1873 - [LatticeECP3] Common Public Radio Interface - IP Core: Is the FIFO bridge in the PCS (Physical Coding Sub-layer) used in the low latency CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface) IP (Intellectual Property) core?
LatticeECP3 supports CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface) low latency mode operation and the FIFO bridge in the SERDES/PCS is bypassed.
The conditions are that the operation runs at full synchronous mode and data is handed off from SerDes/PCS to FPGA fabric by the same system clock. To minimize latency variation factors, the FIFO bridge in the PCS is bypassed so that there is a fixed timing relationship between the PCS and FPGA fabric in the system. Thus, a low latency variation operation can be achieved.