
Intel® 31244 PCI-X  to Serial ATA Controller
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Methodology
Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
Methodology6
This section provides a recommended guidelines for PCB stackup. A considerable part of the SI analysis, is to identify and recommend the backplane stackup recommendations. This guideline section is separated into two recommendations:
•GD31244 in normal mode, refer to Table 9.
•GD31244 in extended voltage mode for backplane designs, refer to Table 10.
The specified impedance range for SATA is differential 100 + 15% ohms for all components of the SATA path:
| • | backplane | • | cables | 
| • | motherboard | • | connectors | 
Table 11 defines the starting point for possible stackups.
The assumption is that GD31244 is implemented with normal 60 ohm guidelines, with the primary application being standard desktop PC.
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