Cyclone V Device Handbook Volume 1: Device Interfaces and Integration - This document provides information about the Cyclone V device family core fabric features, hard IP blocks, input and output interfaces, device configuration, power management, and guidelines for system integration. - 2023-10-18
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1. Logic Array Blocks and Adaptive Logic Modules in Cyclone V Devices
1.1. LAB
1.1.1. MLAB
1.1.2. Local and Direct Link Interconnects
1.1.3. LAB Control Signals
1.1.4. ALM Resources
1.1.5. ALM Output
1.2. ALM Operating Modes
1.2.1. Normal Mode
1.2.2. Extended LUT Mode
1.2.3. Arithmetic Mode
1.2.4. Shared Arithmetic Mode
1.3. Logic Array Blocks and Adaptive Logic Modules in Cyclone V Devices Revision History
2. Embedded Memory Blocks in Cyclone V Devices
2.1. Types of Embedded Memory
2.1.1. Embedded Memory Capacity in Cyclone V Devices
2.2. Embedded Memory Design Guidelines for Cyclone V Devices
2.2.1. Guideline: Consider the Memory Block Selection
2.2.2. Guideline: Implement External Conflict Resolution
2.2.3. Guideline: Customize Read-During-Write Behavior
2.2.3.1. Same-Port Read-During-Write Mode
2.2.3.2. Mixed-Port Read-During-Write Mode
2.2.4. Guideline: Consider Power-Up State and Memory Initialization
2.2.5. Guideline: Control Clocking to Reduce Power Consumption
2.3. Embedded Memory Features
2.3.1. Embedded Memory Configurations
2.3.2. Mixed-Width Port Configurations
2.3.2.1. M10K Blocks Mixed-Width Configurations
2.4. Embedded Memory Modes
2.5. Embedded Memory Clocking Modes
2.5.1. Clocking Modes for Each Memory Mode
2.5.1.1. Single Clock Mode
2.5.1.2. Read/Write Clock Mode
2.5.1.3. Input/Output Clock Mode
2.5.1.4. Independent Clock Mode
2.5.2. Asynchronous Clears in Clocking Modes
2.5.3. Output Read Data in Simultaneous Read/Write
2.5.4. Independent Clock Enables in Clocking Modes
2.6. Parity Bit in Memory Blocks
2.7. Byte Enable in Embedded Memory Blocks
2.7.1. Byte Enable Controls in Memory Blocks
2.7.2. Data Byte Output
2.7.3. RAM Blocks Operations
2.8. Memory Blocks Packed Mode Support
2.9. Memory Blocks Address Clock Enable Support
2.10. Embedded Memory Blocks in Cyclone V Devices Revision History
3. Variable Precision DSP Blocks in Cyclone V Devices
3.1. Features
3.2. Supported Operational Modes in Cyclone V Devices
3.3. Resources
3.4. Design Considerations
3.4.1. Operational Modes
3.4.2. Internal Coefficient and Pre-Adder
3.4.3. Accumulator
3.4.4. Chainout Adder
3.5. Block Architecture
3.5.1. Input Register Bank
3.5.2. Pre-Adder
3.5.3. Internal Coefficient
3.5.4. Multipliers
3.5.5. Adder
3.5.6. Accumulator and Chainout Adder
3.5.7. Systolic Registers
3.5.8. Double Accumulation Register
3.5.9. Output Register Bank
3.6. Operational Mode Descriptions
3.6.1. Independent Multiplier Mode
3.6.1.1. 9 x 9 Independent Multiplier
3.6.1.2. 18 x 18 or 18 x 19 Independent Multiplier
3.6.1.3. 18 x 25 Independent Multiplier
3.6.1.4. 20 x 24 Independent Multiplier
3.6.1.5. 27 x 27 Independent Multiplier
3.6.2. Independent Complex Multiplier Mode
3.6.2.1. 18 x 19 Complex Multiplier
3.6.3. Multiplier Adder Sum Mode
