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16 years ago

Arria II GX

Hello, I look for a design methodology PCB or an example for the placement of decoupling capacitors -> Arria II GX Thanks.
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16 years ago

This page should be your new best friend:

http://www.altera.com/products/devices/arria-fpgas/arria-ii-gx/literature/aiigx-literature.jsp

For determining the number of decoupling caps and their sizes, use the PDN tool for Arria II GX (accessible through the page I listed above):

http://www.altera.com/literature/ug/pdn_tool_aiigx.zip

Design Guidelines:

http://www.altera.com/literature/an/an563.pdf

Pin Connection Guidelines:

http://www.altera.com/literature/dp/arria-ii-gx/pcg-01007.pdf

Some general info on supply decoupling:

http://www.altera.com/support/devices/power/integrity/pow-integrity.html

http://www.altera.com/literature/an/an574.pdf

Jake