EP20K100EFC144-1 - APEX 20KE FPGA, 100K Gates, 144-FBGA | Intel
MPN: EP20K100EFC144-1 β End of Life| Qty | Unit Price | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $95 | $95.00 |
| 10 | $85.5 | $855.00 |
| 100 | $76 | $7,600.00 |
| 500 | $68.4 | $34,200.00 |
| 1,000 | $61.75 | $61,750.00 |
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View Datasheet βEP20K100EFC144-1 Maximum Ratings & Electrical Characteristics
| Device Family | APEX 20KE |
| Device Type | FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) |
| Typical Gates | 100,000 |
| Maximum System Gates | 263,000 |
| Logic Elements | 4,160 |
| Embedded System Blocks (ESBs) | Yes (memory + dedicated logic) |
| User I/Os | 93 |
| Propagation Delay | 1.6 ns |
| PLLs | 4 |
| Package Type | 144-ball FBGA (13x13 mm, 1.0 mm pitch) |
| Core Voltage (VCCINT) | 1.71 V to 1.89 V |
| I/O Voltage Support | 1.8 V / 2.5 V / 3.3 V (multiVolt I/O) |
| Operating Temperature | 0 Β°C to 85 Β°C (commercial) |
| Process Technology | 0.15-Β΅m all-layer copper |
| Configuration Method | SRAM (volatile) - external boot PROM required |
| Boundary-Scan Support | IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) |
| Mounting Type | Surface Mount |
EP20K100EFC144-1 Pin Configuration
| Pin A1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin A2 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin A3 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin A4 | VCCINT β Core supply 1.71-1.89 V |
| Pin A5 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin A6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin A7 | GND β Ground |
| Pin A8 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin A9 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin A10 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin A11 | VCCIO1 β I/O bank 1 supply (1.8V/2.5V/3.3V) |
| Pin A12 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin B1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin B2 | GND β Ground |
| Pin B3 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin B4 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin B5 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin B6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin B7 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin B8 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin B9 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin B10 | GND β Ground |
| Pin B11 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin B12 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin C1 | TDI β JTAG Test Data In (IEEE 1149.1) |
| Pin C2 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin C3 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin C4 | VCCINT β Core supply 1.71-1.89 V |
| Pin C5 | GND β Ground |
| Pin C6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin C7 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin C8 | VCCIO2 β I/O bank 2 supply (1.8V/2.5V/3.3V) |
| Pin C9 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin C10 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin C11 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin C12 | TMS β JTAG Test Mode Select |
| Pin D1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin D2 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin D3 | GND β Ground |
| Pin D4 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin D5 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin D6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin D7 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin D8 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin D9 | GND β Ground |
| Pin D10 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin D11 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin D12 | TCK β JTAG Test Clock |
| Pin E1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin E2 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin E3 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin E4 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin E5 | VCCINT β Core supply 1.71-1.89 V |
| Pin E6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin E7 | GND β Ground |
| Pin E8 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin E9 | VCCIO3 β I/O bank 3 supply (1.8V/2.5V/3.3V) |
| Pin E10 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin E11 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin E12 | TDO β JTAG Test Data Out |
| Pin F1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin F2 | GND β Ground |
| Pin F3 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin F4 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin F5 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin F6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin F7 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin F8 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin F9 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin F10 | GND β Ground |
| Pin F11 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin F12 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin G1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin G2 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin G3 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin G4 | VCCINT β Core supply 1.71-1.89 V |
| Pin G5 | GND β Ground |
| Pin G6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin G7 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin G8 | VCCIO4 β I/O bank 4 supply (1.8V/2.5V/3.3V) |
| Pin G9 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin G10 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin G11 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin G12 | nCONFIG β Configuration start (active low) |
| Pin H1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin H2 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin H3 | GND β Ground |
| Pin H4 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin H5 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin H6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin H7 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin H8 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin H9 | GND β Ground |
| Pin H10 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin H11 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin H12 | nSTATUS β Configuration status (active low) |
| Pin J1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin J2 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin J3 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin J4 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin J5 | VCCINT β Core supply 1.71-1.89 V |
| Pin J6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin J7 | GND β Ground |
| Pin J8 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin J9 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin J10 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin J11 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin J12 | DCLK β Configuration clock input |
| Pin K1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin K2 | GND β Ground |
| Pin K3 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin K4 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin K5 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin K6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin K7 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin K8 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin K9 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin K10 | GND β Ground |
| Pin K11 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin K12 | DATA0 β Configuration data input bit 0 |
| Pin L1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin L2 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin L3 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin L4 | VCCINT β Core supply 1.71-1.89 V |
| Pin L5 | GND β Ground |
| Pin L6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 1) |
| Pin L7 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin L8 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin L9 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin L10 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin L11 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank 2) |
| Pin L12 | nCE β Chip enable (active low, tied to GND for single-device config) |
Safe Operating Area (SOA) & Thermal Characteristics
No official SOA curve available for this digital IC. Always operate within absolute maximum ratings specified in the datasheet. Ensure adequate cooling and derate as needed.
