Power consumption problem

Hi,

when i implemented my architecture using ACTEL AFS600 (Fusion family) i noticed that over 16MHz there is a gap in consumption, in fact when i was changing my frequency from 1 kHz to 16 Mhz the power consumption is varying from 13 mW till 20 mW when i reach 16 MHz there is a gap and the power consumption jump directly to 30 mW, anyone has any reason to explain this gap?

my speed grade is -2,

Regards, A.

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Amine.Miled
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Is it operating normally over that threshold ? Normally, such a current discontinuity, also infers an operational discontinuity.

Does the slope continue at just under 0.5mW/Mhz above that threshold ?

I'd test again with some simpler code, that you know has a very high Fmax.

-jg

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Jim Granville

that's the problem: the FPGA is still working good. Yes the slope continue at just 0.5mW/Mhz above that threshold, i tested the FPGA with other code and what s strange is that this discontinuity still exist but for higher frequency (again the fpga is still working good)

A.

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Amine.Miled

Yes, that does sound strange - what was the higher freq in the other test ?

16MHz should be 'low' by FPGA standards - were you using (or had enabled?) any of the PLL/Clock multiplier resources ?

Did you ask Actel ? - those symptoms suggest they might not be disabling everything they should, in the SW process ?

-jg

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Jim Granville

ax.

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the maximum frequency is 37 MHz, and no i m not using any PLL, I asked atcel but i m still waiting for the answer!!!

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Amine.Miled

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