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Ordering Information
Spartan-3E FPGAs are available in both standard and
Pb-free packaging options for all device/package combina-
tions. All devices are available in Pb-free packages, which
adds a ‘G’ character to the ordering code. All devices are
available in either Commercial (C) or Industrial (I) tempera-
ture ranges. Both the standard –4 and faster –5 speed
grades are available for the Commercial temperature range.
However, only the –4 speed grade is available for the Indus-
trial temperature range. See
for valid device/pack-
age combinations.
Example:
Device Type
Speed Grade
Package Type
Device
XC3S100E
XC3S250E
XC3S500E
XC3S1200E
XC3S1600E
Speed Grade
XC3S250E -4 FT 256 C
S1
(optional code to specify Stepping 1)
Temperature Range
Number
of Pins
Package Type / Number of Pins
VQ100
VQG100
CP132
CPG132
TQ144
TQG144
PQ208
PQG208
FT256
FTG256
FG320
FGG320
FG400
FGG400
FG484
FGG484
100-pin Very Thin Quad Flat Pack (VQFP)
132-ball Chip-Scale Package (CSP)
144-pin Thin Quad Flat Pack (TQFP)
208-pin Plastic Quad Flat Pack (PQFP)
256-ball Fine-Pitch Thin Ball Grid Array (FTBGA)
320-ball Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array (FBGA)
400-ball Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array (FBGA)
484-ball Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array (FBGA)
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Temperature Range (T
J
)
C Commercial (0°C to 85°C)
I Industrial (–40°C to 100°C)
–4 Standard Performance
–5 High Performance
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
The –5 speed grade is exclusively available in the Commercial temperature range.
The XC3S500E VQG100 is available only in the -4 Speed Grade.
See
for the XA Automotive Spartan-3E FPGAs.
Production Stepping
The Spartan-3E FPGA family uses production stepping to
indicate improved capabilities or enhanced features.
Stepping 1 is, by definition, a functional superset of Step-
ping 0. Furthermore, configuration bitstreams generated for
any stepping are forward compatible. See
for addi-
tional details.
Xilinx has shipped both Stepping 0 and Stepping 1. Designs
operating on the Stepping 0 devices perform similarly on a
Stepping 1 device. Stepping 1 devices have been shipping
since 2006. The faster speed grade (-5), Industrial (I grade),
Automotive devices, and -4C devices with date codes 0901
(2009) and later, are always Stepping 1 devices. Only -4C
devices have shipped as Stepping 0 devices.
To specify only the later stepping for the -4C, append an
S#
suffix to the standard ordering code, where
#
is the stepping
number, as indicated in
Table 3:
Spartan-3E Optional Stepping Level Ordering
Stepping
Number
0
1
Suffix Code
None or S0
S1
Status
Production
Production
The stepping level is optionally marked on the device using
a single number character, as shown in
and
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