I/O - 2023.2 English

Power Design Manager User Guide (UG1556)

Document ID
UG1556
Release Date
2023-10-18
Version
2023.2 English

With higher switching speeds and capacitive loads, switching I/O power can be a substantial part of the total power consumption of an AMD device. Hence, it is important to accurately define all I/O related parameters. In the I/O page, PDM helps you calculate the on-chip and off-chip power for your I/O interfaces.

The following figure illustrates the three main types of information entered on the I/O page: I/O Settings, Activity, and External Termination.

Figure 1. PDM I/O

The following section provides more information on how to fill in each of these columns.

I/O Setting
I/O Standard
Specify the expected I/O standard you intend to use for this interface. Configurations that use the on-chip terminations are shown with a DCI suffix in this drop-down menu. Differential I/O standards have a (pair) suffix. For calculations, PDM assumes the standard VCCO level (for example, 3.3V) that is closest to the nominal level listed in the data sheet for that I/O standard.
I/O Direction Columns
Enter the number of Input, Output and Bidir (bidirectional) signals for each I/O interface.
Tip: Enter one pin for each differential I/O pair. For example, if your device memory has four differential DQS pairs, enter 4 on the Input Pins column.
On-Chip Termination
The termination values are same as that of AMD UltraScale+™ devices.
Activity
Enter the expected activity for each I/O interface in the following columns.
Clock (MHz)
Synchronous Signals
Enter the frequency of the clock capturing or generating these signals.
Asynchronous Signals
Calculate the equivalent frequency of the signal. For example, if you can determine if the signal will toggle (change state) 2 million times per second, then enter 1 in this column (when converting signal rate to frequency you need 2 transitions to make a period: the transition from 0 to 1 and the transition from 1 to 0).
Toggle Rate
Synchronous Signals
Enter how often compared to the clock this signal is expected to change state. For example, if the data changes once every 8 clock cycles on average, enter 12.5% (1/8, converted to a percentage).
Asynchronous Signals
As explained in the Clock (MHz) description above, enter the equivalent frequency in the Clock (MHz) column and then enter 100% in this column.
Data Rate
Synchronous Signals
Enter DDR, if the signal is sampled on both the positive and negative edges of the clock. Enter SDR if the signal is sampled on only one edge of the clock.
Note: When the Data Rate is DDR, the specified toggle rate is doubled internally for power estimation. You must not calculate the toggle rate explicitly for double data rate.
Asynchronous Elements and Clocks
Enter Async or Clock
Output Enable
Input Only Signals
The column has no effect
Output and Bidirectional Signals
Specify for a long period of time how much of this time the output buffer is driving a value (compared to the time the driving buffer is disabled or tri-stated.)
Tip: Setting Output Enable to 100% is a common mistake which degrades the PDM accuracy.
Term Disable

Set DCI when not in use in the fabric. Enter the percentage of time the DCI or OCT termination is disabled.

IBUF Disable
Set HSTL/SSTL IBUF to low power idle (IBUFDISABLE) when not in use in the fabric. Enter the percentage of time the IBUF is disabled.
Output Load
Enter the power factor for the board and other external capacitance driven by the outputs in the module.
External Termination
When not using the available on-chip termination, you can use PDM to calculate the power supplied by the AMD device to off-chip components, such as external board termination resistor networks. Multiple termination types are supported for I/Os configured as outputs. External input terminations are not supported, because calculations often require details of the driver side but these details are not available to PDM.