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ACT
1 Series FPGAs
Package Thermal Characteristics
The device junction to case thermal characteristics is
θjc, and the junction to ambient air characteristics is θja. The
thermal characteristics for
θja are shown with two different
air flow rates. Maximum junction temperature is 150°C.
A sample calculation of the maximum power dissipation for
an 84-pin plastic leaded chip carrier at commercial
temperature is as follows:
General Power Equation
P = [I
CC
standby + I
CC
active] * V
CC
+ I
OL
* V
OL
* N + I
OH
*
(V
CC
– V
OH
) * M
Where:
I
CC
standby is the current flowing when no inputs or
outputs are changing.
I
CC
active is the current flowing due to CMOS switching.
I
OL
, I
OH
are TTL sink/source currents.
V
OL
, V
OH
are TTL level output voltages.
N equals the number of outputs driving TTL loads to
V
OL
.
M equals the number of outputs driving TTL loads to
V
OH
.
An accurate determination of N and M is problematical
because their values depend on the family type, design
details, and on the system I/O. The power can be divided into
two components: static and active.
Static Power Component
Actel FPGAs have small static power components that result
in lower power dissipation than PALs or PLDs. By integrating
multiple PALs/PLDs into one FPGA, an even greater
reduction in board-level power dissipation can be achieved.
The power due to standby current is typically a small
component of the overall power. Standby power is calculated
below for commercial, worst case conditions.
I
CC
V
CC
Power
3 mA 5.25 V 15.75 mW (max)
1 mA 5.25 V 5.25 mW (typ)
0.75 mA 3.60 V 2.70 mW (max)
0.30 mA 3.30 V 0.99 mW (typ)
Active Power Component
Power dissipation in CMOS devices is usually dominated by
the active (dynamic) power dissipation. This component is
frequency dependent, a function of the logic and the
external I/O. Active power dissipation results from charging
internal chip capacitances of the interconnect,
unprogrammed antifuses, module inputs, and module
outputs, plus external capacitance due to PC board traces
and load device inputs. An additional component of the active
power dissipation is the totem-pole current in CMOS
transistor pairs. The net effect can be associated with an
equivalent capacitance that can be combined with frequency
and voltage to represent active power dissipation.
Package Type Pin Count θjc
θja
Still Air
θja
300 ft/min Units
Plastic J-Leaded Chip Carrier
44
68
84
15
13
12
45
38
37
35
29
28
°C/W
°C/W
°C/W
Plastic Quad Flatpack 100 13 48 40 °C/W
Very Thin (1.0 mm) Quad Flatpack 80 12 43 35 °C/W
Ceramic Pin Grid Array 84 8 33 20 °C/W
Ceramic Quad Flatpack 84 5 40 30 °C/W
Max
junction
temp.
°
C
( )
Max
commercial
temp.
°
C
( )
θ
ja
°
C W
( )
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
150
°
C 70
°
C
37
°
C W
----------------------------------- 2.2
W= =
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Equivalent Capacitance
The power dissipated by a CMOS circuit can be expressed by
the Equation 1.
Power (uW) = C
EQ
* V
CC2
* F (1)
Where:
C
EQ
is the equivalent capacitance expressed in pF.
V
CC
is the power supply in volts.
F is the switching frequency in MHz.
Equivalent capacitance is calculated by measuring I
CC
active
at a specified frequency and voltage for each circuit
component of interest. Measurements have been made over a
range of frequencies at a fixed value of V
CC
. Equivalent
capacitance is frequency independent so that the results may
be used over a wide range of operating conditions. Equivalent
capacitance values are shown below.
C
EQ
Values for Actel FPGAs
To calculate the active power dissipated from the complete
design, the switching frequency of each part of the logic must
be known. Equation 2 shows a piece-wise linear summation
over all components.
Power = V
CC
2
* [(m * C
EQM
* f
m
)
modules
+
(n * C
EQI
* f
n
)
inputs
+ (p * (C
EQO
+ C
L
) * f
p
)
outputs
+
0.5 * (q
1
* C
EQCR
* f
q1
)
routed_Clk1
+
(r
1
* f
q1
)
routed_Clk1
] (2)
Where:
Fixed Capacitance Values for Actel FPGAs
(pF)
r
1
Device Type routed_Clk1
A1010B 41.4
A1020B 68.6
A10V10B 40
A10V20B 65
Determining Average Switching Frequency
To determine the switching frequency for a design, you must
have a detailed understanding of the data input values to the
circuit. The following guidelines are meant to represent
worst-case scenarios so that they can be generally used to
predict the upper limits of power dissipation. These
guidelines are as follows:
A10V10B
A10V20B
A1010B
A1020B
Modules (C
EQM
) 3.2 3.7
Input Buffers (
CEQI
) 10.9 22.1
Output Buffers (C
EQO
) 11.6 31.2
Routed Array Clock Buffer
Loads (C
EQCR
)
4.1 4.6
m = Number of logic modules switching at fm
n = Number of input buffers switching at fn
p = Number of output buffers switching at fp
q
1
= Number of clock loads on the first routed array
clock (All families)
r
1
= Fixed capacitance due to first routed array
clock (All families)
C
EQM
= Equivalent capacitance of logic modules in pF
C
EQI
= Equivalent capacitance of input buffers in pF
C
EQO
= Equivalent capacitance of output buffers in pF
C
EQCR
= Equivalent capacitance of routed array clock in
pF
C
L
= Output lead capacitance in pF
f
m
= Average logic module switching rate in MHz
f
n
= Average input buffer switching rate in MHz
f
p
= Average output buffer switching rate in MHz
f
q1
= Average first routed array clock rate in MHz (All
families)
Logic Modules (m) 90% of modules
Inputs switching (n) #inputs/4
Outputs switching (p) #outputs/4
First routed array clock loads (q
1
) 40% of modules
Load capacitance (C
L
) 35 pF
Average logic module switching rate (f
m
) F/10
Average input switching rate (f
n
) F/5
Average output switching rate (f
p
) F/10
Average first routed array clock rate
(f
q1
)
F
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ACT
1 Series FPGAs
Functional Timing Tests
AC timing for logic module internal delays is determined
after place and route. The DirectTime Analyzer utility
displays actual timing parameters for circuit delays. ACT 1
devices are AC tested to a “binning” circuit specification.
The circuit consists of one input buffer + n logic modules +
one output buffer (n = 16 for A1010B; n = 28 for A1020B). The
logic modules are distributed along two sides of the device, as
inverting or non-inverting buffers. The modules are
connected through programmed antifuses with typical
capacitive loading.
Propagation delay [t
PD
= (t
PLH
+ t
PHL
)/2] is tested to the
following AC test specifications.
Output Buffer Performance Derating (5V)
Note: The above curves are based on characterizations of sample devices and are not completely tested on all devices.
Output Buffer Performance Derating (3.3V)
Note: The above curves are based on characterizations of sample devices and are not completely tested on all devices.
Sink
12
10
8
6
4
0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
V
OL
(Volts)
I
OL
(mA)
Source
–4
–6
–8
–10
–12
4.0 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.4
V
OH
(Volts)
I
OH
(mA)
2.0
Military, worst-case values at 125°C, 4.5 V.
Commercial, worst-case values at 70°C, 4.75 V.
Sink
12
10
8
6
4
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
V
OL
(Volts)
I
OL
(mA)
Source
–4
–6
–8
–10
–12
0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
V
OH
(Volts)
I
OH
(mA)
2.5
Commercial, worst-case values at 70°C, 4.75 V.

A1020B-2PL44I

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IC FPGA 34 I/O 44PLCC
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