General Hardware Design
Table 4. | DDR SDRAM Interface Pin Description (Sheet 2 of 2) | ||||
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| The WE signal must be connected |
| Write Strobe — Defines whether or not the |
DDRI_WE_N |
| O | to each device in a daisy chain | Yes | current operation by the DDR SDRAM is to be |
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| Data Bus Mask — Controls the DDR SDRAM |
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| Connect to each DM device pin. |
| data input buffers. Asserting DDRI_WE_N |
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| DDRI_CB[7:0] to be written into the DDR | |
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DDRI_DM[4:0] |
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| DDRI_DM[4:0] controls this operation on a | ||||
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| The BA signals must be connected |
| DDR SDRAM Bank Selects — Controls which of |
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DDRI_BA[1:0] |
| O | to each device in a daisy chain | Yes | |
| write. DDRI_BA[1:0] are used for all | ||||
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| All address signals need to be |
| Address bits 13 through 0 — Indicates the row |
DDRI_MA[13:0] |
| O | connected to each device in a | Yes | or column to access depending on the state of |
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| DDRI_RAS_N and DDRI_CAS_N. |
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DDRI_DQ[31:0] |
| I/O | Need to be connected in parallel | Yes | Data Bus — |
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DDRI_CB[7:0] |
| I/O | Connect to ECC memory devices. | Yes | DDRI_DQ[31:0]. |
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| Data Strobes Differential — Strobes that |
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| the DDR SDRAM devices. Data is sampled on |
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DDRI_DQS[4:0] |
| I/O | data signals and DQS[4] to | Yes | |
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| DDRI_DQS4] is intended to be utilized for the |
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| Use one CKE per bank, never mix |
| on DQ[31:0] and DDRI_CB[7:0]. Burst |
DDRI_CKE[1:0] |
| O | the CKE on the same bank. Use | Yes | counters within DDR SDRAM device are not |
| CKE[0] for bank0 and CKE[1] for | incremented. | |||
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| Connect RCVEOUT to RCVENIN |
| DDRI_RCVENIN_N signal of the IXP45X/ |
DDRI_RCVENOUT_N | O | and follow note on pin description | No | IXP46X product line and the propagation delay | |
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| clock trace plus the average DQ Traces. |
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| RECEIVE ENABLE IN provides delay |
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DDRI_RCVENIN_N | I | Same as above | No | and must be connected to the | |
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DDRI_RCOMP |
| O | Tied off to a resistor | Tied off to a | 20 Ohm Resistor connected to ground used for |
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| DDR SDRAM Voltage Reference — is used to |
DDRI_VREF |
| I | VCCM/2 | VCCM/2 | supply the reference voltage to the differential |
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| Intel® IXP45X and Intel® IXP46X Product Line of Network Processors |
February 2007 | HDD |
Document Number: 305261; Revision: 004 | 19 |