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ProASICPLUS® Flash Family FPGAs
Features and Benefits
High Performance Routing Hierarchy
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High Capacity
Commercial and Industrial
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I/O
75,000 to 1 Million System Gates
27 K to 198 Kbits of Two-Port SRAM
66 to 712 User I/Os
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Military
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300, 000 to 1 Million System Gates
72 K to 198 Kbits of Two Port SRAM
158 to 712 User I/Os
Reprogrammable Flash Technology
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3.3 V, 32-Bit PCI, up to 50 MHz (33 MHz over military
temperature)
Two Integrated PLLs
External System Performance up to 150 MHz
Flexibility with Choice of Industry-Standard Front-End Tools
Efficient Design through Front-End Timing and Gate
Optimization
ISP Support
•
In-System Programming (ISP) via JTAG Port
SRAMs and FIFOs
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The Industry’s Most Effective Security Key (FlashLock®)
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Low Power
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PLL with Flexible Phase, Multiply/Divide, and Delay
Capabilities
Internal and/or External Dynamic PLL Configuration
Two LVPECL Differential Pairs for Clock or Data Inputs
Standard FPGA and ASIC Design Flow
Secure Programming
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Schmitt-Trigger Option on Every Input
2.5 V / 3.3 V Support with Individually-Selectable Voltage
and Slew Rate
Bidirectional Global I/Os
Compliance with PCI Specification Revision 2.2
Boundary-Scan Test IEEE Std. 1149.1 (JTAG) Compliant
Pin-Compatible Packages across the ProASICPLUS Family
Unique Clock Conditioning Circuitry
0.22 µm 4 LM Flash-Based CMOS Process
Live At Power-Up (LAPU) Level 0 Support
Single-Chip Solution
No Configuration Device Required
Retains Programmed Design during Power-Down/Up Cycles
Mil/Aero Devices Operate over Full Military Temperature
Range
Performance
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Ultra-Fast Local and Long-Line Network
High-Speed Very Long-Line Network
High-Performance, Low Skew, Splittable Global Network
100% Routability and Utilization
Low Impedance Flash Switches
Segmented Hierarchical Routing Structure
Small, Efficient, Configurable (Combinatorial or Sequential)
Logic Cells
SmartGen Netlist Generation Ensures Optimal Usage of
Embedded Memory Blocks
24 SRAM and FIFO Configurations with Synchronous and
Asynchronous Operation up to 150 MHz (typical)
Table 1 • ProASICPLUS Product Profile
Device
Maximum System Gates
Tiles (Registers)
Embedded RAM Bits (k=1,024 bits)
Embedded RAM Blocks (256x9)
LVPECL
PLL
Global Networks
Maximum Clocks
Maximum User I/Os
JTAG ISP
PCI
Package (by pin count)
TQFP
PQFP
PBGA
FBGA
CQFP2
CCGA/LGA2
Notes:
