Signal Integrity

The signal integrity center offers design resources that are essential in building reliable high-speed systems with Altera^® FPGAs and HardCopy^® ASICs. Resources include customer board and FPGA design guidelines, software simulation tools, models, characterization reports, and demonstration platforms.

	Altera Signal Integrity Features

Plug & Play Signal Integrity: Adaptive equalization and hot socketing Hot Socketing: Safely add and remove devices while system is in operation Simplified PCB design and power savings and improved signal integrity with on-chip termination
	Tools and Models

IBIS Models SPICE Models Board-Level Tools Learn how pre-emphasis and equalization link estimator (PELE) technology can take weeks off your Stratix^® II GX channel simulation Optimize your board-level power distribution network (PDN) with the graphical PDN Design Tool Calculate the worst-case simultaneous switching noise (SSN) seen in a design using the Stratix II GX Early SSN Estimator and user guide (PDF) Stratix III Early SSN Estimator and user guide (PDF) Purchase Altera's Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition to evaluate transceiver signal integrity and interoperability Visit the Altera Board Design Resource Center to view all the tools and models for your Altera FPGA designs
	Device Signal Integrity

Select the FPGA that you will use in your design. Stratix IV: High-density, low-power 40-nm FPGAs with up to 11.3-Gbps transceivers Stratix III: Lowest power, high-performance 65-nm FPGAs with 1+ Gbps DDR3 memory interfaces Stratix II: 90-nm, high-end FPGAs Stratix II GX: FPGAs with transceivers (up to 6.375 Gbps) Features Characterization Stratix GX: FPGAs with transceivers (up to 3.125 Gbps) Arria^® II GX: Low-power, cost-optimized 40-nm FPGAs with transceivers (up to 3.75 Gbps) Arria GX: Cost-optimized FPGAs with transceivers (up to 3.125 Gbps) Cyclone^® IV: Lowest power, lowest cost FPGAs with integrated transceiver variant Cyclone III: 65-nm, low-cost FPGAs Cyclone II: The lowest cost FPGAs ever
	Signal Integrity Education

Signal Integrity Webcasts Signal Integrity Basics High-Speed Glossary Go to Dr. Eric Bogatin's Signal Integrity Prescription Column Visit the Altera Board Design Resource Center, a comprehensive repository of signal integrity and board design guidelines and information
	Partners

Learn more about signal integrity simulation tools and services provided by our partners. Agilent EEsOF Cadence Design Systems Mentor Graphics^® Zuken SiSoft Get design assistance from Altera's certified design services partners. Altera Design Services Partners

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