GT Interface Clocking - 2020.2 English

UltraFast Design Methodology Guide for Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs

Document ID
UG949
Release Date
2021-02-18
Version
2020.2 English

Each GT interface requires several clocks, including some clocks that are shared across bonded GT*_CHANNEL cells located in one or several GT quads. UltraScale devices provide up to 128 GT*_CHANNEL sites, which can lead to the use of several hundreds of clocks in a design. Most GT clocks have a low fanout with loads placed locally in the clock region next to the associated GT*_CHANNEL. Some GT clocks drive loads across the entire device and require the utilization of clock routing resource in many clock regions. The UltraScale architecture includes the following enhancements to efficiently support the high number of GT clocks required.