
PCI-X  Layout Guidelines
8.6.3PCI-X  66 MHz Embedded Topology
Figure 19 and Table 12 provide routing details for a topology with an embedded PCI-X  66 MHz application.
Figure 19. PCI-X  66 MHz Embedded Routing Topology
  | EM1  | EM3  | EM5  | EM7  | 
  | TL EM1  | TL EM3  | TL EM5  | TL EM7  | 
TL1  | TL2  | TL3  | 
  | TL4  | 
  | TL EM2  | TL EM4  | TL EM6  | TL EM8  | 
  | EM2  | EM4  | EM6  | EM8  | 
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  | B2721   | 
Table 12.  | 
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  | Parameter | Routing Guideline for Lower AD Bus  | 
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  | Reference Plane  | Route over an unbroken ground plane  | 
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  | Board Impedance  | 60 Ω +/- 15%  | 
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  | Stripline Trace Spacing  | 12 mils edge to edge  | 
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  | Microstrip Trace Spacing  | 18 mils, edge to edge  | 
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  | Break Out  | 5 mils on 5 mils. Maximum length of breakout region can be 500 mils  | 
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  | Group Spacing  | Spacing from other groups: 25 mils min, edge to edge  | 
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  | Trace Length 1 (TL1): From  | 
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  | 41110 signal Ball to first  | 1.0” - 5.0” max  | 
  | junction  | 
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  | Trace Length TL2 to TL4 -  | 1.0” min - 2.5” max  | 
  | between junctions  | |
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  | Trace Length TL_EM1 to  | 
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  | TL_EM8 from junction  | 2.0” min - 3.0” max  | 
  | connector to the embedded  | |
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  | Length Matching  | Clocks coming form the clock driver must be length matched to within 25 mils  | 
  | Requirements:  | and routed identical in layers.  | 
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  | Number of vias  | 4 vias max.  | 
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38  | Intel® 41110 Serial to Parallel PCI Bridge Design Guide |