EP3CLS100U484C7N
EP3CLS100U484C7N - Cyclone III LS FPGA, 100K LE, 484-FBGA | Altera
The Intel (formerly Altera) EP3CLS100U484C7N is a Cyclone III LS family Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) IC delivering 100,448 logic elements and 4,451,328 bits of embedded memory in a 484-ball Fine-pitch Ball Grid Array (FBGA) package with 278 user I/O pins. The device is fabricated on a low-power 65 nm TSMC process and operates from a 1.2V core supply, with the speed grade -7 (commercial) and a maximum internal clock frequency of 437.5 MHz per the manufacturer datasheet family.
An FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) is a semiconductor device built around an array of configurable logic blocks (CLBs) connected by a programmable interconnect and surrounded by programmable I/O cells. Modern FPGAs embed hard IP such as block RAM, DSP blocks, PLLs, and high-speed transceivers, allowing a single chip to implement complete digital signal-processing pipelines, glue logic, or even soft processor subsystems. Cyclone III LS belongs to Intel's low-power, low-cost FPGA family that sits beneath the Stratix series in the product hierarchy: FPGA -> low-cost FPGA -> Cyclone family -> Cyclone III -> Cyclone III LS (lower static power, targeted at power-sensitive applications). The 'LS' suffix indicates reduced-leakage silicon compared to standard Cyclone III, with lower static power at the cost of slightly lower maximum operating frequency.
Key features of the EP3CLS100U484C7N include 100,448 logic elements, 4,451,328 embedded memory bits (approximately 4.4 Mbits), dedicated 18x18 hardware multipliers for DSP, multiple phase-locked loops (PLLs) for clock management, and a 484-pin FBGA package that supports up to 278 general-purpose I/O pins spread across eight I/O banks. The 65 nm process and 1.2 V core voltage yield low static and dynamic power consumption relative to older 90 nm and 130 nm FPGA generations.
Architecturally, the Cyclone III LS device uses an SRAM-based configuration cell that is loaded from an external flash or configuration controller at power-up. Logic is implemented in Look-Up Tables (LUTs), DSP operations in dedicated multiplier blocks, and on-chip memory in M9K blocks (9 Kbits each). The integrated PLLs synthesize multiple clock domains from a small number of reference oscillators, and the I/O structure supports a wide range of single-ended and differential signaling standards (LVDS, SSTL, HSTL, LVCMOS, LVTTL, PCI, PCI-X).
Typical applications include industrial motor control and factory automation, video processing and display controllers, low-cost software-defined radio front-ends, embedded vision and machine-vision preprocessing, telecommunications line cards and protocol bridging, medical imaging front-ends, automotive driver-assistance subsystems, and educational/hobbyist development platforms such as the Altera/Intel DE0/DE2-115 boards. The combination of 100K logic elements, 278 user I/Os, and low 1.2 V core power makes the part well suited for medium-complexity parallel-processing tasks that would be too large for a CPLD yet do not justify a high-cost Stratix device.
When designing with this part, the engineer should plan the configuration scheme (AS, AP, PS, or JTAG), select appropriate decoupling for the 1.2 V core and the bank I/O supplies (typically 1.5 V, 1.8 V, 2.5 V, 3.3 V), and budget thermal dissipation. Although the 65 nm LS silicon is low-power, a fully utilized 100K-LE device with high toggle rates can still dissipate several watts; a small thermal pad or copper pour is recommended on the BGA land pattern.
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