The multi-protocol SerDes PHY consist of Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) compliant with PCIe 2.0 Base Specification with support of PIPE interface spec, Universal Serial Bus (USB) compliant with the USB 3.0, USB 2.0 (USB High-speed and Full speed) and Serial ATA (SATA) compliant with SATA 3.0 Specification. Lower power consumption is achieved due to support of additional PLL control, reference clock control, and embedded power gating control. Also, since aforementioned low power mode setting is configurable, the PHY is widely applicable for various scenarios under different consideration of power consumption.
A universal SERDES IP that operation from 1Gbps to 12.5 Gbps
Compatible with PCIe/USB3/SATA base Specification
Support 40-bit/32-bit/20-bit/16-bit parallel interface
Support for PCIe2(5.0Gbps), USB3.0(5.0Gbps) and SATA3(6.0Gbps)
Backward compatible with 2.5Gbps for PCIe
Backward compatible with 1.5Gbps, 3.0Gbps for SATA
Support flexible reference clock frequency
Support 100MHz differential reference clock input or output (with SSC optionally) in PCIe Mode
Support Spread-Spectrum clock (SSC) generation and receiving from -5000ppm to 0ppm
Support programmable transmit amplitude and Deemphasis
Support TX detect RX function in PCIe and USB3.0 Mode
Support Beacon signal generation and detection in PCIe Mode
Support LFPS signal generation and detection in USB Mode
Support Low Frequency Periodic Signalling (LFPS) generation and detection in USB3.0 Mode
Production test support is optimized through high coverage at-speed BIST and loopback
Integrated on-die termination resistors and IO Pads/Bumps
Embedded Primary & Secondary ESD Protection
ESD: HBM/MM/CDM/Latch Up 2000V/200V/500V/100mA
Silicon Proven in SMIC 40LL
Deliverables
Application Note / User Manual
Behavior model, and protected RTL codes
Protected Post layout netlist and Standard
Delay Format (SDF)
Frame view (LEF)
Metal GDS (GDSII)
Test patterns and Test Documentation
Applications
PC
Television
Data storage
Multimedia Devices
Recorders
Mobile devices