PEX 8680 Quick Start Hardware Design Guide, Version 1.1
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Figures
Figure 1. Sample PCI Express Link Block Diagram
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Figure 2. Single-Ended versus Differential Voltage
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Figure 3. Transport Delay Delta
Figure 4. PEX 8680 RefClk Circuit
Figure 5. Top Layer BGA Layout and Routing Escape
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Figure 6. Bottom Layer BGA Layout, Escape, and De-coupling Capacitor Placement
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Figure 7. Add-In Card Routing to PCI Express Gold Fingers
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Figure 8. System Board Routing to PCI Express Slot
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Figure 9. PCI Express Midbus Routing Example
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Figure 10. Enable NT Function with NT Strapping Balls
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Figure 11. Disable NT Function
Figure 13. PHPC Circuit Block Diagram
Figure 14. SHPC Interface to PEX 8680 Block Diagram
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Figure 15. JTAG Interface Block Diagram
Tables
Table 1. Receiver Equalization Settings
Table 2. PEX 8680 LED On/Off Patterns, by State
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Table 3. Cross-Reference of Ball Names and Related Debug Signal Names
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