Intel® 820E Chipset

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The following two tables were derived assuming the following:

CLKSKEW = 0.2 ns

Note: This assumes that clock driver pin-to-pin skew is reduced to 50 ps by tying two host clock outputs together (“ganging”) at the clock driver output pins, and the PCB clock routing skew is 150 ps. The system timing budget must assume 0.175 ns of clock driver skew if outputs are not tied together and a clock driver that meets the CK98 clock driver specification is being used.

CLKJITTER = 0.250 ns

Some clock driver components may not support ganging the outputs. Be sure to verify with your clock component vendor before ganging the outputs. See the appropriate Intel 820E chipset documentation for details regarding the clock skew and jitter specifications. Refer to Section 2.7.2 and Chapter 4 for host clock routing details.

Table 52. Example TFLT_MAX Calculations for 133 MHz Bus1

Driver Receiver Clk

Period2 TCO_MAX T

SU_MIN ClkSKEW ClkJITTER M
ADJ Recommended

TFLT_MAX3

Processor4 Processor4 7.50 2.7 1.20 0.20 0.250 0.40 2.75
Processor4 Intel® 82820
MCH
7.50 2.7 2.27 0.20 0.250 0.40 1.68
82820 MCH Processor4 7.50 3.63 1.20 0.20 0.25 0.40 1.82
NOTES:
1. All times in nanosec onds.
2. BCLK period = 7.50 ns @ 133.33 MHz
3. The flight times in t his column include margin to account for the following phenomena that Intel has observed
when multiple bits are switching simultaneously. These multi-bit effects can adversely af fect flight time and
signal quality and are sometimes not accounted for in simulation. Accordingly, maximum flight times depend on
the baseboard design and additional adjustment factors or margins are recommended.
a. SSO push-out or pull-in.
b. Rising-edge or falling-edge rate degradation at the receiver caused by inductance in the current return
path, requiring extrapolation that causes additional delay.
c. Crosstalk on the PCB and internal to the package can cause variation in the signals.
Additional effects may not necessarily be covered by the multi-bit adjustment fac tor and should be budgeted as
appropriate to the baseboard design. Examples include:
a. Effective board propagation constant (SEFF), which is a function of:
– Dielectric constant (εr) of the PCB material
– Type of trace connecting the components (stripline or microstrip)
– Length of the trace and load of components on trace (Note that the board propagation constant
multiplied by the trace length is a component of the flight time, but not necess arily equal to the
flight time.)
4. Processor values specif ied in this table are examples only. Refer to the appropriate processor datasheet for the
specification values.