APA075
75,000
3,072
27 k
12
2
2
4
24
158
Yes
Yes
APA150
150,000
6,144
36k
16
2
2
4
32
242
Yes
Yes
APA3001
300,000
8,192
72 k
32
2
2
4
32
290
Yes
Yes
APA450
450,000
12,288
108 k
48
2
2
4
48
344
Yes
Yes
APA6001
600,000
21,504
126 k
56
2
2
4
56
454
Yes
Yes
APA750
750,000
32,768
144 k
64
2
2
4
64
562
Yes
Yes
APA10001
1,000,000
56,320
198 k
88
2
2
4
88
712
Yes
Yes
100, 144
208
–
144
100
208
456
144, 256
–
208
456
144, 256
208, 352
–
208
456
144, 256, 484
–
208
456
256, 484, 676
208, 352
624
–
208
456
676, 896
–
208
456
896, 1152
208, 352
624
1. Available as Commercial/Industrial and Military/MIL-STD-883B devices.
2. These packages are available only for Military/MIL-STD-883B devices.
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ProASICPLUS Flash Family FPGAs
Ordering Information
APA1000
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FG
G
1152
I
Application (Ambient Temperature Range)
Blank = Commercial (0°C to +70°C)
I = Industrial (–40°C to +85°C)
PP = Pre-production
ES = Engineering Silicon (room temperature only)
M = Military (–55°C to 125°C)
B = MIL-STD-883 Class B
Package Lead Count
Lead-free packaging
Blank = Standard Packaging
G = RoHS Compliant Packaging
Package Type
TQ = Thin Quad Flat Pack (0.5 mm pitch)
PQ = Plastic Quad Flat Pack (0.5 mm pitch)
FG = Fine Pitch Ball Grid Array (1.0 mm pitch)
BG = Plastic Ball Grid Array (1.27 mm pitch)
CQ = Ceramic Quad Flat Pack (1.05 mm pitch)
CG = Ceramic Column Grid Array (1.27 mm pitch)
LG = Land Grid Array (1.27 mm pitch)
Speed Grade
Blank = Standard Speed
Part Number
APA075
APA150
APA300
APA450
APA600
APA750
APA1000
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=
=
=
=
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=
75,000 Equivalent System Gates
150,000 Equivalent System Gates
300,000 Equivalent System Gates
450,000 Equivalent System Gates
600,000 Equivalent System Gates
750,000 Equivalent System Gates
1,000,000 Equivalent System Gates
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ProASICPLUS Flash Family FPGAs
Device Resources
User I/Os2
Military/MIL-STD-883B
Commercial/Industrial
Device
CCGA/
LGA
CQFP
CQFP
TQFP3 TQFP3 PQFP3 PBGA3 FBGA3 FBGA3 FBGA3 FBGA3 FBGA3 FBGA3
100-Pin 144-Pin 208-Pin 456-Pin 144-Pin 256-Pin 484-Pin 676-Pin 896-Pin 1152-Pin 208-Pin 352-Pin 624-Pin
APA075
66
APA150
66
APA300
APA450
APA600
107
158
100
158
242
100
186 4
158 5
290 5
100 5
186 4, 5
158
158
5
344
356
100
5
APA750
158
356
APA1000
158 5
356 5
186
186
4
344
4, 5
158
248
158
248
440
158
248
440
4
370 4
454
454
562 6
642 5, 6
712 6
Notes:
1. Package Definitions: TQFP = Thin Quad Flat Pack, PQFP = Plastic Quad Flat Pack, PBGA = Plastic Ball Grid Array, FBGA = Fine Pitch Ball Grid
Array, CQFP = Ceramic Quad Flat Pack, CCGA = Ceramic Column Grid Array, LGA = Land Grid Array
2. Each pair of PECL I/Os is counted as one user I/O.
3. Available in RoHS compatible packages. Ordering code is "G."
4. FG256 and FG484 are footprint-compatible packages.
5. Military Temperature Plastic Package Offering
6. FG896 and FG1152 are footprint-compatible packages.
General Guideline
Maximum performance numbers in this datasheet are based on characterized data. Actel does not guarantee
performance beyond the limits specified within the datasheet.
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ProASICPLUS Flash Family FPGAs
Temperature Grade Offerings
Package
APA075
APA150
TQ100
C, I
C, I
TQ144
C, I
PQ208
C, I
BG456
FG144
FG256
C, I
APA300
APA450
APA600
APA750
APA1000
C, I
C, I, M
C, I
C, I, M
C, I
C, I, M
C, I
C, I, M
C, I
C, I, M
C, I
C, I, M
C, I
C, I, M
C, I
C, I
C, I, M
C, I
C, I, M
C, I
C, I, M
FG484
FG676
C, I, M
C, I
FG896
C, I
FG1152
C, I, M
C, I
CQ208
M, B
M, B
M, B
CQ352
M, B
M, B
M, B
M, B
M, B
CG624
Note: C = Commercial
I = Industrial
M = Military
B = MIL-STD-883
Speed Grade and Temperature Matrix
Std.
C
✓
I
✓
M, B
✓
Note: C = Commercial
I = Industrial
M = Military
B = MIL-STD-883
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ProASICPLUS Flash Family FPGAs
Device Family Overview
The ProASICPLUS family of devices, Actel’s secondgeneration family of flash FPGAs, offers enhanced
performance over Actel’s ProASIC family. It combines the
advantages of ASICs with the benefits of programmable
devices through nonvolatile flash technology. This
enables engineers to create high-density systems using
existing ASIC or FPGA design flows and tools. In addition,
the ProASICPLUS family offers a unique clock conditioning
circuit based on two on-board phase-locked loops (PLLs).
The family offers up to one million system gates,
supported with up to 198 kbits of two-port SRAM and up
to 712 user I/Os, all providing 50 MHz PCI performance.
combination of fine granularity, flexible routing
resources, and abundant flash switches allows 100%
utilization and over 95% routability for highly congested
designs. Tiles and larger functions are interconnected
through a four-level routing hierarchy.
Embedded two-port SRAM blocks with built-in FIFO/RAM
control logic can have user-defined depths and widths.
Users can also select programming for synchronous or
asynchronous operation, as well as parity generations or
checking.
Advantages
to
the
designer
extend
beyond
performance. Unlike SRAM-based FPGAs, four levels of
routing hierarchy simplify routing, while the use of flash
technology allows all functionality to be live at powerup. No external boot PROM is required to support device
programming. While on-board security mechanisms
prevent
access
to
the
program
information,
reprogramming can be performed in-system to support
future design iterations and field upgrades. The device’s
architecture mitigates the complexity of ASIC migration
at higher user volume. This makes ProASICPLUS a costeffective solution for applications in the networking,
communications, computing, and avionics markets.
The unique clock conditioning circuitry in each device
includes two clock conditioning blocks. Each block
provides a PLL core, delay lines, phase shifts (0° and
180°), and clock multipliers/dividers, as well as the
circuitry needed to provide bidirectional access to the
PLL. The PLL block contains four programmable
frequency dividers which allow the incoming clock signal
to be divided by a wide range of factors from 1 to 64.
The clock conditioning circuit also delays or advances the
incoming reference clock up to 8 ns (in increments of
0.25 ns). The PLL can be configured internally or
externally during operation without redesigning or
reprogramming the part. In addition to the PLL, there
are two LVPECL differential input pairs to accommodate
high-speed clock and data inputs.
