Ultra-Quiet, 1.8V, 1A Design for the Kintex Ultrascale FPGA
This reference design provides a power-supply circuit with an input voltage of 3.3V, an output voltage of 1.8V, and an output current of 1A using the MAX8869 low-dropout linear regulator. The circuit was developed to power a MGTVCCAUX rail on a Xilinx® Kintex® Ultrascale™ FPGA. Included in this reference design are a schematic and a bill of materials.
Design Specifications and Setup
- Input Voltage: 3.3V
- Output Voltage: 1.8V
- Output Current: 1A
- Output-Voltage Ripple: 5mV
Schematic
Figure 1. Schematic of the MAX8869 linear regulator.
Hardware Files
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