MAX 3000A
®
Programmable Logic
Device Family
Data Sheet
June 2006, ver. 3.5
Features...
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High–performance, low–cost CMOS EEPROM–based programmable
logic devices (PLDs) built on a MAX
®
architecture (see
Table 1)
3.3-V in-system programmability (ISP) through the built–in
IEEE Std. 1149.1 Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) interface with
advanced pin-locking capability
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ISP circuitry compliant with IEEE Std. 1532
Built–in boundary-scan test (BST) circuitry compliant with
IEEE Std. 1149.1-1990
Enhanced ISP features:
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Enhanced ISP algorithm for faster programming
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ISP_Done bit to ensure complete programming
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Pull-up resistor on I/O pins during in–system programming
High–density PLDs ranging from 600 to 10,000 usable gates
4.5–ns pin–to–pin logic delays with counter frequencies of up to
227.3 MHz
MultiVolt
TM
I/O interface enabling the device core to run at 3.3 V,
while I/O pins are compatible with 5.0–V, 3.3–V, and 2.5–V logic
levels
Pin counts ranging from 44 to 256 in a variety of thin quad flat pack
(TQFP), plastic quad flat pack (PQFP), plastic J–lead chip carrier
(PLCC), and FineLine BGA
TM
packages
Hot–socketing support
Programmable interconnect array (PIA) continuous routing structure
for fast, predictable performance
Industrial temperature range
Table 1. MAX 3000A Device Features
Feature
Usable gates
Macrocells
Logic array blocks
Maximum user I/O
pins
t
PD
(ns)
t
SU
(ns)
t
CO1
(ns)
f
CNT
(MHz)
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DS-MAX3000A-3.5
EPM3032A
600
32
2
34
4.5
2.9
3.0
227.3
EPM3064A
1,250
64
4
66
4.5
2.8
3.1
222.2
EPM3128A
2,500
128
8
98
5.0
3.3
3.4
192.3
EPM3256A
5,000
256
16
161
7.5
5.2
4.8
126.6
EPM3512A
10,000
512
32
208
7.5
5.6
4.7
116.3
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...and More
Features
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PCI compatible
Bus–friendly architecture including programmable slew–rate control
Open–drain output option
Programmable macrocell flipflops with individual clear, preset,
clock, and clock enable controls
Programmable power–saving mode for a power reduction of over
50% in each macrocell
Configurable expander product–term distribution, allowing up to
32 product terms per macrocell
Programmable security bit for protection of proprietary designs
Enhanced architectural features, including:
– 6 or 10 pin– or logic–driven output enable signals
– Two global clock signals with optional inversion
– Enhanced interconnect resources for improved routability
– Programmable output slew–rate control
Software design support and automatic place–and–route provided
by Altera’s development systems for Windows–based PCs and Sun
SPARCstations, and HP 9000 Series 700/800 workstations
Additional design entry and simulation support provided by EDIF
2 0 0 and 3 0 0 netlist files, library of parameterized modules (LPM),
Verilog HDL, VHDL, and other interfaces to popular EDA tools from
third–party manufacturers such as Cadence, Exemplar Logic, Mentor
Graphics, OrCAD, Synopsys, Synplicity, and VeriBest
Programming support with the Altera master programming unit
(MPU), MasterBlaster
TM
communications cable, ByteBlasterMV
TM
parallel port download cable, BitBlaster
TM
serial download cable as
well as programming hardware from third–party manufacturers and
any in–circuit tester that supports Jam
TM
Standard Test and
Programming Language (STAPL) Files (.jam), Jam STAPL Byte-Code
Files (.jbc), or Serial Vector Format Files (.svf)
General
Description
MAX 3000A devices are low–cost, high–performance devices based on the
Altera MAX architecture. Fabricated with advanced CMOS technology,
the EEPROM–based MAX 3000A devices operate with a 3.3-V supply
voltage and provide 600 to 10,000 usable gates, ISP, pin-to-pin delays as
fast as 4.5 ns, and counter speeds of up to 227.3 MHz. MAX 3000A devices
in the –4, –5, –6, –7, and –10 speed grades are compatible with the timing
requirements of the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI SIG)
PCI Local Bus
Specification, Revision 2.2.
See
Table 2.
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Table 2. MAX 3000A Speed Grades
Device
–4
EPM3032A
EPM3064A
EPM3128A
EPM3256A
EPM3512A
Speed Grade
–5
–6
–7
v
v
v
v
v
v
–10
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
The MAX 3000A architecture supports 100% transistor-to-transistor logic
(TTL) emulation and high–density small-scale integration (SSI),
medium-scale integration (MSI), and large-scale integration (LSI) logic
functions. The MAX 3000A architecture easily integrates multiple devices
ranging from PALs, GALs, and 22V10s to MACH and pLSI devices.
