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Chapter 5: Clock Networks and PLLs in Cyclone IV Devices
PLLs in Cyclone IV Devices
October 2012
Altera Corporation
PLLs in Cyclone IV Devices
Cyclone IV GX devices offer two variations of PLLs: general purpose PLLs and
multipurpose PLLs. Cyclone IV E devices only have the general purpose PLLs.
The general purpose PLLs are used for general-purpose applications in the FPGA
fabric and periphery such as external memory interfaces. The multipurpose PLLs are
used for clocking the transceiver blocks. When the multipurpose PLLs are not used
for transceiver clocking, they can be used for general-purpose clocking.
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For more details about the multipurpose PLLs used for transceiver clocking, refer to
the
chapter.
Cyclone IV GX devices contain up to eight general purpose PLLs and multipurpose
PLLs while Cyclone IV E devices have up to four general purpose PLLs that provide
robust clock management and synthesis for device clock management, external
system clock management, and high-speed I/O interfaces.
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For more information about the number of general purpose PLLs and multipurpose
PLLs in each device density, refer to the
Cyclone IV Device Family Overview
chapter.
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The general I/O pins cannot drive the PLL clock input pins.
lists the features available in Cyclone IV GX PLLs.
Table 5–5. Cyclone IV GX PLL Features (Part 1 of 2)
Features
Availability
General Purpose PLLs
Multipurpose PLLs
PLL_1
PLL_2
PLL_
3
PLL_
PLL_1
PLL_2
PLL_5
,
PLL_6
PLL_7
PLL_8
C (output counters)
5
M, N, C counter sizes
1 to 512
Dedicated clock outputs
1 single-ended or 1 differential pair
Clock input pins
12 single-ended or 6 differential pairs
and 4 differential pairs
Spread
-
spectrum input clock
tracking
v
PLL cascading
Through GCLK
Source
-
Synchronous Mode
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
—
—
v
No Compensation Mode
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Normal Mode
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
—
—
v
Zero Delay Buffer Mode
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
—
—
v
Deterministic Latency
Compensation Mode
v
v
—
—
v
v
v
v
v
v
Phase shift resolution
Down to 96 ps increments
Programmable duty cycle
v
Output counter cascading
v
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