Intel 41210 PCI-Express Layout Guidelines, Adapter Card Layout Guidelines, PCI Express Layout

PCI Express Layout

9.2PCI-Express Layout Guidelines

The layout guidelines for PCI-Express were developed for an adapter card topologies. The models and assumptions used in development of these guidelines were as follows:

•Add-In Card Stackup: 60 Ω single-ended impedance

•Target Differential Impedance: 100 Ω +/- 20%.

•Driver Model: 41210 Bridge PCI-E IBIS

•Receiver Model: 41210 Bridge PCI-E IBIS. Specification model did not meet specifications

•Driver Package Model: Preliminary 41210 Bridge model.

•No receiver package model used since specification eye is at package pin.

•Assumed that traces in a lane could be routed totally on microstrip, totally on stripline, or a mixture of microstrip and stripline.

•AC coupling capacitors were modeled as a parasitic resistor and inductor in series.

•Add-in card was modeled as micro-strip routes only.

•No vias were modeled at this time.

•Only the receiver eye was evaluated. The next revision will evaluate the eye at the transmitter and connector as well as the receiver.

9.3Adapter Card Layout Guidelines

Table 15.	Adapter Card Routing Recommendations (Sheet 1 of 2)
	Parameter	Routing Guidelines
	Reference Plane	Route over an unbroken ground plane
	Target Single Ended	60 Ω nominal
	Impedance
	Target Differential	100 Ω +/- 20% Differential Impedance
	Impedance
	Microstrip and Stripline Trace	4 mils
	Width
		Intrapair: 10 mils center-to-center
		Interpair: 30 mils center-to-center
	Microstrip Trace Spacing	22 mils. center to center (pair to pair).
		Transmit and Receive pairs should be interleaved. If no interleaving, then inter
		pair spacing should be increased to 50 mils (c2c). Center to center of inter pair is
		defined as center of Positive of one pair to Center of Negative of the next or vice
		versa
	Group Spacing	Spacing from other groups: 25 mils minimum, center to center
	Transmit Trace Length
	(41210 Bridge signal pin to	0.25”- 5.0” max
	AC coupling capacitor.)
	Transmit Trace Length (AC
	coupling capacitor to card	1.00”- 4.5” max
	edge finger.)

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