals
Signal
u1_tx_clk
u1_tx_clav
u1_tx_en
u1_tx_soc
u1_tx_data
u1_rx_clk
u1_rx_clav
u1_rx_en
u1_rx_soc
u1_rx_data
Type Description
In
Out
In
In
In
In
Out
In
Out
Out
TX interface clock
Active high cell buffer space available
Active low data transfer enable
Active high start-of-cell indication
8-bit ingress data
RX interface clock
Active high cell buffer space available
Active low data transfer enable
Active high start-of-cell indication
8-bit ingress data
CoreU1PHY will then look for u1_tx_soc to become
active (high), indicating that the first word of the cell
transfer is active on the bus. As shown in
Figure 2,
u1_tx_soc may be asserted during the same cycle that
u1_tx_en is driven low. Once u1_tx_soc is recognized, the
core accepts 53 bytes (or 54) and forwards them to the
user interface.
u1_tx_clk
u1_tx_clav
u1_tx_en
u1_tx_soc
u1_tx_data
Figure 2 •
TX Start of Cell
H1
H2
If the link-layer device does not have another cell to
send, or if polling during the current cell transfer
indicates that the CoreU1PHY is not ready to accept
another cell, the U1 link-layer may deselect the physical
interface by de-asserting u1_tx_en after the last word of
the transfer (Figure
3).
u1_tx_clk
u1_tx_clav
u1_tx_en
u1_tx_soc
u1_tx_data
P51 P52 P53 P54
XX
TX Interface (Ingress)
The process of transferring a cell on the UTOPIA level 1
TX interface begins with u1_tx_clav. The core asserts
u1_tx_clav high whenever w_avail is asserted at the user
interface. If u1_tx_clav is low, the link-layer device must
wait until CoreU1PHY indicates that it is ready to receive
another cell.
To begin sending cells on the TX interface, the link-layer
simply asserts u1_tx_en low (Figure
2).
Figure 3 •
TX Transfer Complete
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Alternatively, the link-layer device may choose to stall in-
between cells without deselecting the physical interface,
as illustrated in
Figure 4.
u1_tx_clk
u1_tx_clav
u1_tx_en
u1_tx_soc
u1_tx_data
P51 P52 P53 P54
XX
H1
H2
The CoreU1PHY will then assert u1_rx_soc high,
indicating that the first word of the cell transfer is active
on the bus. Once a transfer has begun, all 53 or 54 bytes
of the cell are transferred without interruption.
If polling during the current transfer indicates that there
are no more cells available, or if the link-layer is unable
to receive another cell from the CoreU1PHY, the link-
layer may deselect the physical interface by de-asserting
u1_rx_en after receiving the last byte of the current cell,
as illustrated in
Figure 7.
u1_rx_clk
Figure 4 •
TX Stalled by u1_tx_clav
u1_rx_clav
u1_rx_en
u1_rx_soc
u1_rx_data
P51
P52
P53
P54
XX
If the link-layer has another cell to send to the physical
interface and if polling during the current cell indicates
that the CoreU1PHY is able to accept another cell, the
link-layer may send cells back-to-back, as illustrated in
Figure 5.
Figure 7 •
RX End of Transfer
u1_tx_clk
u1_tx_clav
u1_tx_en
u1_tx_soc
u1_tx_data
P51 P52 P53 P54 H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6
Figure 5 •
TX Back-to-Back Transfer
If the link-layer continues to enable the CoreU1PHY
during the last two bytes of the current cell transfer, and
one or more complete ATM cells are ready to be
transferred (u1_rx_avail is high), the CoreU1PHY will
send back-to-back cells, as shown in
Figure 8.
If the user
interface indicates r_avail low (no data to send), but the
link-layer continues to assert U1_rx_en low, the
CoreU1PHY interface will remain idle until r_avail is
asserted high on the user interface and another cell
transfer begins.
u1_rx_clk
u1_rx_clav
u1_rx_en
u1_rx_soc
u1_rx_data
P51 P52 P53 P54 H1 H2 H3 H4 H5
RX Interface (Egress)
The RX interface operates in a similar manner. The
process begins with u1_rx_clav. If the user interface
indicates there is at least one complete cell available for
transfer by asserting r_avail high, the core responds with
u1_rx_clav high; otherwise, u1_rx_clav is asserted low
and the link-layer device must wait until the user logic
indicates that a cell is available for transfer.
To begin receiving cells on the RX interface, the link-
layer must select the CoreU1PHY by asserting u1_rx_en
low (Figure
6).
u1_rx_clk
u1_rx_clav
u1_rx_en
u1_rx_soc
u1_rx_data
Figure 6 •
RX Start of Cell Transfer
Figure 8 •
RX Back-to-Back Transfer
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User Interface
The user interface can connect directly to Actel's
CoreATMBUF3 cell buffer, an intellectual property core
that provides buffering for up to three 54-byte ATM cells
in each direction (Figure
1 on page 1).
Alternatively, the
designer may choose to connect his/her own cell buffer
or user logic function directly to the user interface. The
signals associated with the user interface are
summarized in
Table 3.
