Embedded protection by design, for mission-critical confidence
RADIATION HARDENED SOC FPGAS
NG-ULTRA RH
NG-ULTRA is the world’s first Radiation Hardened By Design (RHBD) SoC FPGA. His technology is based on patented FPGA architecture developed by NX and industrialized by ST. The hardening techniques used in the NG-ULTRA alongside the FD-SOI technology offers very strong hardening performance.
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Proven resilience for the harshest environments, from orbit to the edge
Scalable performance and flexibility to meet all your system’s needs
Detailled specifications to ensure optimal performance in every environment
DeviceNX2H540TSC
Capacity
- ASIC Gates8 000 000
Logic Modules
- Register505 344
- LUT-4536 928
- Carry126 336
Embedded RAM33Mb
- DPRAM32.256K
- Core Register File2688
- Core Register File Bits1 512K
Clocks50 clocks via 7 CKGs
Additional Features
- SpaceWire link PHY (8 IOBs)20
- DDR2 PHY (11 IOBs)20
- DSP Blocks1344
- SpaceWire link I/F 430Mbps1
- SERDES Tx/Rx 6,5Gbps32
- Hard IP Processor core4
- SoC PeripheralsYES
Design SecurityYES
Inputs / Outputs
- Complex I/O bank10x 34 I/Os
- Simple I/O bank4x 24 I/Os
- Packages - User I/Os740 I/Os
- BGA1760 45*45mm / 1mm436 + SoC 304

Radiation Hardened
- Radiation-hardened design applied to configuration memories and registers for enhanced resilience.
- Single Event Upset (SEU) immunity validated up to LET > 60 MeV.cm2/mg.
- Total Ionizing Dose (TID) tolerance up to 50Krads (Si), ensuring long-term reliability in harsh environments.
- Embedded Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) mechanisms safeguard user memory integrity.
Main Features
- Technology Node: STM 28nm FD-SOI process technology.
- Processing System: Quad core ARM Cortex R52 based System-on-Chip (SoC).
- 500K 4-input Look-Up Tables (LUTs).
- High-performance carry chains.
- Advanced interconnect network enabling both logic and coarse-grain block functions.
- Arithmetic Capabilities: Dedicated DSP blocks for complex computations.
- User-configurable memories with variable width and depth.
- Master Serial SPI (Single, Sequential, Triple Modular Redundancy - TMR).
- SpaceWire Protocol Support.
- JTAG.
- 16-bit Parallel.
- UART.
- Dedicated lowskew distribution network for clock, reset and load signals.
- On-chip thermal monitoring for system reliability.


Input / Output Features
- Multiple I/O voltage supported from 1.2V to 3.3V.
- Integrated Cold Sparing Capability.
- Programmable output drive strength to support various industry standards.
- Embedded logic to support SpaceWire interface (data strobe encoding).
- Embedded logic to support DDR2 and DDR3 memory interfaces.
- Up to 1.6 Gbps I/O speed for SSTL, HSTL and POD standards.
- LVDS compatible mode.
- All I/O pins support 2000V ESD-HBM protection.
- Programmable delay lines on complex I/O pins.
- Programmable resistive termination on complex I/O pins.
- Optional register single rate for direct I/O pins and single or double rate for complex I/O pin.
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