Certus-NX / CertusPro-NX: Architecture – SerDes/PCS Physical Media Attachment (PMA), Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS)

Module Description

In this module, we review the SerDes/PCS architecture, including the various Physical Media Attachment (PMA) and Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) sub-blocks. We go over the functions and interactions between each sub-block, and how they form the buidling blocks for the PCI Express protocol. The blocks covered here are specific to Lattice CertusPro-NX.