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Chapter 7: Design Elements (LD to NOR16)

LD4, 8, 16

Multiple Transparent Data Latches

XC3000
XC4000E
XC4000X
XC5200
XC9000
Spartan
SpartanXL
Spartan2
Virtex
N/A
N/A
Macro
N/A
Macro
N/A
Macro
Macro
Macro

LD4, LD8, and LD16 have, respectively, 4, 8, and 16 transparent data latches with a common gate enable (G). The data output (Q) of the latch reflects the data (D) input while the gate enable (G) input is High. The data on the D input during the High-to-Low gate transition is stored in the latch. The data on the Q output remains unchanged as long as G remains Low.

The latch is asynchronously cleared, output Low, when power is applied. For CPLDs, the power-on condition can be simulated by applying a High-level pulse on the PRLD global net. FPGAs simulate power-on when global set/reset (GSR) is active. GSR defaults to active-High but can be inverted by adding an inverter in front of the GSR input of the STARTUP, STARTUP_SPARTAN2, or STARTUP_VIRTEX symbol.

Refer to the “LD” section for information on single transparent data latches.

Inputs
Outputs
G
D
Q
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
X
No Chg

D
d
d = state of input one setup time prior to High-to-Low gate transition

Figure 7.6 LD8 Implementation XC4000X, XC9000, SpartanXL, Spartan2, Virtex