Agilex™ 5 ES Device Errata and User Guidelines

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Date 6/09/2025
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2.4.10. Aging issue on unconnected used GTS input reference clock pins

Description

The Agilex™ 5 GTS transceivers input reference clock buffers are susceptible to aging issues. If the reference clock pin is left floating or unconnected, there will be damage to that pin after 2 years.

Workaround

Prior to Quartus® Prime 24.3.1, the only option to prevent this issue is by ensuring the input reference clock pins is always connected to a stable and always-on clock.

Starting from Quartus® Prime 24.3.1 onwards,the aging issue is mitigated by the device automatically turning off the input reference clock buffers when there is no toggling clock signal detected on the input pin. The buffer can be manually turned back on once the reference clock is toggling again.

For more information, see section 3.7.5 Input Reference Clock Buffer Protection in the GTS Transceiver PHY User Guide: Agilex™ 5 5 FPGAs and SoCs