Chapter 8: External Memory Interfaces in the Cyclone III Device Family
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Cyclone III Device Family Memory Interfaces Features
Cyclone III Device Family Memory Interfaces Features
This section describes Cyclone III device family memory interfaces, including DDR
input registers, DDR output registers, OCT, and phase-lock loops (PLLs).
DDR Input Registers
The DDR input registers are implemented with three internal logic element (LE)
registers for every DQpin. These LE registers are located in the logic array block (LAB)
adjacent to the DDR input pin.
Figure 8–4 shows Cyclone III device family DDR input registers.
Figure 8–4. Cyclone III Device Family DDR Input Registers
DDR Input Registers in Cyclone III Device Family
DQ
LE
Register
dataout_h
Input Register AI
neg_reg_out
dataout_l
LE
Register
LE
Register
Register CI
Input Register BI
Capture Clock
PLL
The DDR data is first fed to two registers, input register AI and input register BI.
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Input register AI captures the DDR data present during the rising edge of the clock
Input register BI captures the DDR data present during the falling edge of the clock
Register CI aligns the data before it is synchronized with the system clock
The data from the DDR input register is fed to two registers, sync_reg_hand
sync_reg_l, then the data is typically transferred to a FIFO block to synchronize the
two data streams to the rising edge of the system clock. Because the read-capture
clock is generated by the PLL, the read-data strobe signal (DQSor CQ) is not used
during read operation in Cyclone III device family; hence, postamble is not a concern
in this case.
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