2.7 Transmit De-Emphasis

  1. Enter any value between 0.0 and 36.1 (in dB) in the Required edit box for both Pre-Transmit and Post-Transmit stage. Not all values are supported. See the following table for all actual values supported.

  2. The value you enter in the Required box is matched to the closest valid actual value and reported in the actual box.

  3. The Configurator sets appropriate values for LANE<n>_TX_PRE_RATIO and LANE<n>_TX_PST_RATIO registers based on the Actual value, as shown in the following table.

  4. The default value for Required is 0 for Pre-Transmit and 3.5 for Post-Transmit.

  5. The LANE<n>_TX_AMP_RATIO lane register is always set to 0x80 for all lanes.

Table 2-6. EPCS Configuration for Different Data Width
FeatureControl RegistersActual Value = Value Programmed in Register

De-Emphasis Pre

LANE<n>_TX_PRE_RATIO0 dB = 0x0

0.1 dB = 0x1

0.3 dB = 0x2

De-Emphasis Post

LANE<n>_TX_PST_RATIO0.4 dB = 0x3

0.5 dB = 0x4

0.7 dB = 0x5

0.9 dB = 0x6

1 dB = 0x7

1.2 dB = 0x8

1.3 dB = 0x9

1.5 dB = 0xa

1.6 dB = 0xb

1.8 dB = 0xc

2 dB = 0xd

2.1 dB = 0xe

2.3 dB = 0xf

2.5 dB = 0x10

2.7 dB = 0x11

2.9 dB = 0x12

3 dB = 0x13

3.3 dB = 0x14

3.5 dB = 0x15

3.7 dB = 0x16

3.9 dB = 0x17

4 dB = 0x18

4.3 dB = 0x19

4.5 dB = 0x1a

4.8 dB = 0x1b

De-Emphasis Post

(contd.)

LANE<n>_TX_PST_RATIO

(contd.)

5 dB = 0x1c

5.2 dB = 0x1d

5.5 dB = 0x1e

5.8 dB = 0x1f

6 dB = 0x20

6.3 dB = 0x21

6.5 dB = 0x22

7 dB = 0x23

7.2 dB = 0x24

7.5 dB = 0x25

7.8 dB = 0x26

8 dB = 0x27

8.5 dB = 0x28

9 dB = 0x29

9.3 dB = 0x2a

9.7 dB = 0x2b

De-Emphasis Post

(contd.)

LANE<n>_TX_PST_RATIO

(contd.)

10.1 dB = 0x2c

10.5 dB = 0x2d

11 dB = 0x2e

11.5 dB = 0x2f

12 dB = 0x30

12.6 dB = 0x31

13.2 dB = 0x32

13.8 dB = 0x33

14.5 dB = 0x34

15.2 dB = 0x35

16.1 dB = 0x36

17 dB = 0x37

18 dB = 0x38

19.2 dB = 0x39

20.5 dB = 0x3a

22.1 dB = 0x3b

24 dB = 0x3c

26.5 dB = 0x3d

30.1 dB = 0x3e

36.1 dB = 0x3f

Note: LANE<n> denotes the lane number where <n> can be 0, 1, 2 or 3.
For example, if you enter 2.4 dB in the required box, 2.5 dB (the closest match) is displayed in the actual box and the registers are set as follows:
  1. LANE<n>_TX_PRE_RATIO registers are set to 0x10
  2. LANE<n>_TX_PST_RATIO registers are set to 0x10
  3. LANE<n>_TX_AMP_RATIO registers are set to 0x80