Power Management Solutions for Altera FPGA and CPLDs

Additional information on Power requirements can be found on www.altera.com.

Here's a summary of the most relevant power management application notes and power calculation tools they have developed:

App Notes

• AN-358 Thermal Management for 90nm FPGAs
• AN-355 Stratix II Device System Power Considferations
• AN-107 Using Altera Devices in Multiple Voltage Systems
• AN-74 Evaluating Power for Altera Devices

Power Calculators

• Stratix II Power Calculator Excel Spreadsheet
• Max II Power Calculator Excel Spreadsheet
• Stratix Power Calculator Excel Spreadsheet
• Cyclone Power Calculator Excel Spreadsheet

This list compiles the most relevant power management application notes for FPGA designs from National Semiconductor. These are referenced in the Power Management Design Guide for Altera FPGAs and CPLDs and are all in pdf format.

Linear Regulators

• AN-1148 Linear Regulators: Theory of operation and compensation
• AN-1254 DDR-SDRAM Termination Simplified Using a Linear Regulator

Packaging Technology

• AN-1028 Maximum power enhancement techniques for power packages
• AN-1187 LLP® Package (Leadless Leadframe)
• AN-1201 LLP-8 thermal performance and design guidelines

Switching Regulators and Controllers

• PD #115 Power Designer #115: Implementing Single-Chip FPGA Power Solutions
• AN-556 Introduction to power supplies
• AN-558 Introduction to power MOSFET and their applications
• AN-643 EMI/RFI board design
• AN-1149 Layout guidelines for switching power supplies
• AN-1197 Selecting inductors for buck converters
• AN-1229 SIMPLE SWITCHER® PCB layout guidelines
• AN-1246 Stresses in wide input DC/DC converters

Other

• AN-1327 Simplified Programming of Altera FPGA's using a SCANSTA111/112 Scan Chain Mux
• AN-1200 Mixed Signal Testing Using the IEEE 1149.4 STA400
• AN-1312 Scan Bridge (STA111/STA112) Timing