Article ID: 000086906 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 10/15/2018

Can the Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel Cyclone® 10 GX I/O PLL have a VCO frequency below the minimum value shown in the device datasheets?

Environment

    Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
    Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition
    External Memory Interfaces Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA IP
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Description

When using the PHYLite or External Memory Interfaces IPs in the Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel Cyclone® 10 GX devices, the VCO frequency of the I/O PLL in these IPs can be lower than the minimum value of 600 MHz shown in the device datasheet. The lowest supported frequency is 280MHz. The VCO frequency is displayed in the Intel Quartus® Prime software Fitter report > Plan > PLL Usage Summary.

When the VCO frequency is below 600MHz, additional PLL output clocks are not supported in the PHYLite and External Memory Interfaces IPs.

Related Products

This article applies to 2 products

Intel® Arria® 10 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs
Intel® Cyclone® 10 FPGAs

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