MAX 3000A devices are available in a wide range of packages, including
PLCC, PQFP, and TQFP packages. See
Table 3.
Table 3. MAX 3000A Maximum User I/O Pins
Device
44–Pin
PLCC
34
34
Note (1)
44–Pin
TQFP
34
34
100–Pin 144–Pin 208–Pin 256-Pin
TQFP
TQFP
PQFP FineLine
BGA
66
80
96
116
158
172
98
161
208
EPM3032A
EPM3064A
EPM3128A
EPM3256A
EPM3512A
Note:
(1)
When the IEEE Std. 1149.1 (JTAG) interface is used for in–system programming or
boundary–scan testing, four I/O pins become JTAG pins.
MAX 3000A devices use CMOS EEPROM cells to implement logic
functions. The user–configurable MAX 3000A architecture accommodates
a variety of independent combinatorial and sequential logic functions.
The devices can be reprogrammed for quick and efficient iterations
during design development and debugging cycles, and can be
programmed and erased up to 100 times.
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MAX 3000A devices contain 32 to 512 macrocells, combined into groups
of 16 macrocells called logic array blocks (LABs). Each macrocell has a
programmable–AND/fixed–OR array and a configurable register with
independently programmable clock, clock enable, clear, and preset
functions. To build complex logic functions, each macrocell can be
supplemented with shareable expander and high–speed parallel
expander product terms to provide up to 32 product terms per macrocell.
MAX 3000A devices provide programmable speed/power optimization.
Speed–critical portions of a design can run at high speed/full power,
while the remaining portions run at reduced speed/low power. This
speed/power optimization feature enables the designer to configure one
or more macrocells to operate at 50% or lower power while adding only a
nominal timing delay. MAX 3000A devices also provide an option that
reduces the slew rate of the output buffers, minimizing noise transients
when non–speed–critical signals are switching. The output drivers of all
MAX 3000A devices can be set for 2.5 V or 3.3 V, and all input pins are
2.5–V, 3.3–V, and 5.0-V tolerant, allowing MAX 3000A devices to be used
in mixed–voltage systems.
MAX 3000A devices are supported by Altera development systems,
which are integrated packages that offer schematic, text—including
VHDL, Verilog HDL, and the Altera Hardware Description Language
(AHDL)—and waveform design entry, compilation and logic synthesis,
simulation and timing analysis, and device programming. The software
provides EDIF 2 0 0 and 3 0 0, LPM, VHDL, Verilog HDL, and other
interfaces for additional design entry and simulation support from other
industry–standard PC– and UNIX–workstation–based EDA tools. The
software runs on Windows–based PCs, as well as Sun SPARCstation, and
HP 9000 Series 700/800 workstations.
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Functional
Description
For more information on development tools, see the
MAX+PLUS II
Programmable Logic Development System & Software Data Sheet
and the
Quartus Programmable Logic Development System & Software Data Sheet.
The MAX 3000A architecture includes the following elements:
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Logic array blocks (LABs)
Macrocells
Expander product terms (shareable and parallel)
Programmable interconnect array (PIA)
I/O control blocks
The MAX 3000A architecture includes four dedicated inputs that can be
used as general–purpose inputs or as high–speed, global control signals
(clock, clear, and two output enable signals) for each macrocell and I/O
pin.
Figure 1
shows the architecture of MAX 3000A devices.
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Figure 1. MAX 3000A Device Block Diagram
INPUT/GCLK1
INPUT/OE2/GCLK2
INPUT/OE1
INPUT/GCLRn
6 or 10 Output Enables
(1)
LAB A
I/O
Control
Block
2 to
16
Macrocells
1 to 16
36
36
6 or 10 Output Enables
(1)
LAB B
Macrocells
17 to 32
2 to
16
I/O
Control
Block
2 to 16 I/O
2 to 16 I/O
16
16
2 to 16
PIA
LAB D
36
Macrocells
49 to 64
2 to
16
I/O
Control
Block
6 or 10
6 or 10
LAB C
I/O
Control
Block
2 to
16
Macrocells
33 to 48
2 to 16
36
2 to 16 I/O
2 to 16 I/O
16
16
2 to 16
6 or 10
6 or 10
2 to 16
Note:
(1)
EPM3032A, EPM3064A, EPM3128A, and EPM3256A devices have six output enables. EPM3512A devices have
10 output enables.
Logic Array Blocks
The MAX 3000A device architecture is based on the linking of
high–performance LABs. LABs consist of 16–macrocell arrays, as shown
in
Figure 1.
Multiple LABs are linked together via the PIA, a global bus
that is fed by all dedicated input pins, I/O pins, and macrocells.
Each LAB is fed by the following signals:
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36 signals from the PIA that are used for general logic inputs
Global controls that are used for secondary register functions
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