Power Distribution Network Design Guidelines: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 11/21/2024
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2.2. Rail Merger Requirements

IP voltage rails of same nominal values within the same sequencing group can be merged assuming that the power delivery network to each package balls for each IP is designed with care to meet the tolerance specifications of that IP. Therefore, proper analysis or simulations should be done to ensure voltage drop and cross regulations are under control.

As many power rails are merged on the motherboard, the requirement for an LC filter is necessary to ensure systems functionality especially for rail connections to sensitive circuits such as the phase-locked loop (PLL) and clock. Altera recommends you to follow the LC filter requirements.

For more information about the rail merger requirements, refer to the Pin Connection Guidelines: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs.