Intel FPGA equivalents of Xilinx IBUFDS Primitives?

Question

Im trying to migrate an Design from using Xilinx primitives to Intel Altera FPGA. The original design uses the IBUFDS for the clock signals.

IBUFDS #(.DIFF_TERM("FALSE"), .IOSTANDARD("DEFAULT"), .DQS_BIAS("FALSE"), .CAPACITANCE("DONT_CARE"), .IFD_DELAY_VALUE("AUTO"), .IBUF_LOW_PWR("TRUE"), .IBUF_DELAY_VALUE(0)) sys_clock_ibufds (
    .IB(sys_clock_n),
    .I(sys_clock_p),
    .O(sys_clock)
);

According to the "AN307 Intel FPGA Design flow for Xilinx Users" Document, Table 38, The Intel equivalents is just simply using wire/signal and IO Assignment. Can anyone give me the example how to do it?

However, I also found this link : https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/support-resources/knowledge-base/solutions/rd01062009_916.html which suggest using the I/O Buffer (ALTIOBUF) IP Core. Which option should i go for the best?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

For differential inputs it is sufficient to create a mapping for the port to the positive pin of the pair, specifying a differential I/O standard. This automatically creates a second mapping for the negative pin, and the I/O buffer IP is inferred from that during place&route by pattern matching.

You can make that explicit if you like, but the result is identical.