External Memory Interface Handbook Volume 2: Design Guidelines: For UniPHY-based Device Families

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6.2. Signal Terminations

Arria II GX, Stratix III and Stratix IV devices offer on-chip termination (OCT) technology.

The following table summarizes the extent of OCT support for each device.

Table 46.  On-Chip Termination Schemes (1)

Termination Scheme

HSTL-15 and

HSTL-18

FPGA Device

Arria II GX

Arria II GZ, Stratix III, and Stratix IV

Arria V and Stratix V

Column I/O

Row I/O

Column I/O

Row I/O

Column I/O

Row I/O

On-Chip Series Termination without Calibration

Class I

50

50

50

50

On-Chip Series Termination with Calibration

Class I

50

50

50

50

On-Chip Parallel Termination with Calibration

Class I

50

50

50

50

Note to Table:

  1. This table provides information about HSTL‑15 and HSTL‑18 standards because these are the supported I/O standards for QDR II SRAM memory interfaces by Intel FPGAs.

On-chip series (RS) termination is supported only on output and bidirectional buffers, while on-chip parallel (RT) termination is supported only on input and bidirectional buffers. Because QDR II SRAM interfaces have unidirectional data paths, dynamic OCT is not required.

For Arria II GX, Stratix III and Stratix IV devices, the HSTL Class I I/O calibrated terminations are calibrated against 50-ohm 1% resistors connected to the RUP and RDN pins in an I/O bank with the same VCCIO as the QDRII SRAM interface. The calibration occurs at the end of the device configuration.

QDR II SRAM controllers have a ZQ pin which is connected via a resistor RQ to ground. Typically the QDR II SRAM output signal impedance is 0.2 × RQ. Refer to the QDR II SRAM device data sheet for more information.

For information about OCT, refer to the I/O Features in Arria II GX Devices chapter in the Arria II GX Device Handbook, I/O Features in Arria V Devices chapter in the Arria V Device Handbook, Stratix III Device I/O Features chapter in the Stratix III Device Handbook, I/O Features in Stratix IV Devices chapter in the Stratix IV Device Handbook , and the I/O Features in Stratix V Devices chapter in the Stratix V Device Handbook .