PCB Guideline Deviations
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SPRUII2 – November 2017
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AM437x IDK Evaluation Hardware
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PCB Guideline Deviations
lists the PCB guidelines deviation, with respect to the data sheet.
Table 16. PCB Guidelines Deviations
Serial.No.
PCB Design Guidelines
Data Sheet
Reference
Deviation
Reason For Deviation
1
Full VDDS_DDR power reference
layers under the DDR3 routing
region
Table 5-35
Signals other than DDR
in layer 4 are also
referenced with the
VDDS_DDR power
plane.
Due to space constraints
2
Placement X2 (DDR device 1 to
DDR device 2 distance) – 600 mils
(maximum)
Table 5-36
740 mils
To enable ease of routing
3
VDDS_DDR bulk bypass capacitor,
2-count devices (minimum)
Table 5-37
Only one bulk capacitor
used
Due to space constraints
4
VDDS_DDR bulk bypass total
capacitance 20
μ
F (minimum)
Table 5-37
Two, 10 µF capacitors
required, but only one 10
µF capacitor used
Due to space constraints
5
DDR3 bulk bypass capacitor, 2-count
devices (minimum)
Table 5-37
One device (22 µF)
capacitor used
Due to space constraints
6
DDR3 bulk bypass total capacitance
20
μ
F (minimum)
Table 5-37
One, 22 µF capacitor
used
Due to space constraints
7
VDDS_DDR HS bypass capacitor,
20-count devices (minimum)
Table 5-38
Six bypass capacitors
used
Due to space constraints
8
VDDS_DDR HS bypass capacitor
total capacitance 1
μ
F ( minimum)
Table 5-38
Six, 0.01 µF capacitors
used
Due to space constraints
9
DDR device 1 to DDR device 2:
DDR3 device HS bypass capacitor
total capacitance – 0.85
μ
F
(minimum)
Table 5-38
14, 0.01 µF capacitors
used
Due to space constraints
10
CK and ADDR_CTRL nominal trace
length – 100 mils (maximum)
Table 5-41
More than 200 mils
difference
Due to space and routing
constraints
11
Split plane crossing
5.6.2.1.3.3
Found across the board
Due to space and routing
constraints