Spartan-3 FPGA Family: Functional Description
DS099 (v3.1) June 27, 2013
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The DCI feature operates independently for each of the device’s eight banks. Each bank has an ‘N’ reference pin (VRN) and
a ‘P’ reference pin, (VRP), to calibrate driver and termination resistance. Only when using a DCI standard on a given bank
do these two pins function as VRN and VRP. When not using a DCI standard, the two pins function as user I/Os. As shown
in Figure 9, add an external reference resistor to pull the VRN pin up to VCCO and another reference resistor to pull the VRP Ω—with one-percent
tolerance, which is either the characteristic impedance of the line or twice that, depending on the DCI standard in use.
Standards having a symbol name that contains the letters “DV2” use a reference resistor value that is twice the line
impedance. DCI adjusts the output driver impedance to match the reference resistors’ value or half that, according to the
standard. DCI always adjusts the on-chip termination resistors to directly match the reference resistors’ value.
The rules guiding the use of DCI standards on banks are as follows:
No more than one DCI I/O standard with a Single Termination is allowed per bank.
No more than one DCI I/O standard with a Split Termination is allowed per bank.
Single Termination, Split Termination, Controlled- Impedance Driver, and Controlled-Impedance Driver with Half
Impedance can co-exist in the same bank.
The Organization of IOBs into Banks
IOBs are allocated among eight banks, so that each side of the device has two banks, as shown in
Figure 10. For all
packages, each bank has independent VREF lines. For example, VREF Bank 3 lines are separate from the VREF lines going
to all other banks.
For the Very Thin Quad Flat Pack (VQ), Plastic Quad Flat Pack (PQ), Fine Pitch Thin Ball Grid Array (FT), and Fine Pitch Ball
Grid Array (FG) packages, each bank has dedicated VCCO lines. For example, the VCCO Bank 7 lines are separate from the
VCCO lines going to all other banks. Thus, Spartan-3 devices in these packages support eight independent VCCO supplies.
X-Ref Target - Figure 9
Figure 9: Connection of Reference Resistors (RREF)
X-Ref Target - Figure 10
Figure 10: Spartan-3 FPGA I/O Banks (Top View)
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VCCO
VRN
VRP
One of eight
I/O Banks
RREF (1%)
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Bank 0
Bank 1
Bank 5
Bank 4
Bank
7
Bank
6
Bank
2
Bank
3