Arria V Device Handbook: Volume 1: Device Interfaces and Integration

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Date 7/24/2020
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5.4.4. Guideline: VREF Pin Restrictions

For the Arria® V  GX, GT, SX, and ST devices, consider the following VREF pins guidelines:

  • You cannot assign shared VREF pins as LVDS or external memory interface pins.
  • SSTL, HSTL, and HSUL I/O standards do not support shared VREF pins. For example, if a particular B1p or B1n pin is a shared VREF pin, the corresponding B1p/B1n pin pair do not have LVDS transmitter support.
  • Shared VREF pins will have reduced performance when used as normal I/Os.
  • You must perform signal integrity analysis using your board design when using a shared VREF pin to determine the FMAX for your system.

For more information about pin capacitance of the VREF pins, refer to the device datasheet.

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