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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Intel 31244 PCI-X manual Printed Circuit Board PCB Methodology6