Spartan-3E FPGA Family: Introduction and Ordering Information
Ordering Information
Spartan-3E FPGAs are available in both standard and
Pb-free packaging options for all device/package
temperature ranges. Both the standard –4 and faster –5
speed grades are available for the Commercial temperature
combinations. 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)
range. However, only the –4 speed grade is available for the
Industrial temperature range. See Table 2 for valid
device/package combinations.
(optional code to specify Stepping 1)
Example: XC3S250E -4 FT 256 C S1
Device Type
Speed Grade
Package Type
Temperature Range
Number of Pins
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Device
Speed Grade
Package Type / Number of Pins
Temperature Range (TJ)
XC3S100E
-4 Standard Performance VQ100
VQG100
100-pin Very Thin Quad Flat Pack (VQFP)
C Commercial (0°C to 85°C)
XC3S250E
-5 High Performance(1)
CP132
CPG132
132-ball Chip-Scale Package (CSP)
I Industrial (–40°C to 100°C)
XC3S500E(2)
XC3S1200E
XC3S1600E
TQ144
TQG144
144-pin Thin Quad Flat Pack (TQFP)
PQ208
PQG208
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)
FT256
FTG256
FG320
FGG320
FG400
FGG400
FG484
FGG484
Notes:
1. The -5 speed grade is exclusively available in the Commercial temperature range.
2. The XC3S500E VQG100 is available only in the -4 Speed Grade.
3. See DS635 for the XA Automotive Spartan-3E FPGAs.
Production Stepping
The Spartan-3E FPGA family uses production stepping to
indicate improved capabilities or enhanced features.
Table 3: Spartan-3E Optional Stepping Level Ordering
Stepping
Number
Suffix Code
Status
Stepping 1 is, by definition, a functional superset of
Stepping 0. Furthermore, configuration bitstreams
generated for any stepping are forward compatible. See
Table 72 for additional details.
0
1
None or S0
S1
Production
Production
The stepping level is optionally marked on the device using
a single number character, as shown in Figure 2, Figure 3,
and Figure 4.
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.
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