3.6.4. 18 x 18 Multiplication Summed with 36-Bit Input Mode
3.6.5. Systolic FIR Mode
3.6.5.1. 18-Bit Systolic FIR Mode
3.6.5.2. 27-Bit Systolic FIR Mode
3.7. Variable Precision DSP Blocks in Cyclone V Devices Revision History
4. Clock Networks and PLLs in Cyclone V Devices
4.1. Clock Networks
4.1.1. Clock Resources in Cyclone V Devices
4.1.2. Types of Clock Networks
4.1.2.1. Global Clock Networks
4.1.2.2. Regional Clock Networks
4.1.2.3. Periphery Clock Networks
4.1.3. Clock Sources Per Quadrant
4.1.4. Types of Clock Regions
4.1.4.1. Entire Device Clock Region
4.1.4.2. Regional Clock Region
4.1.4.3. Dual-Regional Clock Region
4.1.5. Clock Network Sources
4.1.5.1. Dedicated Clock Input Pins
4.1.5.2. Internal Logic
4.1.5.3. HSSI Outputs
4.1.5.4. PLL Clock Outputs
4.1.5.5. Clock Input Pin Connections to GCLK and RCLK Networks
4.1.6. Clock Output Connections
4.1.7. Clock Control Block
4.1.7.1. Pin Mapping in Cyclone V Devices
4.1.7.2. GCLK Control Block
4.1.7.3. RCLK Control Block
4.1.7.4. PCLK Control Block
4.1.7.5. External PLL Clock Output Control Block
4.1.8. Clock Power Down
4.1.9. Clock Enable Signals
4.2. Cyclone V PLLs
4.2.1. PLL Physical Counters in Cyclone V Devices
4.2.2. PLL Locations in Cyclone V Devices
4.2.3. PLL Migration Guidelines
4.2.4. Fractional PLL Architecture
4.2.4.1. Fractional PLL Usage
4.2.5. PLL Cascading
4.2.6. PLL External Clock I/O Pins
4.2.7. PLL Control Signals
4.2.7.1. areset
4.2.7.2. locked
4.2.8. Clock Feedback Modes
4.2.8.1. Source Synchronous Mode
4.2.8.2. LVDS Compensation Mode
4.2.8.3. Direct Mode
4.2.8.4. Normal Compensation Mode
4.2.8.5. Zero-Delay Buffer Mode
4.2.8.6. External Feedback Mode
4.2.9. Clock Multiplication and Division
4.2.10. Programmable Phase Shift
4.2.11. Programmable Duty Cycle
4.2.12. Clock Switchover
4.2.12.1. Automatic Switchover
4.2.12.2. Automatic Switchover with Manual Override
4.2.12.3. Manual Clock Switchover
4.2.12.4. Guidelines
4.2.13. PLL Reconfiguration and Dynamic Phase Shift
4.3. Clock Networks and PLLs in Cyclone V Devices Revision History
5. I/O Features in Cyclone V Devices
5.1. I/O Resources Per Package for Cyclone V Devices
5.2. I/O Vertical Migration for Cyclone V Devices
5.2.1. Verifying Pin Migration Compatibility
5.3. I/O Standards Support in Cyclone V Devices
5.3.1. I/O Standards Support for FPGA I/O in Cyclone V Devices
5.3.2. I/O Standards Support for HPS I/O in Cyclone V Devices
5.3.3. I/O Standards Voltage Levels in Cyclone V Devices
5.3.4. MultiVolt I/O Interface in Cyclone V Devices
5.4. I/O Design Guidelines for Cyclone V Devices
5.4.1. Mixing Voltage-Referenced and Non-Voltage-Referenced I/O Standards
5.4.1.1. Non-Voltage-Referenced I/O Standards
5.4.1.2. Voltage-Referenced I/O Standards
5.4.1.3. Mixing Voltage-Referenced and Non-Voltage Referenced I/O Standards
5.4.2. PLLs and Clocking
5.4.2.1. Guideline: Use PLLs in Integer PLL Mode for LVDS
5.4.2.2. Guideline: Reference Clock Restriction for LVDS Application
5.4.2.3. Guideline: Using LVDS Differential Channels
5.4.3. LVDS Interface with External PLL Mode
5.4.3.1. Altera_PLL Signal Interface with ALTLVDS IP Core
5.4.3.2. Altera_PLL Parameter Values for External PLL Mode