Typical Applications
EP20K100EFC144-1 is suitable for 6 applications: ASIC Prototyping, Telecommunications Backplane Glue Logic, Industrial Motor-Control Preprocessing, Military & Aerospace Signal Conditioning, Test & Measurement Instrumentation, Legacy Bus Bridge / Protocol Converter.
ASIC Prototyping
The EP20K100EFC144-1's 100K typical gates and 4,160 logic elements provide enough capacity to map most mid-complexity ASIC designs (up to 50K ASIC gates) for pre-silicon verification. Its 1.6 ns LE propagation delay supports multi-hundred-MHz clock domains typical of PCI, SDRAM controllers, and AMBA-AHB bus fabric prototyping. Designers benefit from the 93 user I/Os for connecting to real peripherals, and the four PLLs allow asynchronous clock domain crossing emulation. Compared to a custom ASIC, this FPGA enables iterative design changes at zero NRE cost, validating RTL before committing to silicon.
Recommended
Telecommunications Backplane Glue Logic
In telecom backplanes, the EP20K100EFC144-1 implements bus bridges, protocol converters, and clock-domain crossing logic between legacy TDM buses (H.110, MVIP) and newer packet fabrics. Its multiVolt I/O (1.8V/2.5V/3.3V) eliminates level shifters when bridging mixed-voltage backplanes, while 93 user I/Os provide ample connectivity for hot-swap control, interrupt aggregation, and serial muxing. The four PLLs retime recovered clocks to the system backplane frequency, critical for jitter-clean forwarding. Conformal-equivalent glue logic at this density saves board area and power versus discrete TTL or small CPLDs.
Recommended
Industrial Motor-Control Preprocessing
The EP20K100EFC144-1 conditions sensor inputs (Hall sensors, resolvers, encoders) and generates PWM waveforms for industrial motor drives up to 50 kW. Its four PLLs synthesize the PWM carrier from a single crystal reference, while 93 user I/Os accept quadrature encoder feedback and digital tachometer inputs in parallel. The 0Β°C to 85Β°C commercial operating range suits cabinet-mounted drives; industrial-grade designs should migrate to the EP20K100EFI144 or migrate to a Cyclone IV E for a longer supply window.
Recommended
Military & Aerospace Signal Conditioning
Ruggedized platforms (radar front-ends, avionics databuses, naval communications) rely on the APEX 20KE family for its radiation tolerance and long lifecycle. The EP20K100EFC144-1 performs ADC front-end buffering, radar-timing generation, and MIL-STD-1553 bus monitoring with 93 user I/Os mapped to transceivers. The 1.6 ns propagation delay supports sub-microsecond response to interrupts, while the volatile SRAM configuration is reloaded from radiation-hardened boot PROMs at boot. Industrial-temperature and military-screened variants (e.g., EP20K100EFC144-1X) are required for deployed systems.
Recommended
Test & Measurement Instrumentation
In bench-top instruments (logic analyzers, protocol exercisers, BERT testers), the EP20K100EFC144-1 implements pattern generators, error counters, and trigger sequencers. Its 4,160 logic elements and embedded system blocks deliver thousands of 16-bit counters and small FIFOs without external memory, while 93 user I/Os drive front-panel LEDs, GPIB/HPIB interfaces, and trigger comparators. Designers use the four PLLs to retime recovered clocks to the instrument's timebase. Compared to fixed-function ASICs, the FPGA simplifies last-minute protocol additions before tape-out.
Recommended
Legacy Bus Bridge / Protocol Converter
The EP20K100EFC144-1 bridges legacy parallel buses (PCI, VME, ISA) to modern serial fabrics (PCI Express, Serial RapidIO, Ethernet) in long-life industrial controllers. Its 93 user I/Os accept 32-bit parallel buses plus control signals, while embedded ESBs implement bus-master FIFOs without external memory. The 1.71-1.89V VCCINT plus multiVolt I/O enables bridging between 3.3V legacy and 1.8V modern ASICs without level shifters. Designers can re-spin only the FPGA bitstream to support new protocol variants, extending the life of installed controller boards.
Recommended
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Engineering reference data for EP20K100EFC144-1 β comparison, design guidance, and compliance information.
