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DP83867E: :

Part Number: DP83867E


Good afternoon,

IN RGMII layout guidelines, the skew constraint is only mentioned in between data lanes. I believe Clcok signal and control signal needs to be in the same skew requirements. 

The CTL signal is used to indicate that a packet is available and if it comes later than the data or earlier than the data there can be some lost in the packet. 

Also data lanes are synced to clock so I don't think any skew more than some ps. shall not be allowed in data-clock lane for both TX and RX. 

What do you think about this?

Best Regards

  • Hello,

    Yes, you are correct. All MAC interface RX pins must be length matched to the other RX pins, and all MAC interface TX pins must be matched to the other TX pins. RX_CTRL and RX_CLK are included in this. I hope this answers your questions!

    Thank you

    Nikhil