Intel
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IXP43X Product Line of Network Processors
April 2007 HDG
Document Number: 316844; Revision: 001US 5
Hardware Design Guidelines—Intel
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IXP43X Product Line of Network Processors
11 HSS Interface Example ............................................................................................. 42
12 Serial Flash and SSP Port (SPI) Interface Example........................................................ 44
13 PCI Interface........................................................................................................... 47
14 Clock Oscillator Interface Example.............................................................................. 51
15 Recommended circuit design on PCB for crystal oscillator .............................................. 52
16 Component Placement on a PCB................................................................................. 56
17 8-Layer Stackup ...................................................................................................... 58
18 6-Layer Stackup ...................................................................................................... 58
19 Signal Changing Reference Planes .............................................................................. 60
20 Good Design Practice for VIA Hole Placement............................................................... 61
21 Poor Design Practice for VIA Placement....................................................................... 61
22 Pad-to-Pad Clearance of Passive Components to a PGA or BGA....................................... 62
23 PCI Address/Data Topology ....................................................................................... 67
24 PCI Clock Topology .................................................................................................. 68
25 Processor-DDRII/I SDRAM Interface ........................................................................... 72
26 DDRII/DDRI RCOMP Pin External Resistor Requirements ............................................... 74
27 DDRII OCD Pin Requirements .................................................................................... 75
28 DDR Clock Timing Waveform ..................................................................................... 75
29 DDR SDRAM Write Timings........................................................................................ 76
30 DDR SDRAM Read Timings ........................................................................................ 76
31 DDR - Write Preamble/Postamble Duration .................................................................. 77
32 DDRII Clock Simulation Results: CK Signals................................................................. 82
33 DDRII Data and Control Simulation Results: DQ and DQS signals ................................... 83
34 DDRII Command Simulation Results: ADDRESS signals................................................. 84
Tables
1 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................ 10
2 Signal Type Definitions ............................................................................................. 17
3 Soft Fusible Features ................................................................................................ 17
4 DDRII/I SDRAM Interface Pin Description .................................................................... 19
5 Expansion Bus Signal Recommendations ..................................................................... 21
6 Boot/Reset Strapping Configuration............................................................................ 22
7 Setting Intel XScale
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Processor Operation Speed ......................................................... 24
8 UART Signal Recommendations.................................................................................. 27
9 MII NPE A Signal Recommendations ........................................................................... 29
10 MII NPE C Signal Recommendations ........................................................................... 29
11 MAC Management Signal Recommendations NPE A and NPE C........................................ 30
12 GPIO Signal Recommendations .................................................................................. 32
13 USB Host Signal Recommendations ............................................................................ 33
14 UTOPIA Level 2/MII_A .............................................................................................. 36
15 High-Speed, Serial Interface 0................................................................................... 41
16 Synchronous Serial Peripheral Port Interface................................................................ 43
17 PCI Controller.......................................................................................................... 45
18 PCI Host/Option Interface Pin Description.................................................................... 47
19 Synchronous Serial Peripheral Port Interface................................................................ 50
20 Clock Signals........................................................................................................... 50
21 Power Supply .......................................................................................................... 52
22 PCI Address/Data Routing Guidelines.......................................................................... 67
23 PCI Clock Routing Guidelines ..................................................................................... 68
24 DDRII/I Signal Groups.............................................................................................. 71
25 Supported DDRI 32-bit SDRAM Configurations ............................................................. 73
26 Supported DDRII 32-bit SDRAM Configurations ............................................................ 73
27 Supported DDRI 16-bit SDRAM Configurations ............................................................. 73
28 Supported DDRII 16-bit SDRAM Configurations ............................................................ 74