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12 years ago

Are there any appearance differences in EP3C40F780C8N with respect to PCN1205?

I read the notification document and it states this part will transition to center pin gate mold after date code 1249. But my device with date code 1325 shows no difference with those products before...
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12 years ago

Looking at:

http://www.altera.com/literature/pcn/pcn1205.pdf page 5, there is a visual difference.

Either your device was already had a Center Pin Gate mold, or they have not made their 1249 cut off.

Page 5 shows a pretty clear difference in the mold type. Looking at a Cyclone V with date code of 1313 it has the center pin gate mold packaging.

Pete