5.4.3.3. Connection between Altera_PLL and ALTLVDS
5.4.4. Guideline: Use the Same VCCPD for All I/O Banks in a Group
5.4.5. Guideline: Ensure Compatible VCCIO and VCCPD Voltage in the Same Bank
5.4.6. Guideline: VREF Pin Restrictions
5.4.7. Guideline: Observe Device Absolute Maximum Rating for 3.3 V Interfacing
5.4.8. Guideline: Adhere to the LVDS I/O Restrictions and Differential Pad Placement Rules
5.4.9. Guideline: Pin Placement for General Purpose High-Speed Signals
5.5. I/O Banks Locations in Cyclone V Devices
5.6. I/O Banks Groups in Cyclone V Devices
5.6.1. Modular I/O Banks for Cyclone V E Devices
5.6.2. Modular I/O Banks for Cyclone V GX Devices
5.6.3. Modular I/O Banks for Cyclone V GT Devices
5.6.4. Modular I/O Banks for Cyclone V SE Devices
5.6.5. Modular I/O Banks for Cyclone V SX Devices
5.6.6. Modular I/O Banks for Cyclone V ST Devices
5.7. I/O Element Structure in Cyclone V Devices
5.7.1. I/O Buffer and Registers in Cyclone V Devices
5.8. Programmable IOE Features in Cyclone V Devices
5.8.1. Programmable Current Strength
5.8.2. Programmable Output Slew Rate Control
5.8.3. Programmable IOE Delay
5.8.4. Programmable Output Buffer Delay
5.8.5. Programmable Pre-Emphasis
5.8.6. Programmable Differential Output Voltage
5.8.7. Open-Drain Output
5.8.8. Bus-Hold Circuitry
5.8.9. Pull-up Resistor
5.9. On-Chip I/O Termination in Cyclone V Devices
5.9.1. RS OCT without Calibration in Cyclone V Devices
5.9.2. RS OCT with Calibration in Cyclone V Devices
5.9.3. RT OCT with Calibration in Cyclone V Devices
5.9.4. Dynamic OCT in Cyclone V Devices
5.9.5. LVDS Input RD OCT in Cyclone V Devices
5.9.6. OCT Calibration Block in Cyclone V Devices
5.9.6.1. Calibration Block Locations in Cyclone V Devices
5.9.6.2. Sharing an OCT Calibration Block on Multiple I/O Banks
5.9.6.2.1. OCT Calibration Block Sharing Example
5.10. External I/O Termination for Cyclone V Devices
5.10.1. Single-ended I/O Termination
5.10.2. Differential I/O Termination
5.10.2.1. Differential HSTL, SSTL, and HSUL Termination
5.10.2.2. LVDS, RSDS, SLVS, and Mini-LVDS Termination
5.10.2.3. Emulated LVDS, RSDS, and Mini-LVDS Termination
5.10.2.4. LVPECL Termination
5.11. Dedicated High-Speed Circuitries
5.11.1. High-Speed Differential I/O Locations
5.11.2. LVDS SERDES Circuitry
5.11.3. True LVDS Buffers in Cyclone V Devices
5.11.4. Emulated LVDS Buffers in Cyclone V Devices
5.12. Differential Transmitter in Cyclone V Devices
5.12.1. Transmitter Blocks
5.12.1.1. Transmitter Clocking
5.12.2. Serializer Bypass for DDR and SDR Operations
5.13. Differential Receiver in Cyclone V Devices
5.13.1. Receiver Blocks in Cyclone V Devices
5.13.1.1. Data Realignment Block (Bit Slip)
5.13.1.2. Deserializer
5.13.2. Receiver Mode in Cyclone V Devices
5.13.2.1. LVDS Receiver Mode
5.13.3. Receiver Clocking for Cyclone V Devices
5.13.4. Differential I/O Termination for Cyclone V Devices
5.14. Source-Synchronous Timing Budget
5.14.1. Differential Data Orientation
5.14.2. Differential I/O Bit Position
5.14.2.1. Differential Bit Naming Conventions
5.14.3. Transmitter Channel-to-Channel Skew
5.14.4. Receiver Skew Margin for LVDS Mode