The ProASICPLUS family achieves its nonvolatility and
reprogrammability through an advanced flash-based
0.22 μm LVCMOS process with four layers of metal.
Standard CMOS design techniques are used to
implement logic and control functions, including the
PLLs and LVPECL inputs. This results in predictable
performance compatible with gate arrays.
To support customer needs for more comprehensive,
lower-cost, board-level testing, Actel’s ProASICPLUS
devices are fully compatible with IEEE Standard 1149.1
for test access port and boundary-scan test architecture.
For more information concerning the flash FPGA
implementation, please refer to the "Boundary Scan
(JTAG)" section on page 2-8.
The ProASICPLUS architecture provides granularity
comparable to gate arrays. The device core consists of a
Sea-of-Tiles™. Each tile can be configured as a flip-flop,
latch, or three-input/one-output logic function by
programming the appropriate Flash switches. The
ProASICPLUS devices are available in a variety of highperformance plastic packages. Those packages and the
performance features discussed above are described in
more detail in the following sections.
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ProASICPLUS Flash Family FPGAs
ProASICPLUS Architecture
The proprietary ProASICPLUS architecture
granularity comparable to gate arrays.
the appropriate logic cell inputs and outputs. Dedicated
high-performance lines are connected as needed for fast,
low-skew global signal distribution throughout the core.
Maximum core utilization is possible for virtually any
design.
provides
The ProASICPLUS device core consists of a Sea-of-Tiles
(Figure 1-1). Each tile can be configured as a three-input
logic function (e.g., NAND gate, D-Flip-Flop, etc.) by
programming
the
appropriate
flash
switch
interconnections (Figure 1-2 and Figure 1-3 on page 1-3).
Tiles and larger functions are connected with any of the
four levels of routing hierarchy. Flash switches are
distributed throughout the device to provide
nonvolatile, reconfigurable interconnect programming.
Flash switches are programmed to connect signal lines to
ProASICPLUS devices also contain embedded, two-port
SRAM blocks with built-in FIFO/RAM control logic.
Programming
options
include
synchronous
or
asynchronous operation, two-port RAM configurations,
user-defined depth and width, and parity generation or
checking.
Refer
to
the
"Embedded
Memory
Specifications" section on page 2-54 for more
information.
RAM Block
256x9 Two-Port SRAM
or FIFO Block
I/Os
Logic Tile
RAM Block
256x9 Two Port SRAM
or FIFO Block
Figure 1-1 • The ProASICPLUS Device Architecture
Floating Gate
Sensing
Switch In
Switching
Word
Switch Out
Figure 1-2 • Flash Switch
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ProASICPLUS Flash Family FPGAs
Local Routing
In 1
Efficient Long-Line Routing
In 2 (CLK)
In 3 (Reset)
Figure 1-3 • Core Logic Tile
Live at Power-Up
Flash Switch
PLUS
Unlike SRAM FPGAs, ProASICPLUS uses a live-at-power-up
ISP flash switch as its programming element.
The Actel flash-based ProASIC
devices support
Level 0 of the live at power-up (LAPU) classification
standard. This feature helps in system component
initialization, executing critical tasks before the
processor wakes up, setting up and configuring memory
blocks, clock generation, and bus activity management.
The LAPU feature of flash-based ProASICPLUS devices
greatly simplifies total system design and reduces total
system cost, often eliminating the need for complex
programmable logic device (CPLD) and clock generation
PLLs that are used for this purpose in a system. In
addition, glitches and brownouts in system power will
not corrupt the ProASICPLUS device's flash configuration,
and unlike SRAM-based FPGAs, the device will not have
to be reloaded when system power is restored. This
enables the reduction or complete removal of the
configuration PROM, expensive voltage monitor,
brownout detection, and clock generator devices from
the PCB design. Flash-based ProASICPLUS devices simplify
total system design, and reduce cost and design risk,
while increasing system reliability and improving system
initialization time.
In the ProASICPLUS flash switch, two transistors share the
floating gate, which stores the programming
information. One is the sensing transistor, which is only
used for writing and verification of the floating gate
voltage. The other is the switching transistor. It can be
used in the architecture to connect/separate routing nets
or to configure logic. It is also used to erase the floating
gate (Figure 1-2 on page 1-2).
Logic Tile
The logic tile cell (Figure 1-3) has three inputs (any or all
of which can be inverted) and one output (which can
connect to both ultra-fast local and efficient long-line
routing resources). Any three-input, one-output logic
function (except a three-input XOR) can be configured as
one tile. The tile can be configured as a latch with clear
or set or as a flip-flop with clear or set. Thus, the tiles can
flexibly map logic and sequential gates of a design.
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ProASICPLUS Flash Family FPGAs
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This datasheet version contains initial estimated information based on simulation, other products, devices, or speed
grades. This information can be used as estimates, but not for production.
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This datasheet version contains information that is considered to be final.
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The datasheet supplement gives specific device information for a derivative family that differs from the general family
datasheet. The supplement is to be used in conjunction with the datasheet to obtain more detailed information and
for specifications that do not differ between the two families.
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