RTSX-SU
Microchip Technology / Microsemi (Space)
RTSX-SU is a family of high-reliability, radiation-tolerant antifuse-based FPGAs derived from Microsemi's commercial SX-A family, built for space applications.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Power
- 0.068 W
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- System performance
- 230 MHz (310 MHz internal)
- Standby power consumption
- Up to 68 mW
- Operating voltage
- 3.3 V and 5.0 V mixed voltage
- Configurable i/o support
- 3.3 V/5 V PCI, LVTTL, TTL, and CMOS
- Input tolerance / drive strength
- 5 V input tolerance and 5 V drive strength
- Security
- Secure programming technology prevents reverse engineering and design theft
- Resource utilization
- 100% circuit resource utilization with 100% pin locking
- In-system diagnostics
- Unique in-system diagnostic and verification capability with Silicon Explorer II
- Prototyping
- Low-cost prototyping option, deterministic, user-controllable timing
- Boundary scan
- JTAG boundary scan testing in compliance with IEEE Standard 1149.1, dedicated JTAG Reset (TRST) pin
- Programming technology
- Highly reliable, nonvolatile antifuse technology
- Gate count
- 32,000 to 72,000 ASIC gates (48,000 to 108,000 system gates)
- User-programmable i/os
- Up to 360
- Packages
- Hermetically-sealed packages for space applications (CQFP, CCGA/LGA, CCLG)
- SEU hardening
- SEU-Hardened registers eliminate the need to implement TMR
- SEU immunity
- Immune to Single-Event Upsets (SEU) to LETTH > 40 MeV-cm2/mg
- SEU rate
- < 1E-10 upset/bit-day in worst-case geosynchronous orbit
- Total ionizing dose (TID)
- Up to 100 krad (Si) - parametric performance supported with lot-specific test data
- Single-event latch-up (SEL)
- Immunity
- Device: rtsx32su - typical gates
- 32,000
- Device: rtsx72su - typical gates
- 72,000
- Device: rtsx32su - system gates
- 48,000
- Device: rtsx72su - system gates
- 108,000
- Device: rtsx32su - logic modules
- 2,880
- Device: rtsx72su - logic modules
- 6,036
- Device: rtsx32su - combinatorial cells
- 1,800
- Device: rtsx72su - combinatorial cells
- 4,024
- Device: rtsx32su - SEU-hardened register cells (Dedicated Flip-Flops)
- 1,080
- Device: rtsx72su - SEU-hardened register cells (Dedicated Flip-Flops)
- 2,012
- Device: rtsx32su - maximum flip-flops
- 1,980
- Device: rtsx72su - maximum flip-flops
- 4,024
- Device: rtsx32su - maximum user i/os
- 227
- Device: rtsx72su - maximum user i/os
- 360
- Device: rtsx32su - clocks
- 3
- Device: rtsx72su - clocks
- 3
- Device: rtsx32su - quadrant clocks
- 0
- Device: rtsx72su - quadrant clocks
- 4
- Device: rtsx32su - speed grades
- Std., -1
- Device: rtsx72su - speed grades
- Std., -1
- Device: rtsx32su - temperature grades
- B, E, M
- Device: rtsx72su - temperature grades
- B, E
- Device: rtsx32su - cqfp package (pin count)
- 84, 208, 256
- Device: rtsx72su - cqfp package (pin count)
- 208, 256
- Device: rtsx32su - ccga package (pin count)
- 624
- Device: rtsx32su - cclg package (pin count)
- 256
About
RTSX-SU RadTolerant FPGAs are enhanced versions of Microsemi’s commercial SX-A family of devices, specifically designed for improved radiation performance. They feature SEU-hardened D-type flip-flops that provide the benefits of Triple Module Redundancy (TMR) without the associated overhead, making them a unique offering for space applications. The devices are manufactured using 0.25 µm technology at the United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) facility in Taiwan and offer radiation survivability far in excess of typical CMOS devices. The RTSX-SU architecture is derived from the SX-A sea-of-modules architecture, enhanced with SEU-hardened flip-flops, wider clock lines, and stronger clock drivers to improve upset and total-dose performance in radiation environments. The entire chip floor is covered with a grid of logic modules, with virtually no chip area lost to interconnect or routing, giving 100% circuit resource utilization and 100% pin locking. Key features include 230 MHz system performance (310 MHz internal), very low standby power consumption (up to 68 mW), 3.3 V and 5.0 V mixed-voltage operation, configurable I/O supporting 3.3V/5V PCI, LVTTL, TTL, and CMOS, 5 V input tolerance and drive strength, secure programming technology to prevent reverse engineering and design theft, in-system diagnostic and verification capability with Silicon Explorer II, low-cost prototyping with deterministic user-controllable timing, JTAG boundary scan testing per IEEE 1149.1 with a dedicated JTAG Reset (TRST) pin, and highly reliable nonvolatile antifuse technology. Devices offer 32,000 to 72,000 ASIC gates (48,000 to 108,000 system gates) and up to 360 user-programmable I/Os, available in hermetically-sealed packages (CQFP, CCGA/LGA, CCLG) for space applications. Radiation performance includes SEU-hardened registers that eliminate the need for TMR, immunity to Single-Event Upsets to LETth > 40 MeV-cm2/mg, an SEU rate of less than 1E-10 upset/bit-day in worst-case geosynchronous orbit, up to 100 krad (Si) Total Ionizing Dose with lot-specific test data support, and Single-Event Latch-Up (SEL) immunity. The family comprises two devices, RTSX32SU and RTSX72SU, differing in gate count, logic resources, and I/O count.
Documentation
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