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9 years ago

Stratix4 decoupling capacitor for all the power net

Hi, Now I'm using the Stratix4 (EP4SGX230) to do my design, but in the handbook, I just find the on-Package decoupling capacitor information, but there is no information about the On-Board deco...
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9 years ago

You shouldn't need the detail of the on-board decoupling capacitors to do your circuit design, only the recommended board decoupling, for a particular family. See "an 574: printed circuit board power [pcb] delivery network [pdn] design methodology (https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/an/an574.pdf)" for starters.

I also suggest you look at the schematics of a suitable stratix iv development board (https://www.altera.com/products/boards_and_kits/all-development-kits.html#stratix-iv) to see what Altera have done.

The "powerplay early power estimators (epe) and power analyzer (https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/operation-and-testing/power/pow-powerplay.html)" spreadsheets will help you determine how much power each rail of your FPGA will take.

Cheers,

Alex