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APEX 20K Programmable Logic Device Family Data Sheet
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Flexible clock management circuitry with up to four phase-locked
loops (PLLs)
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Built-in low-skew clock tree
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Up to eight global clock signals
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ClockLock feature reducing clock delay and skew
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ClockBoost feature providing clock multiplication and division
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ClockShiftTM programmable clock phase and delay shifting
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Powerful I/O features
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Compliant with peripheral component interconnect Special
Interest Group (PCI SIG) PCI Local Bus Specification,
Revision 2.2
for 3.3-V operation at 33 or 66 MHz and 32 or 64 bits
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Support for high-speed external memories, including DDR
SDRAM and ZBT SRAM (ZBT is a trademark of Integrated
Device Technology, Inc.)
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Bidirectional I/O performance (tCO + tSU) up to 250 MHz
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LVDS performance up to 840 Mbits per channel
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Direct connection from I/O pins to local interconnect providing
fast tCO and tSU times for complex logic
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MultiVolt I/O interface support to interface with 1.8-V, 2.5-V,
3.3-V, and 5.0-V devices (see
Table 3)
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Programmable clamp to VCCIO
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Individual tri-state output enable control for each pin
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Programmable output slew-rate control to reduce switching
noise
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Support for advanced I/O standards, including low-voltage
differential signaling (LVDS), LVPECL, PCI-X, AGP, CTT, stub-
series terminated logic (SSTL-3 and SSTL-2), Gunning
transceiver logic plus (GTL+), and high-speed terminated logic
(HSTL Class I)
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Pull-up on I/O pins before and during configuration
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Advanced interconnect structure
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Four-level hierarchical FastTrack Interconnect structure
providing fast, predictable interconnect delays
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Dedicated carry chain that implements arithmetic functions such
as fast adders, counters, and comparators (automatically used by
software tools and megafunctions)
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Dedicated cascade chain that implements high-speed,
high-fan-in logic functions (automatically used by software tools
and megafunctions)
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Interleaved local interconnect allows one LE to drive 29 other
LEs through the fast local interconnect
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Advanced packaging options
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Available in a variety of packages with 144 to 1,020 pins (see
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FineLine BGA packages maximize board space efficiency
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Advanced software support
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Software design support and automatic place-and-route
provided by the Altera Quartus II development system for