PSRAM/RPC PHY & Controller

Overview

The DDR IP Mixed-Signal MR PSRAM PHY and RPC PHY provide turnkey physical interface solutions for ICs requiring access to JEDEC compatible PSRAM/RPC devices. It is optimized for low-power and high-speed applications with robust timing and small silicon area. The PSRAM PHY supports AP memory UHS/OPI PSRAM components on the market, and the RPC PHY supports ETRON components on the market. The PHY components contain PSRAM-/RPC-specialized IO devices for utility and functionality, critical timing synchronization module (TSM), low-jitter PLL, the TX, and RX logic control for the interface.

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Key Features

  • PSRAM:
    • Supports rates from 200Mbps up to 1600Mbps
    • x8/x16 data bus width extendable
    • 1.8V/2.5V IO devices
    • Multiple drive strengths adjustable
    • Supports read and write timing adjustments with soft calibration
    • Low latency with programmable timings for secure data handling
    • Per bit de-skew support for high speed
    • Supports point-to-point memory sub-systems and multi-rank
    • Supports ZQ calibration to calibrate driver output resistance and on-die termination resistance
    • PVT compensation and timing calibration for all corner reliability
    • At speed BIST, scan insertion
    • Various power-down modes for low power including self-refresh support
    • Low jitter with superior noise rejection
    • APB Port register access interface
  • RPC:
    • Fully compliant with standards
    • Compliant with DFI specification with the clock rate ratio of 1:2 between controller and PHY
    • Controller CPU bus core could be carried on AXI bus interface
    • Supports 4-port switching with respective FIFO set space for each AXI port
    • Automatic initialization and refresh procedure
    • Pipeline design enables high clock rates with minimal routing constraints
    • Run-time configurable timing parameters
    • Supports RPC device self-refresh and half-refresh mode
    • Source code license available in Verilog HDL
    • Core data path tailored to FPGA family and/or ASIC library

Benefits

  • Fully pre-assembled design, Drop-in hard macro to ease integration and speed time to market
  • Zero risk with robust ESD architecture
  • Extensive EDA tool support for various design and automation flow
  • Optional CKE retention mode permits VDD and all non-essential I/Os to be powered down while retaining the external SDRAMs in self-refresh mode
  • Comprehensive observation registers DFX and methods are available to facilitate customers in identifying issues during testing

Block Diagram

PSRAM/RPC PHY & Controller Block Diagram

Deliverables

  • Extensive documentation
  • Models
  • LIB
  • LEF
  • Place-and-route abstracts
  • LVS netlist
  • GDSII files

Technical Specifications

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