Chapter 1: Introduction

1–3

Features

© August 2009

Altera Corporation

MAX II Device Handbook

MAX II devices are available in space-saving FineLine BGA, Micro FineLine BGA,

and thin quad flat pack (TQFP) packages (refer to Table 1–3 and Table 1–4). MAX II

devices support vertical migration within the same package (for example, you can

migrate between the EPM570, EPM1270, and EPM2210 devices in the 256-pin

FineLine BGA package). Vertical migration means that you can migrate to devices

whose dedicated pins and JTAG pins are the same and power pins are subsets or

supersets for a given package across device densities. The largest density in any

package has the highest number of power pins; you must lay out for the largest

planned density in a package to provide the necessary power pins for migration. For

I/O pin migration across densities, cross reference the available I/O pins using the

device pin-outs for all planned densities of a given package type to identify which

and place all pins for you when given a device migration list.

Table 1–3. MAX II Packages and User I/O Pins

Device

68-Pin

Micro

FineLine

BGA (1)

100-Pin

Micro

FineLine

BGA (1)

100-Pin

FineLine

BGA

100-Pin

TQFP

144-Pin

TQFP

144-Pin

Micro

FineLine

BGA (1)

256-Pin

Micro

FineLine

BGA (1)

256-Pin

FineLine

BGA

324-Pin

FineLine

BGA

EPM240

EPM240G

—80

80

80

—

—

—

—

—

EPM570

EPM570G

—

76

76

76

116

—

160

160

—

EPM1270

EPM1270G

—

—

—

—

116

—

212

212

—

EPM2210

EPM2210G

—

—

—

—

——

—204

272

EPM240Z

54

80

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

EPM570Z

—

76

—

—

—

116

160

—

—

Note to Table 1–3:

(1) Packages available in lead-free versions only.

Table 1–4. MAX II TQFP, FineLine BGA, and Micro FineLine BGA Package Sizes

Package

68-Pin

Micro

FineLine

BGA

100-Pin

Micro

FineLine

BGA

100-Pin

FineLine

BGA

100-Pin

TQFP

144-Pin

TQFP

144-Pin

Micro

FineLine

BGA

256-Pin

Micro

FineLine

BGA

256-Pin

FineLine

BGA

324-Pin

FineLine

BGA

Pitch (mm)

0.5

0.5

1

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

1

1

Area (mm2)

25

36

121

256

484

49

121

289

361

Length × width

(mm × mm)

5 × 5

6 × 6

11 × 11

16 × 16

22 × 22

7 × 7

11 × 11

17 × 17

19 × 19