5.15. I/O Features in Cyclone V Devices Revision History
6. External Memory Interfaces in Cyclone V Devices
6.1. External Memory Performance
6.2. HPS External Memory Performance
6.3. Memory Interface Pin Support in Cyclone V Devices
6.3.1. Guideline: Using DQ/DQS Pins
6.3.2. DQ/DQS Bus Mode Pins for Cyclone V Devices
6.3.3. DQ/DQS Groups in Cyclone V E
6.3.4. DQ/DQS Groups in Cyclone V GX
6.3.5. DQ/DQS Groups in Cyclone V GT
6.3.6. DQ/DQS Groups in Cyclone V SE
6.3.7. DQ/DQS Groups in Cyclone V SX
6.3.8. DQ/DQS Groups in Cyclone V ST
6.4. External Memory Interface Features in Cyclone V Devices
6.4.1. UniPHY IP
6.4.2. External Memory Interface Datapath
6.4.3. DQS Phase-Shift Circuitry
6.4.3.1. Delay-Locked Loop
6.4.3.2. DLL Reference Clock Input for Cyclone V Devices
6.4.3.3. DLL Phase-Shift
6.4.4. PHY Clock (PHYCLK) Networks
6.4.5. DQS Logic Block
6.4.5.1. Update Enable Circuitry
6.4.5.2. DQS Delay Chain
6.4.5.3. DQS Postamble Circuitry
6.4.5.4. Half Data Rate Block
6.4.6. Dynamic OCT Control
6.4.7. IOE Registers
6.4.7.1. Input Registers
6.4.7.2. Output Registers
6.4.8. Delay Chains
6.4.9. I/O and DQS Configuration Blocks
6.5. Hard Memory Controller
6.5.1. Features of the Hard Memory Controller
6.5.2. Multi-Port Front End
6.5.2.1. Numbers of MPFE Ports Per Device
6.5.3. Bonding Support
6.5.4. Hard Memory Controller Width for Cyclone V E
6.5.5. Hard Memory Controller Width for Cyclone V GX
6.5.6. Hard Memory Controller Width for Cyclone V GT
6.5.7. Hard Memory Controller Width for Cyclone V SE
6.5.8. Hard Memory Controller Width for Cyclone V SX
6.5.9. Hard Memory Controller Width for Cyclone V ST
6.6. External Memory Interfaces in Cyclone V Devices Revision History
7. Configuration, Design Security, and Remote System Upgrades in Cyclone V Devices
7.1. Enhanced Configuration and Configuration via Protocol
7.2. MSEL Pin Settings
7.3. Configuration Sequence
7.3.1. Power Up
7.3.2. Reset
7.3.3. Configuration
7.3.4. Configuration Error Handling
7.3.5. Initialization
7.3.6. User Mode
7.4. Configuration Timing Waveforms
7.4.1. FPP Configuration Timing
7.4.2. AS Configuration Timing
7.4.3. PS Configuration Timing
7.5. Device Configuration Pins
7.5.1. I/O Standards and Drive Strength for Configuration Pins
7.5.2. Configuration Pin Options in the Intel Quartus Prime Software
7.6. Fast Passive Parallel Configuration
7.6.1. Fast Passive Parallel Single-Device Configuration
7.6.2. Fast Passive Parallel Multi-Device Configuration
7.6.2.1. Pin Connections and Guidelines
7.6.2.2. Using Multiple Configuration Data
7.6.2.3. Using One Configuration Data
7.6.3. Transmitting Configuration Data
7.7. Active Serial Configuration
7.7.1. DATA Clock (DCLK)
7.7.2. Active Serial Single-Device Configuration
7.7.3. Active Serial Multi-Device Configuration
7.7.3.1. Pin Connections and Guidelines
7.7.3.2. Using Multiple Configuration Data
7.7.4. Estimating the Active Serial Configuration Time
7.8. Using EPCS and EPCQ Devices
7.8.1. Controlling EPCS and EPCQ Devices
7.8.2. Evaluating Data Setup and Hold Timing Slack in AS Configuration
7.8.3. Programming EPCS and EPCQ Devices
7.8.3.1. Programming EPCS Using the JTAG Interface
