Intel 41210 manual Contents, Introduction

				Contents
Contents
1	About This Document			7
	1.1	Terminology and Definitions		7
2	Introduction		....................................................................................................................................	9
	2.1	PCI Express Interface Features		9
	2.2	PCI-X Interface Features		9
	2.3	Power Management		10
	2.4	SMBus Interface		10
		2.4.1 SMBus for configuration register initialization		10
		2.4.2 Microcontroller Connections to the 41210 Bridge		11
	2.5	JTAG		12
	2.6	Related Documents		12
	2.7	Intel®41210 Serial to Parallel PCI Bridge Applications		13
3	Package Information			15
	3.1	Package Specification		15
4	Power Plane Layout			19
	4.1	41210 Bridge Decoupling Guidelines		19
	4.2	Split Voltage Planes		21
5	41210 Bridge Reset and Power Timing Considerations			23
	5.1	A_RST#,B_RST# and PERST# Timing Requirements		23
	5.2	VCC15 and VCC33 Voltage Requirements		23
6	General Routing Guidelines			25
	6.1	General Routing Guidelines		25
	6.2	Crosstalk		25
	6.3	EMI Considerations		26
	6.4	Power Distribution and Decoupling		27
		6.4.1	Decoupling	27
	6.5	Trace Impedance		27
		6.5.1	Differential Impedance	28
7	Board Layout Guidelines			29
	7.1	Adapter Card Topology		29
8	PCI-X Layout Guidelines			31
	8.1	Interrupts		31
		8.1.1 Interrupt Routing for Devices Behind a Bridge		32
	8.2	PCI Arbitration		32
		8.2.1	PCI Resistor Compensation	33
	8.3	PCI General Layout Guidelines		33
		8.3.1 PCI Pullup Resistors Not Required		34
	8.4	PCI Clock Layout Guidelines		35
	8.5	PCI-X Topology Layout Guidelines		38
	8.6	Intel® 41210 Serial to Parallel PCI Bridge Design Guide Layout Analysis		38

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