MILPITAS, CA – August 27, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation announces power management solutions for the Altera® Arria® 10 FPGA Development Kit. Technical details of this board can be found at linear.com/altera. Linear Technology’s solutions address key power requirements of the Arria 10 FPGA Development Kit and its supporting system blocks. For example, the LTC3877 VID Controller plus LTC3874 Phase Extender DC/DC Regulator provide 105A at 0.95V for the core rail from a 12V input. To complement the power saving advantages of the Arria 10 FPGA, this solution provides two key advantages:
- 6-bit parallel VID that interfaces directly with the Arria 10’s SmartVID to reduce the FPGA’s static and dynamic power consumption
- Ultralow value and temperature compensated DCR load current sensing, which maximize the efficiency and load current precision
Powering the high speed transceivers is Linear Technology’s 20A µModule® regulator (LTM4637), which provides the simplest and quickest solution by integrating a shielded inductor, MOSFETs and DC/DC regulator into a small 15mm x 15mm LGA or BGA package.
| Rail/Function | Part Number(s) | Description |
| FPGA core | LTC3877 + LTC3874 | 105A @ 0.9V regulator interfaces with Arria 10 SmartVID |
| High speed transceivers | LTM4637 | 20A µModule regulator |
| Power UP/DOWN sequencing, power monitoring, voltage margining and fault management | LTC2977 | 8-channel PMBus power system manager |
| PowerPath™ management | LTC4357 | High voltage ideal diode controller |
| 3.3V intermediate bus from 12VIN | LTM4620 | Dual 13A or single 26A µModule regulator |
| Input overvoltage protection | LTC4365 | Overvoltage, undervoltage and reverse supply protection controller |
| Housekeeping system power and power management | LT1965, LT3082, LTC4352, LTC3025-1, LTC2418 | Low noise linear regulators, 24-bit ADC; low voltage ideal diode |