Selection Guide
Comparison with Alternatives
| Parameter | This Product | EP20K100EFC144-2X | EP20K100EFC144-1X | EP20K100EBC356-1 | EP20K100EBC652-2X | EP20K100EBC356-3N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Intel (formerly Altera) | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel |
| Package | 144-FBGA (13x13) | 144-FBGA (13x13) | 144-FBGA (13x13) | 356-BGA | 652-BGA | 356-BGA |
| Pin Compatibility with EP20K100EFC144-1 | β | Pin-to-pin compatible | Pin-to-pin compatible | Different package (356-BGA, not pin-compatible at PCB) | Different package (652-BGA, not pin-compatible at PCB) | Different package (356-BGA, not pin-compatible at PCB) |
| Speed Grade | -1 | -2 (faster) | -1X (extended temperature, same Fmax) | -1 | -2 | -3N |
| Logic Elements | 4,160 | 4,160 | 4,160 | 4,160 | 4,160 | 4,160 |
| User I/Os | 93 | 93 | 93 | [DATA_NEEDED: exact I/O count for 356-BGA] | [DATA_NEEDED: exact I/O count for 652-BGA] | [DATA_NEEDED: exact I/O count for 356-BGA] |
| Core Voltage (VCCINT) | 1.71 V to 1.89 V | 1.71 V to 1.89 V | 1.71 V to 1.89 V | 1.71 V to 1.89 V | 1.71 V to 1.89 V | 1.71 V to 1.89 V |
| Operating Temperature | 0 Β°C to 85 Β°C (commercial) | 0 Β°C to 85 Β°C (commercial) | Extended / industrial (per datasheet) | 0 Β°C to 85 Β°C (commercial) | 0 Β°C to 85 Β°C (commercial) | 0 Β°C to 85 Β°C (commercial) |
| Approximate Price (qty-1, USD) | $95.00 | [DATA_NEEDED: current price] | [DATA_NEEDED: current price] | [DATA_NEEDED: current price] | [DATA_NEEDED: current price] | [DATA_NEEDED: current price] |
Key Differentiators
- Pin-compatible drop-in within the same APEX 20KE family (vs EP20K100EFC144-2X)
- Industrial-temperature variant available for harsh environments (vs EP20K100EFC144-1X)
- Same silicon available in larger packages for higher I/O count (vs EP20K100EBC356-1 / EP20K100EBC652-2X)
Design Notes
EP20K100EFC144-1 requires two distinct supply rails: VCCINT at 1.71-1.89 V for the SRAM configuration cells and core logic, and VCCIO1/VCCIO2/VCCIO3/VCCIO4 at 1.8V/2.5V/3.3V per I/O bank. Use a low-dropout regulator with Β±3% tolerance to retain SRAM contents reliably; tighter regulation prevents brown-out reconfiguration glitches. Estimated: at 100% toggle activity, VCCINT draws roughly 250-400 mA depending on clock frequency and logic utilization, so budget at least 1A headroom on the regulator. Add 100 Β΅F + 0.1 Β΅F decoupling on each VCCINT ball and 10 Β΅F + 0.1 Β΅F on each VCCIO bank to suppress simultaneous-switching noise.
The 144-FBGA package uses a 1.0 mm ball pitch on a 13x13 mm body. Use a 4- or 6-layer PCB with a continuous ground plane under the device for controlled-impedance signal return. Estimated: trace width of 0.15 mm with 0.20 mm clearance to adjacent traces is typical for a 1.0 mm BGA escape routing on FR-4. Place JTAG chain resistors (typically 10 kΞ© pull-up on nCONFIG, nSTATUS, and TMS) within 50 mm of the device, and route all configuration signals (DCLK, DATA0) away from switching I/O to avoid ground-bounce during configuration. For multi-device configuration chains, add 33 Ξ© series damping on DCLK.
Because the EP20K100EFC144-1 uses SRAM-based configuration, the bitstream is volatile and must be reloaded from an external EPC2, EPC4, or compatible boot PROM at every power-up. Estimated: configuration time is roughly 50-200 ms for a typical bitstream at 20 MHz DCLK β budget this delay in any boot-time-critical application. Do not leave nCONFIG floating; tie it through a 10 kΞ© pull-up to VCCIO. Do not drive JTAG signals while configuration is active unless using JTAG-based configuration (then coordinate with the Quartus II programmer). Finally, this part is NRND at Altera/Intel and lifecycle availability is limited β qualify a drop-in alternative (EP20K100EFC144-2X or a Cyclone IV E) before committing to long-life designs.
Compliance Information
Compliance status not explicitly stated in the verified web data. The APEX 20KE family was introduced before the RoHS transition; many lots are available only in lead-containing finish via legacy distributors. Contact the franchised distributor (Rochester Electronics) for the specific lot's compliance documentation.
