Implementation of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) in Extremely Cold Environments for Space and Cryogenic Computing Applications

2025/04/17 by Lewis, Christopher, Sellers, Drew, Hamilton, Michael · 1 citation
#FOS: Electrical engineering #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #electronic engineering #information engineering

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2504.13305

Abstract

The operation of CMOS Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) at extremely cold environments as low as 4 K is demonstrated. Various FPGA and periphery hardware design techniques spanning from HDL design to improvements of peripheral circuitry such as discrete voltage regulators are displayed, and their respective performances are reported. While general operating conditions for voltage regulators are widened, FPGAs see a broader temperature range with improved jitter performance, reduced LUT delays, and enhanced transceiver performance at extremely low temperatures.

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