Title :
High speed data transfer with FPGAs and QSFP+modules
Author :
Ammendola, Roberto ; Biagioni, Andrea ; Chiodi, Giacomo ; Frezza, Ottorino ; Cicero, Francesca Lo ; Lonardo, Alessandro ; Lunadei, Riccardo ; Paolucci, Pier ; Rossetti, Davide ; Salamon, Andrea ; Salina, Gaetano ; Simula, Francesco ; Tosoratto, Laura ; Vi
Author_Institution :
INFN Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
fDate :
Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010
Abstract :
We present test results and characterization of a data transmission system based on a last generation FPGA and a commercial QSFP+ module. QSFP+ standard defines a hot-pluggable transceiver available in copper or optical cable assemblies for an aggregated bandwidth of up to 40 Gbps. We implemented a complete testbench based on a commercial development card mounting an Altera Stratix IV FPGA with 24 serial transceivers at 8.5 Gbps, together with a custom mezzanine hosting three QSFP+ modules. We present test results and signal integrity measurements up to an aggregated bandwidth of 12 Gbps.
Keywords :
data communication; field programmable gate arrays; nuclear electronics; transceivers; Altera Stratix IV FPGA; QSFP+ standard; commercial QSFP+ module; copper cable assemblies; custom mezzanine; data transmission system; high speed data transfer; hot-pluggable transceiver; optical cable assemblies; signal integrity; Bandwidth; Clocks; Connectors; Copper; Data communication; Field programmable gate arrays; Transceivers; data acquisition; field programmable gate arrays; high speed interconnect; serial transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9106-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5873983
