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Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 SATA 6 Gb/s RAID Controller Table of Contents Overview Schematics Cell Library Signal Cross-Reference List About Chipworks
Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 SATA 6 Gb/s RAID Controller Overview List of Figures...Page 1 List of Schematics...Page 1 Introduction...Page 9 Brief Design Overview...Page 9 Component Descriptions...Page 15 Device Summary...Page 19
Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 SATA 6 Gb/s RAID Controller Page 1 List of Figures To view, please click on the appropriate bookmark in the panel on the left. 0.1.1 Package Markings 0.1.2 Package X-Ray 0.1.3 Die Markings 0.2.1 Die Photograph Top Metal Layer 0.2.2 Die Photograph Metal 1 Layer 0.2.3 PCIe Macro Floor Plan Top Metal Layer List of Schematics 1.0.0.0 PCIe Analog Macro Top Level Diagram 2.0.0.0 Phase-Locked Loop 2.1.0.0 PLL Phase Frequency Detector 2.2.0.0 Charge Pump and Loop Filter 2.2.1.0 PLL Charge Pump 2.2.1.1 Amplifier 1 2.2.1.2 Amplifier 2 2.2.1.3 PLL Charge Pump Gain Buffers 2.3.0.0 Control Current Multiplier 2.3.1.0 Amplifier 3 2.4.0.0 PLL Supply Voltage Regulators 2.4.1.0 Error Amp Bias Generator 2.4.2.0 PLL Regulator Error Amplifier 1 2.4.3.0 PLL Regulator Error Amplifier 2 2.4.4.0 PLL Internal Voltage Buffers 2.4.5.0 VINT6 Voltage Divider 2.5.0.0 Current Controlled Oscillator 2.5.1.0 ICO Cell 2.5.1.1 ICO Unit Delay 2.5.2.0 VCO Unused Circuit
Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 SATA 6 Gb/s RAID Controller Page 2 2.6.0.0 PLL Loop Divider 2.6.1.0 Clock Divider and Selection 2.6.2.0 Clock Delay 2.6.3.0 Clock Divide-by-5 2.6.4.0 Clock Divider 2.7.0.0 Lock Detector 2.7.1.0 Phase Detector 2.8.0.0 Level Shifter X3 2.9.0.0 Comparator 1 Top 2.9.1.0 Comparator 1 2.9.1.1 5 Inverters in Series 2.10.0.0 PLL Bias Generator 2.11.0.0 Ring Oscillator 2.11.1.0 Bias Voltage Source 2.11.2.0 Ring Oscillator Unit Delay 3.0.0.0 PCI Express Receiver 3.1.0.0 RX Termination and Input Stage 3.1.1.0 Programmable Resistor 3.1.2.0 Programmable Current Source 1 3.1.3.0 Programmable Current Source 2 3.1.4.0 Current Source Bias 3.2.0.0 RX Equalizer 3.2.1.0 Bias Voltage Generator 3 3.2.2.0 Amplifier 4 3.2.3.0 Programmable Current Sink 3 3.3.0.0 RX Amplifier 3.4.0.0 RX Signal Detector 2 3.4.1.0 Bias Current Generator 1 3.4.2.0 Voltage Divider 1 3.4.3.0 Comparator 2 3.4.4.0 Bias Voltage Generator 4
Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 SATA 6 Gb/s RAID Controller Page 3 3.4.5.0 Buffer X5 3.5.0.0 RX Signal Detector 1 3.5.1.0 Bias Generator 3.5.1.1 Comparator 3 3.5.2.0 Amplitude Detector 3.6.0.0 RX Offset Comparator 3.7.0.0 RX Samplers 3.7.1.0 Data Sampling 3.7.2.0 Unused Circuit 3 3.7.3.0 Unused Circuit 4 3.8.0.0 Deserializer 3.8.1.0 Clock Divider 3.8.2.0 XOR2 3.8.3.0 XOR2 3.9.0.0 Buffers 3.10.0.0 RX Sample Processing 3.10.1.0 Clock Divider 3.11.0.0 RX Enable Buffers 1 3.12.0.0 RX Enable Buffers 2 3.13.0.0 RX Clock Phase Shifter 3.13.1.0 RX Clock Phase Rotator 3.13.1.1 Differential Phase Rotator Cell 3.13.1.2 Phase Rotator Cell 3.13.1.3 Clock Input Buffer 3.13.1.4 Phase Adjustment Registers 3.13.1.5 Phase Rotation Decoder 3.13.1.6 One-Hot Decoder 3.13.1.7 4-to-16 Thermometer Encoder 3.13.1.8 Thermometer Encoder 3.13.2.0 Comparator 4 3.14.0.0 Programmable Clock Divider 3.15.0.0 RX DLL
Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 SATA 6 Gb/s RAID Controller Page 4 3.15.1.0 Clock Delay Line 3.15.1.1 Clock Delay Cell 3.15.2.0 Phase Detector 3.15.2.1 Pulse Generator 3.15.3.0 RX DLL Charge Pump 3.15.4.0 Control Voltage Generator 3.15.5.0 Delay Line Control Circuit 3.16.0.0 RX Internal Voltage Regulators 3.16.1.0 RX Regulator Control 3.16.2.0 RX Regulator Error Amplifiers 3.16.2.1 Voltage Pump Ring Oscillator 3.16.2.2 Voltage Pump 3.16.2.3 Bias Voltage Generator 5 3.16.2.4 Error Amplifier 4.0.0.0 PCI Express Transmitter 4.1.0.0 TX Driver 4.1.1.0 TX Pad Driver 4.1.1.1 TX Driver Unit 4.1.1.2 TX Driver Cell X2 4.1.1.3 TX Driver Cell X4 4.1.1.4 TX Driver Cell X8 4.1.1.5 TX Driver Cell X16 4.1.1.6 TX Driver Cell X25 4.1.2.0 Switches 4.1.3.0 TX Pattern Dependency Cancellation 4.1.3.1 Capacitor Cell 4.1.3.2 Capacitor Cell X2 4.1.3.3 Capacitor Cell X4 4.1.3.4 Capacitor Cell X8 4.1.3.5 Capacitor Cell X16 4.1.3.6 Capacitor Cell X25
Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 SATA 6 Gb/s RAID Controller Page 5 4.1.4.0 Amplifier 7 4.2.0.0 TX Serializer 4.2.1.0 Level Shifter 1 4.2.2.0 Level Shifter 2 4.2.3.0 Level Shifter 3 4.2.4.0 Level Shifter 4 4.2.5.0 Programmable Clock Divider 4.2.5.1 Clock Divider 4.2.5.2 Level Shifter 5 4.2.6.0 TX Data Polarity Control 4.2.7.0 20b to 4b 4.2.7.1 TX Serializer Cell 4.2.8.0 4b to 2b 4.2.9.0 2-to-1 Serializers and Data Shifters 4.2.10.0 Data Selection 4.2.10.1 Programmable Inverter 4.2.11.0 Data Selection Buffers 4.2.12.0 TX Clock Generator 4.2.12.1 Clock Level Shifter with Skew Reduction 4.2.12.2 Input Skew Reduction 4.2.12.3 Balanced Level Shifter 4.2.12.4 Output Skew Reduction 4.2.12.5 Clock Divider 4.2.12.6 Phase Splitter 4.3.0.0 TX Reference Current Scaling 4.4.0.0 TX Termination 4.5.0.0 Current Mirror 4.5.1.0 Programmable Current Sink 1 4.5.2.0 Programmable Current Sink 2 4.6.0.0 TX Level Detector Reference Source 4.7.0.0 Voltage Divider 3 4.8.0.0 TX Level Detector
Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 SATA 6 Gb/s RAID Controller Page 6 4.8.1.0 Bias Voltage Generator 4.8.2.0 Comparator 5 4.9.0.0 TX Common Mode Extractor 4.10.0.0 TX Common Mode Level Detector 4.11.0.0 TX Termination Enable Buffers 4.12.0.0 TX Pull-Up Control 4.12.1.0 Level Shifter 6 4.12.2.0 Level Shifter 7 4.13.0.0 Pre-Emphasis Select Buffers 4.14.0.0 TX Current Scaling Buffers 4.15.0.0 Bias Current Generator 2 4.16.0.0 Control Logic 7 4.17.0.0 TX Internal Voltage Regulator 4.17.1.0 Regulator Control 4.17.2.0 Voltage Regulator Error Amplifiers 4.17.2.1 Voltage Pump Oscillator 4.17.2.2 VREG Voltage Pump 4.17.2.3 Error Amplifier Bias Generator 4.17.2.4 Amplifier 8 5.0.0.0 Reference Clock Buffer and Divider 5.1.0.0 Reference Clock Buffer 5.2.0.0 Reference Clock Multiplexer 5.3.0.0 Reference Clock Divider 5.3.1.0 Clock Divider 5.4.0.0 Reference Clock Voltage Regulator 5.4.1.0 Bias Voltage Generator 5.4.2.0 Regulator Error Amplifier 5.4.2.1 Voltage Selection 2 5.4.2.2 Error Amplifier 5.4.3.0 Regulator Error Amplifier 5.4.3.1 Voltage Selection 3
Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 SATA 6 Gb/s RAID Controller Page 7 5.4.4.0 Filter 1 5.4.5.0 Filter 2 5.5.0.0 Level Shifter 8 6.0.0.0 Bias and Miscellaneous Support 6.1.0.0 Reference Source 6.1.1.0 PTAT Circuit 6.1.1.1 Amplifier 10 6.1.1.2 Comparator 6.1.2.0 Bias Current Generator 3 6.2.0.0 Amplifier 12 6.3.0.0 Cascode Bias Source 6.4.0.0 Cascode Current Source 1 6.5.0.0 Cascode Current Source 2 6.6.0.0 Current Steering DAC 6.6.1.0 DAC Bias Voltage Source 6.6.2.0 Thermometer Encoder 6.6.3.0 DAC Cell X1 6.7.0.0 Current Switch 1 6.7.1.0 Switch Cell 6.8.0.0 Power-Up Detector 6.8.1.0 DVDD Level Detector 6.8.2.0 VDD Level Detector 1 6.8.3.0 VDD Level Detector 2 6.8.4.0 Ring Oscillator 3 6.8.5.0 Counter to 64K 7.0.0.0 Current Switch 2 8.0.0.0 Reference Current Mirror 8.1.0.0 Level Shifter 8
Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 SATA 6 Gb/s RAID Controller Page 8 9.0.0.0 Bias Current Mirror 10.0.0.0 Control Buffers and DVDD Decoupling 11.0.0.0 Analog Test Access 11.1.0.0 Level Shifter X5 11.2.0.0 Level Shifter X4 11.3.0.0 Decoder 5 11.4.0.0 Decoder 6 12.0.0.0 I/O Pad 1 13.0.0.0 I/O Pad 2 14.0.0.0 Decoupling Capacitor
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