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Arria II GX

Altera_Forum
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Hello, 

I look for a design methodology PCB or an example for the placement of decoupling capacitors -> Arria II GX 

Thanks.
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Altera_Forum
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This page should be your new best friend: 

http://www.altera.com/products/devices/arria-fpgas/arria-ii-gx/literature/aiigx-literature.jsp 

 

For determining the number of decoupling caps and their sizes, use the PDN tool for Arria II GX (accessible through the page I listed above): 

http://www.altera.com/literature/ug/pdn_tool_aiigx.zip 

 

Design Guidelines: 

http://www.altera.com/literature/an/an563.pdf 

Pin Connection Guidelines: 

http://www.altera.com/literature/dp/arria-ii-gx/pcg-01007.pdf 

 

Some general info on supply decoupling: 

http://www.altera.com/support/devices/power/integrity/pow-integrity.html 

http://www.altera.com/literature/an/an574.pdf 

 

Jake
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