Intel® MAX® 10 Power Management User Guide

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Date 5/27/2022
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2.1.3. Comparison of the Intel® MAX® 10 Power Supply Device Options

Table 1.  Comparison of the Intel® MAX® 10 Power Supply Device Options
Characteristics Single-Supply Device Dual-Supply Device
Voltage regulator count 1 1 2
Core and I/O performance Low High

For Intel® MAX® 10 single-supply devices, only one power supply is required—3.0 V or 3.3 V to power the core of the FPGA. The same power supply can be used to power the I/O if the same 3.0 V or 3.3 V voltage is required. If different I/O voltage is used, then additional voltage regulators will be needed.

For Intel® MAX® 10 dual-supply devices, two power supplies are required to supply power to the device core, periphery, phase-locked loop (PLL), and analog-to-digital converters (ADC) blocks—1.2 V and 2.5 V. Depending on the I/O standard voltage requirement, you may use two or more voltage regulators.

As the power rails for the FPGA core are supplied externally in the Intel® MAX® 10 dual-supply devices, the design can be optimized for power by using high efficiency switching power supplies on the board. The power savings will be equal to the increased efficiency of the regulators used compared to the internal linear regulators of the Intel® MAX® 10 single-supply devices. If linear regulators are used to power the Intel® MAX® 10 dual-supply devices, the power consumption of the Intel® MAX® 10 dual-supply devices will be approximately equal to the Intel® MAX® 10 single-supply devices.

The device performance of the single-supply device is lower than that of the dual-supply device. For the performance difference in terms of LVDS, pseudo-LVDS, digital signal processing (DSP), and internal memory performance, refer to the Intel® MAX® 10 FPGA device datasheet.

1 This shows the number of power supplies required by the core and periphery of the Intel® MAX® 10 devices. You may need additional voltage regulators to supply power to the VCCIO if the VCCIO does not have the same voltage level as the core and periphery supply.