AN 711: Power Reduction Features in Intel® Arria® 10 Devices

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Date 5/27/2022
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AN 711: Power Reduction Features in Intel® Arria® 10 Devices
AN 711: Power Reduction Features in Intel® Arria® 10 Devices x
Power Reduction and Performance Intel® Arria® 10 Power Reduction Techniques System Topology Options SmartVID Topologies SmartVID Power Savings Estimation VID Design for Intel® Arria® 10 FPGAs Document Revision History for AN 711: Power Reduction Features in Intel® Arria® 10 Devices
Intel® Arria® 10 Power Reduction Techniques x
SmartVID SmartVID General Configuration
System Topology Options x
Power Sense Lines
SmartVID Topologies x
SmartVID Controller IP Core Parallel Control System PMBus Control System Single-Wire Interface PWM Control System
Parallel Control System x
Intel® Quartus® Prime Parallel Control System Instantiation Parallel SmartVID Regulator Implementation Guidelines
PMBus Control System x
PMBus System Implementation PMBus Voltage Regulators PMBus VID Implementation Guidelines
Single-Wire Interface PWM Control System x
Single-Wire Interface PWM System Implementation
SmartVID Power Savings Estimation x
Enabling SmartVID in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software
VID Design for Intel® Arria® 10 FPGAs x
Parallel VID PMBus SmartVID VID Design Guidelines
AN 711: Power Reduction Features in Intel® Arria® 10 Devices

Document Revision History for AN 711: Power Reduction Features in Intel® Arria® 10 Devices

Document Version Changes
2022.05.27
  • Removed all instances of "Enpirion" from System Topology Options, Intel Quartus Prime Parallel Control System Instantiation, PMBus Voltage Regulators and PMBus SmartVID sections.
  • Updated Intel Quartus Prime Parallel Control System Instantiation section:
    • Removed EC7401QI from Level Shifter Block Diagram figure.
    • Removed System Implementation using the EC7401QI Controller figure and related content.
  • Removed EM2130 30A Digital PowerSoC figure from PMBus Voltage Regulators section.
  • Updated Parallel VID section:
    • Removed information related to EC7401QI.
    • Replaced EC7401QI with parallel VID controller in Parallel VID Block Diagram figure.
    • Removed Output Voltage Versus VID Codes table and related content.
    • Removed EC7401QI from VID READY Generation figure.
  • Updated PMBus SmartVID section:
    • Replaced EC7401QI with a Digital PowerSoC with PMBus Interface to deliver in PMBus SmartVID Block Diagram figure.
    • Removed EM2130 from PMBus SmartVID Block Diagram figure.
2020.03.18 Updated the description for SmartVID Power Reduction Technique in the Strategies for Reducing Power Consumption table.
2019.08.02 Updated the description for SmartVID Power Reduction Technique in the Strategies for Reducing Power Consumption table.
2018.07.12
  • Updated the EC7401 device name to EC7401QI.
  • Updated the voltage regulator system implementation in the System Topology Options section.
  • Updated the supported Intel® Intel® Enpirion® devices in the PMBus Voltage Regulators and PMBus SmartVID sections.
  • Removed support for the ET4040QI Powertrain.
  • Removed support for the ED8101P0xQI Controller.
  • Updated the Level Shifter Block Diagram figure.
  • Updated the System Implementation using the EC7401QI Controller figure.
  • Updated the Single-Wire Interface PWM System Implementation Example figure.
  • Updated the Parallel VID Block Diagram figure.
  • Updated the VID Ready Generation figure.
  • Updated the PMBus SmartVID Block Diagram figure.
  • Removed the ED8101P0xQI Controller with PMBus figure.
  • Removed the PWR to VCC Controller figure.
  • Removed the PWR to Enpirion Power Train Phase 1 and 2 figure.
  • Removed the PWR to Enpirion Power Train Phase 3 and 4 figure.
  • Removed the 12 V to 9 V Converter (Controller) figure.
  • Removed the 12V to 9V Converter (40-A MOSFET) figure.
Date Version Changes
May 2017 2017.05.08
  • Updated to reflect current product availability.
  • Rebranded as Intel.
October 2016 2016.10.31
  • Changed instances of Quartus II to Quartus Prime.
  • Updated the VCC SmartVID voltage value.
  • Updated the EM1130 device to the EM2130 device.
  • Updated the EM2130 PowerSoC figure.
  • Removed support for the VCC PowerManager feature.
December 2015 2015.12.16 Made the following changes:
  • Removed a parameter from the "Operating Recommendations for VID Device Based on Temperature Grade" table.
  • Changed the operating guidelines in the "Operating Recommendations for the VCC PowerManager Device Based on Temperature Grade" table.
June 2015 2015.06.25 Made the following changes:
  • Changed the temperature parameter in the "VCC PowerManager and SmartVID" section.
  • Changed the "Power Sense Lines with Single and Multiple Regulator Configurations" figure.
  • Global: replaced "MegaCore function" with "Controller IP."
  • Changed the availabilities in the "Reference Design Availability Schedule" table.
  • Added the "Parallel SmartVID Regulator Implementation Guidelines" section.
  • Added the "PMBus VID Implementation Guidelines" section.
  • Changed the software release availability in the"Single-Wire Interface PWM System Implementation" section.
  • Added the "VID Design for Arria 10 FPGAs" section.
  • Added the "Parallel VID" section.
  • Added the "VID and mV Design Guidelines" section.
April 2015 2015.04.08 Made the following changes:
  • Added voltage information to the "VCC PowerManager and SmartVID" section.
  • Changed the availability for Parallel and PMBus systems in the "Reference Design Availability Schedule" table.
  • Added the "SmartVID Controller IP Core" section.
  • Replaced the "Example PowerPlay Early Power Estimator for Arria 10 Devices" figure.
October 2014 2014.10.24 Initial release.
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