Table 3 •
User Interface Signals
Signal
reset
xlate
w_avail
w_phy_act
w_enable
w_adr
w_data
r_avail
r_buf_en
r_adr
r_data
Type Description
In
In
In
Out
Out
Out
Out
In
Out
Out
In
Active high – resets all registers
53 / 54-byte cell size control
Active high – user ready to receive
Active high physical selected
Active high data enable
5-bit word count
16-bit data bus
Active high – user ready to send
Active high read enable
5-bit word count
16-bit data bus
signals and data for the read interface are associated
with the u1_rx_clk.
Each interface is controlled from the user logic by the
w_avail and r_avail signals, respectively.
When the cell buffer or user logic is ready to receive or
send a cell on either interface, the user must assert
x_avail high. In turn, this will cause the CoreU1PHY to
assert u1_x_clav to the link-layer device.
Write Interface (ingress)
Whenever the link-layer asserts u1_tx_en low, the
w_phy_act signal is asserted high to indicate that the
ingress user interface is active. The w_enable signal will
remain low until the link-layer begins to transfer a cell.
Since the CoreU1PHY translates from 8-bit data at the
UTOPIA interface to 16-bit data at the user interface,
w_enable is asserted for one clock cycle while a data
word is valid. W_adr is incremented on the next rising-
edge of u1_tx_clk, and then w_enable is de-asserted for
one clock cycle (except during insertion of the UDF2
byte, as shown in
Figure 9).
W_adr increments from 00 to
1B hex (27 words).
U1_tx_clk
U1_tx_clav
U1_tx_en
U1_tx_soc
U1_tx_data
w_phy_act
w_enable
w_adr
w_data
XX
00
01
02
03
P1P2
XX
H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
P1
P2
P3
When reset is asserted high, all registers in the
CoreU1PHY are cleared. They will remain in this state as
long as reset is asserted.
If the xlate input is low, the CoreU1PHY will transfer data
to/from the link-layer device as 53-byte ATM cells. On
ingress (TX), the CoreU1PHY will duplicate the fifth byte
of the ATM header and insert it as the sixth byte (UDF2)
in order to create a standard 54-byte ATM cell on the
user "write" interface. Conversely, the CoreU1PHY will
accept a standard 54-byte cell at the user "read"
interface and drop the sixth byte during transfer to the
egress (RX) interface. If xlate is high, no translation is
performed; 54-byte cells are transferred on all interfaces.
The user interface is divided into write (TX) and read (RX)
interfaces. The control signals and data for the write
interface are associated with the u1_tx_clk, while control
H1H2 XX H3H4 H5H5 XX
Figure 9 •
Write Interface Cell Transfer
If the address resets to 00 hex before reaching 1B hex,
the cell transfer was interrupted by the link-layer and the
previous bytes of the cell should be dropped. When
w_adr reaches 1B hex, a complete 54-byte cell has been
received. The w_adr will reset to 00 hex and w_enable is
de-asserted until another cell transfer begins. The
w_phy_act signal is not de-asserted unless the link-layer
deselects the CoreU1PHY by asserting u1_tx_en high.
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Read Interface (egress)
When r_avail is asserted high at the user interface and
the u1_rx_en signal is asserted low by the link-layer, the
CoreU1PHY will begin accepting data on the user
interface. Once a cell transfer has begun, the CoreU1PHY
will transfer 27 words of data regardless of the state of
r_avail. The CoreU1PHY asserts r_buf_en high, expecting
to accept data at the r_data inputs on the next rising-
edge of u1_rx_clk as illustrated in
Figure 10.
accepted on the following rising edge of u1_rx_clk, and
the r_adr is incremented.
Then r_buf_en is de-asserted for one clock cycle except
after the third data word when xlate is low (53-byte
mode), or when a back-to-back read operation is needed
in order to get the first payload byte in time.
The cycle is repeated until r_adr reaches 1B hex and the
last two bytes of the ATM cell are sent. At this point,
r_adr is reset to 00 hex, and if r_avail indicates that
another cell is immediately available, and u1_rx_en
remains low, the CoreU1PHY will immediately begin
sending the next cell as shown in
Figure 11.
Otherwise,
r_buf_en remains low until the CoreU1PHY begins to
transmit another cell.
U1_rx_cl
U1_rx_cla
U1_rx_en
U1_rx_soc
U1_rx_data
r_buf_en
r_adr
r_data
00
XX
01
H1H2
02
H3H4
03
H5H6
04
P1P2
XX
H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
P1
P2
U1_rx_cl
U1_rx_clav
U1_rx_en
U1_rx_soc
U1_rx_data
R_avail
r_buf_en
r_adr
1B
r_data
00
XX
01
H1H2
02
H3H4
03
H5H6
04
P1P2
P47 P48
H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
P1
P2
Figure 10 •
Read Interface Cell Transfer
The CoreU1PHY provides r_adr as a word count (00 to 1B
hex) and increments whenever the core accepts data at
the r_data pins. Since the CoreU1PHY translates from 16-
bit data at the user interface to 8-bit data at the UTOPIA
interface, r_buf_en is asserted for one clock cycle, data is
Figure 11 •
Back-to-Back Read Cell Transfer
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