MAX® 10 FPGA Signal Integrity Design Guidelines

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1. MAX® 10 FPGA Signal Integrity Design Guidelines
1. MAX® 10 FPGA Signal Integrity Design Guidelines x
1.1. Definitions 1.2. Understanding SSN 1.3. Guidelines: Data Input Pin 1.4. Guidelines: Clock and Asynchronous Control Input Signal 1.5. Guidelines: Clock and Data Input Signal for MAX® 10 E144 Package 1.6. Guidelines: I/O Restriction Rules 1.7. Guidelines: Placement Restrictions for 1.0 V I/O Pin 1.8. Guidelines: LVTTL/LVCMOS I/O Utilization for MAX® 10 FPGA Package B610 1.9. Guidelines: External Memory Interface I/O Restrictions 1.10. Guidelines: Board Design Requirement for DDR2, DDR3, and LPDDR2 1.11. Guidelines: Analog-to-Digital Converter I/O Restriction 1.12. Guidelines: Voltage-Referenced I/O Standards Restriction 1.13. Guidelines: Adhere to the LVDS I/O Restrictions Rules 1.14. Guidelines: Enable Clamp Diode for LVTTL/LVCMOS Input Buffers 1.15. Guidelines: ADC Ground Plane Connection 1.16. Guidelines: Board Design for ADC Reference Voltage Pin 1.17. Guidelines: Board Design for Analog Input 1.18. Guidelines: Board Design for Power Supply Pin and ADC Ground (REFGND) 1.19. Guidelines: MAX® 10 Variable Pitch BGA (VPBGA) Package Overview and Board Fan-Out Recommendations 1.20. Document Revision History for the MAX® 10 FPGA Signal Integrity Design Guidelines
1.4. Guidelines: Clock and Asynchronous Control Input Signal x
1.4.1. Schmitt-Trigger Input Buffer
1.7. Guidelines: Placement Restrictions for 1.0 V I/O Pin x
1.7.1. Calculating the Total Inductance for 1.0 V Pin Placement
1.8. Guidelines: LVTTL/LVCMOS I/O Utilization for MAX® 10 FPGA Package B610 x
1.8.1. GPIO SSO Estimator Tool for MAX® 10 FPGA Package B610
1.8.1. GPIO SSO Estimator Tool for MAX® 10 FPGA Package B610 x
1.8.1.1. GPIO SSO Estimator Tool for MAX® 10 FPGA Package B610 Parameters 1.8.1.2. GPIO SSO Estimator Tool for MAX® 10 FPGA Package B610 Result Analysis 1.8.1.3. GPIO SSO Estimator Tool for MAX® 10 FPGA Package B610 Result Mitigation
1.19. Guidelines: MAX® 10 Variable Pitch BGA (VPBGA) Package Overview and Board Fan-Out Recommendations x
1.19.1. Overview of MAX® 10 VPBGA 1.19.2. MAX® 10 VPBGA Board Fan-Out
1. MAX® 10 FPGA Signal Integrity Design Guidelines

1.8.1.2. GPIO SSO Estimator Tool for MAX® 10 FPGA Package B610 Result Analysis

After you specify the parameter settings, the GPIO SSO Estimator Tool for MAX® 10 FPGA Package B610 displays the analysis results.
Table 8.   GPIO SSO Estimator Tool for MAX® 10 FPGA Package B610 Result
Field Description
SSO Noise Margin (%)

Displays the SSO noise margin in percentage, based on the combination of parameters.

Other values:

  • NA—the Board Thickness parameter is not specified.
  • 100%—maximum SSO noise margin. The Toggling Output IO Counts parameters are not specified.

Ensure that the reported SSO noise margin for the I/O bank is higher than 0%.
Assigned IO Counts

Displays the total number of simultaneous toggling outputs you specified for the I/O bank.

Other value:

  • 0—the Toggling Output IO Counts parameters are not specified.

Ensure that the displayed value is not higher than the Total Available IOs value.

Total Available IOs

Displays the total available I/Os in the I/O bank.
Result

Displays the analysis result based on the SSO Noise Margin (%) and Assigned IO Counts values:

  • Meet noise margin—the SSO Noise Margin (%) value is higher than 0% (positive number).
  • Error: Violated noise margin!!!—the SSO Noise Margin (%) value is lower than 0% (negative number).
  • Error: Missing board thickness definition, please fill in the board thickness!!!—the Board Thickness parameter is not specified.
  • Error: Total assigned IO counts exceeded the available IO counts for this bank!!!—the Assigned IO Counts value is more than the Total Available IOs value.
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