Design Guide Checklist

Table 24. Power and Ground Signals

Signal

Recommendations

Reason/Impact

 

 

 

 

100±1% (1/4 W) pulldown resistor to ground.

Analog compensation pin for

RCOMP

 

 

PCI. 0.75V nominal.

 

The trace impedance of this signal should be < 0.1Ω.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connect to 1.5V power supply.

 

 

Note: Linear voltage regulators are recommended

 

 

when using 1.5 Volt power supplies.

 

 

Decoupling:

 

VCC15

5 0.1uF caps beneath package (backside of board)

1.5V ±5% core voltage.

 

2 1.0 uF caps as close as design rules permit to

 

 

package

 

 

3 10 uF caps as close as design rules permit to

 

 

package

 

 

 

 

 

Connect to 3.3V power supply.

 

 

Decoupling: TBD

 

 

The platform must insure that the VCC33 voltage rail

 

 

be greater than to (or no less than 0.5V below) VCC15

 

VCC33

(absolute voltage value at all times during 41110

3.3V ±5% PCI I/O voltage.

operation, including during system power up, power

 

down or any other time during system operation. This

 

 

can be accomplished by placing a diode (with a voltage

 

 

drop < 0.5V) between VCC15 and VCC33. Anode will

 

 

be connected to VCC15 and cathode will be connected

 

 

to VCC33.

 

 

 

 

VCCAPE

Connect to 1.5V power supply.

1.5V ±3% Analog PCI Express

 

voltage.

 

 

 

 

 

VCCAPCI[2:0]

See Figure 22 for circuit.

Analog PCI voltage pins.

 

 

 

 

Voltage output of the bandgap filter circuit into 41110,

 

VCCBGPE

separated from the rest of the VCC15s. See Figure 24

2.5V ±3% PCI Express voltage.

 

for circuit.

 

 

 

 

 

Connect to 1.5V power supply.

 

 

Decoupling:

 

VCCPE

• 3 0.1uF caps beneath package (backside of board)

1.5V ±3% PCI Express voltage.

• 4 1.0 uF caps as close as design rules permit to

 

package

 

 

• 2 10 uF caps as close as design rules permit to

 

 

package

 

 

 

 

VSS

Connect to ground.

Ground reference for all

supplies.

 

 

 

 

 

VSSAPE

See Figure 23 for circuit.

Analog ground for PCI Express.

 

 

 

VSSBGPE

Ground for the bandgap filter circuit, separated from

Ground for analog bandgap

the rest of the VSSs. See Figure 24 for circuit.

voltage.

 

 

 

 

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