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Recommended PCB routing guidelines for STM32H723/733,
STM32H725/735 and STM32H730 microcontrollers
9.1
PCB stack-up
In order to reduce the reflections on high speed signals, the impedance between the source, sink and
transmission lines have to be matched. The impedance of a signal trace depends on its geometry and its position
with respect to any reference plane.
The trace width and spacing between differential pairs for a specific impedance requirement is dependent on the
chosen PCB stack-up. As there are limitations in the minimum trace width and spacing which depend on the type
of PCB technology and cost requirements, a PCB stack-up needs to be chosen which addresses all the
impedance requirements .
The minimum configuration that can be used is 4 or 6 layers stack-up. An 8 layers boards may be required for a
very dense PCBs that have multiple SDRAM/SRAM/NOR/LCD components.
The following stack-ups (
Figure 17. Four layer PCB stack-up example
and
Figure 18. Six layer PCB stack-up
) are intended as examples which can be used as guide lines for a stack-up evaluation and selection.
These stack-up configurations place the GND plane adjacent to the power plane to increase the capacitance and
reduce the physical gap between GND and the power plane. So high speed signals on the top layer will have a
solid GND reference plane which helps reduce the EMC emissions, therefore, moving up in the layers and having
a GND reference for each PCB signal layer will further improve the radiated EMC performance.
Figure 17.
Four layer PCB stack-up example
Solder Mask
High Speed GND
GND Plane
Power Plane
High Speed GND
Prepeg
Core
Prepeg
Solder Mask
Layer_1 (Top)
Layer_2 (Inner1)
Layer_3 (Inner2)
Layer_4 (Bottom)
Figure 18.
Six layer PCB stack-up example
Solder Mask
High Speed GND
GND Plane
Power Plane
High Speed GND
Prepeg
Core
Prepeg
Solder Mask
Layer_1 (Top)
Layer_2 (Inner1)
Layer_3 (Inner2)
Layer_6 (Bottom)
Prepeg
Low Speed Signals
Core
GND Plane
Layer_4 (Inner3)
Layer_5 (Inner4)
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