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COM Express Carrier Type 2
Design
Guide
3
PCI Express Lanes 0—5
3.1
Introduction
The PCI Express provides a scalable, high-speed, serial I/O point-to-point bus connection. A PCI Express
lane consists of dual simplex channels, each implemented as a low-voltage differentially driven
transmit pair and receive pair. They are used for simultaneous transmission in each direction. The
bandwidth of a PCI Express link can be scaled by adding signal pairs to form multiple lanes between
two devices. The PCI Express specification defines x1, x4, x8, x16, and x32 link widths. Each single lane
has a raw data transfer rate of 2.5 Gbps at 1.25 GHz.
PCIe is easy to work with, but design rules must be followed. The most important design rule is that the
PCIe lanes must be routed as differential pairs. Routing a PCIe link is often easier than routing a
traditional 32 bit wide PCI bus, as there are fewer lines (two data pairs and a clock pair for a PCIe x1 link
as opposed to over 50 lines for parallel PCI). Routing a PCIe x16 graphics link is much easier than
routing an AGP 8X link, as the constraints required for the PCIe implementation are much easier than
those for AGP.
The source specifications for PCI Express include the PCI Express Base Specification, the PCI Express
Card Electromechanical Specification and the PCI Express Mini Card Electromechanical Specification.
3.2
COM Express PCIe Signals Definition
The general purpose PCI Express interface of the COM Express Type 2 module on the COM Express A-B
connector consists of up to six lanes, each with a receive and transmit differential signal pair
designated from PCIE_RX0 (+ and -) to PCIE_RX5 (+ and -) and correspondingly from PCIE_TX0 (+ and -)
to PCIE_TX5 (+ and -). The six lanes may be grouped into various link widths as defined in the COM
Express specification.
According to the COM Express Specification, the PCIe lanes on the A-B connector can be configured as
up to six PCI Express x1 links or may be combined into various combinations of x4, x2 and x1 links that
add up to a total of six lanes. These configuration possibilities are based on the COM Express module's
chipset capabilities.
The lane configuration possibilities of the PCI Express interface of a COM Express module are
dependent on the module's chipset. Some module and chipset implementations may allow software or
setup screen configuration of link width (x1, x4). Others may require a hardware strap or build option
on the module to configure the x4 option. The COM Express Specification does not allocate any
module pins for strapping PCIe lane width options.
Table 2 PCIe Signal Definition
Signal Pin
Description
I/O
Comment
P
PCIE_RX0-
B68
B69
PCIe channel 0. Receive Input
differential pair.
I PCIE
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