Cyclone FPGA Family Data Sheet
Preliminary Information
Table 10 shows the global clock network sources available in Cyclone
devices.
Table 10. Global Clock Network Sources
Source GCLK0 GCLK1 GCLK2 GCLK3 GCLK4 GCLK5 GCLK6 GCLK7
PLL Counter
PLL1 G0
PLL1 G1
PLL2 G0 (1)
PLL2 G1 (1)
CLK0
v
v
Output
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Dedicated
Clock Input
Pins
v
CLK1 (2)
CLK2
v
v
v
CLK3 (2)
Dual-Purpose DPCLK0 (3)
Clock Pins
DPCLK1 (3)
v
DPCLK2
DPCLK3
DPCLK4
DPCLK5 (3)
DPCLK6
DPCLK7
v
v
v
v
v
v
Notes to Table 10:
(1) EP1C3 devices only have one PLL (PLL 1).
(2) EP1C3 devices in the 100-pin TQFP package do not have dedicated clock pins CLK1and CLK3.
(3) EP1C3 devices in the 100-pin TQFP package do not have the DPCLK0, DPCLK1, or DPCLK5pins.
Clock Multiplication & Division
Cyclone PLLs provide clock synthesis for PLL output ports using
m/(n × post scale counter) scaling factors. The input clock is divided by a
pre-scale divider, n, and is then multiplied by the m feedback factor. The
control loop drives the VCO to match fIN × (m/n). Each output port has a
unique post-scale counter to divide down the high-frequency VCO. For
multiple PLL outputs with different frequencies, the VCO is set to the
least-common multiple of the output frequencies that meets its frequency
specifications. Then, the post-scale dividers scale down the output
frequency for each output port. For example, if the output frequencies
required from one PLL are 33 and 66 MHz, the VCO is set to 330 MHz (the
least-common multiple in the VCO’s range).
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