7.8.3.2. Programming EPCQ Using the JTAG Interface
7.8.3.3. Programming EPCS Using the Active Serial Interface
7.8.3.4. Programming EPCQ Using the Active Serial Interface
7.9. Passive Serial Configuration
7.9.1. Passive Serial Single-Device Configuration Using an External Host
7.9.2. Passive Serial Single-Device Configuration Using an Altera Download Cable
7.9.3. Passive Serial Multi-Device Configuration
7.9.3.1. Pin Connections and Guidelines
7.9.3.2. Using Multiple Configuration Data
7.9.3.3. Using One Configuration Data
7.9.3.4. Using PC Host and Download Cable
7.10. JTAG Configuration
7.10.1. JTAG Single-Device Configuration
7.10.2. JTAG Multi-Device Configuration
7.10.2.1. Pin Connections and Guidelines
7.10.2.2. Using a Download Cable
7.10.3. CONFIG_IO JTAG Instruction
7.11. Configuration Data Compression
7.11.1. Enabling Compression Before Design Compilation
7.11.2. Enabling Compression After Design Compilation
7.11.3. Using Compression in Multi-Device Configuration
7.12. Remote System Upgrades
7.12.1. Configuration Images
7.12.2. Configuration Sequence in the Remote Update Mode
7.12.3. Remote System Upgrade Circuitry
7.12.4. Enabling Remote System Upgrade Circuitry
7.12.5. Remote System Upgrade Registers
7.12.5.1. Control Register
7.12.5.2. Status Register
7.12.6. Remote System Upgrade State Machine
7.12.7. User Watchdog Timer
7.13. Design Security
7.13.1. Altera Unique Chip ID IP Core
7.13.2. JTAG Secure Mode
7.13.3. Security Key Types
7.13.4. Security Modes
7.13.5. Design Security Implementation Steps
7.14. Configuration, Design Security, and Remote System Upgrades in Cyclone V Devices Revision History
8. SEU Mitigation for Cyclone V Devices
8.1. Error Detection Features
8.2. Configuration Error Detection
8.3. User Mode Error Detection
8.4. Internal Scrubbing
8.5. Specifications
8.5.1. Minimum EMR Update Interval
8.5.2. Error Detection Frequency
8.5.3. CRC Calculation Time For Entire Device
8.6. Using Error Detection Features in User Mode
8.6.1. Enabling Error Detection
8.6.2. CRC_ERROR Pin
8.6.3. Error Detection Registers
8.6.4. Error Detection Process
8.6.5. Testing the Error Detection Block
8.7. SEU Mitigation for Cyclone V Devices Document Revision History
9. JTAG Boundary-Scan Testing in Cyclone V Devices
9.1. BST Operation Control
9.1.1. IDCODE
9.1.2. Supported JTAG Instruction
9.1.3. JTAG Secure Mode
9.1.4. JTAG Private Instruction
9.2. I/O Voltage for JTAG Operation
9.3. Performing BST
9.4. Enabling and Disabling IEEE Std. 1149.1 BST Circuitry
9.5. Guidelines for IEEE Std. 1149.1 Boundary-Scan Testing
9.6. IEEE Std. 1149.1 Boundary-Scan Register
9.6.1. Boundary-Scan Cells of a Cyclone V Device I/O Pin
9.7. JTAG Boundary-Scan Testing in Cyclone V Devices Revision History
10. Power Management in Cyclone V Devices
10.1. Power Consumption
10.1.1. Dynamic Power Equation
10.2. Hot-Socketing Feature
10.3. Hot-Socketing Implementation
10.4. Power-Up Sequence Recommendation for Cyclone V Devices
10.5. Power-On Reset Circuitry
10.5.1. Power Supplies Monitored and Not Monitored by the POR Circuitry
10.6. Power Management in Cyclone V Devices Revision History