Agilex™ 7 Power Distribution Network Design Guidelines

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Date 8/18/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Agilex™ 7 Power Distribution Network Design Guidelines Overview 2. Power Delivery Overview 3. Board Power Delivery Network Recommendations 4. Board LC Recommended Filters for Noise Reduction in Combined Power Delivery Rails 5. PCB PDN Design Guideline for Unused Tiles 6. PCB Voltage Regulator Recommendation for PCB Power Rails 7. Board Power Delivery Network Simulations 8. Agilex™ 7 Device Family PDN Design Summary 9. Document Revision History for the Agilex™ 7 Power Distribution Network Design Guidelines
1. Agilex™ 7 Power Distribution Network Design Guidelines Overview x
1.1. Device Guidelines Status for Agilex™ 7 Devices
2. Power Delivery Overview x
2.1. Power Architecture 2.2. Rail Merger Requirements 2.3. Power Rails Specification 2.4. Decoupling Capacitors Recommendation
2.1. Power Architecture x
2.1.1. Power Budget 2.1.2. Power Tree
2.1.2. Power Tree x
2.1.2.1. Recommended Power Tree for the Agilex™ 7 Devices with only P-Tile and E-Tile in the Device Packages 2.1.2.2. Recommended Power Tree for the Agilex™ 7 AGI or AGF (with only F-Tile, or both F-Tile and R-Tile) Device Packages 2.1.2.3. Recommended Power Tree for the Agilex™ 7 AGM (with only F-Tile, or both F-Tile and R-Tile) Device Packages
2.3. Power Rails Specification x
2.3.1. Power Nets 2.3.2. Power Rails Tolerance 2.3.3. Power Nets and Transient Specifications
2.3.1. Power Nets x
2.3.1.1. Agilex™ 7 Package Power Nets and Subsystems Details
2.4. Decoupling Capacitors Recommendation x
2.4.1. Agilex™ 7 FPGA Packages Board-Level Decoupling Capacitors Summary 2.4.2. Agilex™ 7 E-Tile Decoupling Capacitors Summary per Tile Agilex™ 7 E-Tile Board-Level Decoupling Capacitors Summary 2.4.3. Agilex™ 7 P-Tile Board-Level Decoupling Capacitors Summary 2.4.4. Agilex™ 7 F-Tile Board-Level Decoupling Capacitors Summary 2.4.5. Agilex™ 7 R-Tile Board-Level Decoupling Capacitors Summary
3. Board Power Delivery Network Recommendations x
3.1. Board Decoupling Capacitors and Power Flooding Guides 3.2. FPGA Core Fabric VCC Voltage Regulator Selection 3.3. Remote Sense Connections 3.4. Load Line Requirements 3.5. VCC Core Board Current Slew Rate
4. Board LC Recommended Filters for Noise Reduction in Combined Power Delivery Rails x
4.1. P-Tile Rail LC Filter Board Scheme and Connection 4.2. E-Tile Rail LC Filter Board Scheme and Connection 4.3. F-Tile Rail Board Connection and LC Filter Recommendation under Noisy Voltage Regulator 4.4. R-Tile Rail Board Connection and LC Filter Recommendation under Noisy Voltage Regulator
5. PCB PDN Design Guideline for Unused Tiles x
5.1. PDN Design Guideline for Unused E-Tile 5.2. PDN Design Guideline for Unused P-Tile 5.3. PDN Design Guideline for Unused R-Tile 5.4. PDN Design Guideline for Unused F-Tile
1. Agilex™ 7 Power Distribution Network Design Guidelines Overview
2. Power Delivery Overview
3. Board Power Delivery Network Recommendations
4. Board LC Recommended Filters for Noise Reduction in Combined Power Delivery Rails
5. PCB PDN Design Guideline for Unused Tiles
6. PCB Voltage Regulator Recommendation for PCB Power Rails
7. Board Power Delivery Network Simulations
8. Agilex™ 7 Device Family PDN Design Summary
9. Document Revision History for the Agilex™ 7 Power Distribution Network Design Guidelines

6. PCB Voltage Regulator Recommendation for PCB Power Rails

Altera recommends the Agilex™ 7 PCB-based designs to use the recommended voltage regulators because of its capability, efficiency, and performance which have been validated on various Agilex™ 7 device family boards. Although you can use other voltage regulators, you are advised to use tested and trusted power solutions to remove the burden of validating other vendor solutions. This is to ensure that you can focus your bandwidth on validating and optimizing the FPGA intrinsic performances.

You can use other voltage regulators as long as you meet the PCB power rail tolerance and specification in the Agilex™ 7 AGF Devices with only E-Tile and P-Tile PCB Power Rail Tolerance, Agilex™ 7 AGF and AGI Devices with only F-Tile, or both F-Tile and R-Tile PCB Power Rail Tolerance, and Agilex™ 7 AGM Devices with only F-Tile, or both F-Tile and R-Tile PCB Power Rail Tolerance tables measured at package pin. Altera does not support customers' PCB PDN time domain simulations. It is your responsibility to use the data and specifications in this document along with the guidance in the Board Power Delivery Network Simulations chapter to perform PDN time domain simulation.

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