APEX 20K Programmable Logic Device Family Data Sheet
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Flexible clock management circuitry with up to four phase-locked
loops (PLLs)
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Built-in low-skew clock tree
Up to eight global clock signals
ClockLockTM feature reducing clock delay and skew
ClockBoostTM feature providing clock multiplication and
division
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ClockShiftTM programmable clock phase and delay shifting
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Powerful I/ O features
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Compliant with peripheral component interconnect Special
Interest Group (PCI SIG) PCI Local Bus Specification,
Revision 2.2 for 3.3-V operation at 33 or 66 MHz and 32 or 64 bits
Support for high-speed external memories, including DDR
SDRAM and ZBT SRAM (ZBT is a trademark of Integrated
Device Technology, Inc.)
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Bidirectional I/ O performance (tCO + tSU) up to 250 MHz
LVDS performance up to 840 Mbits per channel
Direct connection from I/ O pins to local interconnect providing
fast tCO and tSU times for complex logic
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MultiVolt I/ O interface support to interface with 1.8-V, 2.5-V,
3.3-V, and 5.0-V devices (see Table 3)
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Programmable clamp to VCCIO
Individual tri-state output enable control for each pin
Programmable output slew-rate control to reduce switching
noise
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Support for advanced I/ O standards, including low-voltage
differential signaling (LVDS), LVPECL, PCI-X, AGP, CTT, stub-
series terminated logic (SSTL-3 and SSTL-2), Gunning
transceiver logic plus (GTL+), and high-speed terminated logic
(HSTL Class I)
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Pull-up on I/ O pins before and during configuration
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Advanced interconnect structure
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Four-level hierarchical FastTrack® Interconnect structure
providing fast, predictable interconnect delays
Dedicated carry chain that implements arithmetic functions such
as fast adders, counters, and comparators (automatically used by
software tools and megafunctions)
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Dedicated cascade chain that implements high-speed,
high-fan-in logic functions (automatically used by software tools
and megafunctions)
Interleaved local interconnect allows one LE to drive 29 other
LEs through the fast local interconnect
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Advanced packaging options
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Available in a variety of packages with 144 to 1,020 pins (see
Tables 4 through 7)
FineLine BGATM packages maximize board space efficiency
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Advanced software support
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Software design support and automatic place-and-route
provided by the Altera® QuartusTM II development system for
Altera Corporation
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