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6 years ago

Stratix IV Max Clock Input Voltage

Hi

We have an existing board containing a EP4SE360F35I3 (F1152 PACKAGE).

I am trying to determine the maximum input Voltage that can be placed on a dedicated clock input pin (single ended). Specifically CLK8P and CLK10P.

CLK8P is bank 5C which is at 2.5V, CLK10P is bank 6C which is at 2.5V.

From the documentation a dedicated clock input pin, in single ended mode, complies to LVPECL, which is quoted elsewhere as having a maximum input Voltage of 2.625V.

However, I am confused by the 3.3V compliance/support for the I/O pins.

Ideally we would like to use a 3V clock signal on these clock pins and any advice would be much appreciated.

Best regards

Simon