EP4CE55F23C7 Altera, EP4CE55F23C7 Datasheet - Page 89

• Manufacturer Part Number: EP4CE55F23C7
• Description: IC CYCLONE IV FPGA 55K 484FBGA
• Manufacturer: Altera
• Series: CYCLONE® IV Er

Specifications of EP4CE55F23C7

• Number Of Logic Elements/cells: 55856
• Number Of Labs/clbs: 3491
• Total Ram Bits: 2340000
• Number Of I /o: 324
• Voltage - Supply: 1.15 V ~ 1.25 V
• Mounting Type: Surface Mount
• Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ 85°C
• Package / Case: 484-FBGA
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Contains lead / RoHS non-compliant
• Number Of Gates: -

Chapter 5: Clock Networks and PLLs in Cyclone IV Devices
Hardware Features
Post-Scale Counter Cascading
Programmable Duty Cycle
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PLLs of Cyclone IV devices support post-scale counter cascading to create counters
larger than 512. This is implemented by feeding the output of one C counter into the
input of the next C counter, as shown in
Figure 5–16. Counter Cascading
When cascading counters to implement a larger division of the high-frequency VCO
clock, the cascaded counters behave as one counter with the product of the individual
counter settings.
For example, if C0 = 4 and C1 = 2, the cascaded value is C0 × C1 = 8.
Post-scale counter cascading is automatically set by the Quartus II software in the
configuration file. Post-scale counter cascading cannot be performed using the PLL
reconfiguration.
The programmable duty cycle allows PLLs to generate clock outputs with a variable
duty cycle. This feature is supported on the PLL post-scale counters. You can achieve
the duty cycle setting by a low and high time count setting for the post-scale counters.
The Quartus II software uses the frequency input and the required multiply or divide
rate to determine the duty cycle choices. The post-scale counter value determines the
precision of the duty cycle. The precision is defined by 50% divided by the post-scale
counter value. For example, if the C0 counter is 10, steps of 5% are possible for duty
cycle choices between 5 to 90%.
Combining the programmable duty cycle with programmable phase shift allows the
generation of precise non-overlapping clocks.
VCO Output
VCO Output
VCO Output
VCO Output
VCO Output
VCO Output
Figure
5–16.
C0
C1
C2
C3
C4
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