Intel® MAX® 10 Clocking and PLL User Guide

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Date 12/26/2023
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2.1.2. Clock Pins Introduction

There are two types of external clock pins that can drive the GCLK networks.

Dedicated Clock Input Pins

You can use the dedicated clock input pins (CLK<#>[p,n]) to drive clock and global signals, such as asynchronous clears, presets, and clock enables for GCLK networks.

If you do not use the dedicated clock input pins for clock input, you can also use them as general-purpose input or output pins.

The CLK pins can be single-ended or differential inputs. When you use the CLK pins as single-ended clock inputs, both the CLK<#>p and CLK<#>n pins have dedicated connection to the GCLK networks. When you use the CLK pins as differential inputs, pair two clock pins of the same number to receive differential signaling.

Dual-Purpose Clock Pins

You can use the dual-purpose clock (DPCLK) pins for high fan-out control signals, such as protocol signals, TRDY and IRDY signals for PCI via GCLK networks.

The DPCLK pins are only available on the left and right of the I/O banks.