
Carrier Board Design Guide for SOM-9X35 Module
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2.2.2
General Trace Attribute Recommendation
A 5mil trace width and 15mil spacing are generally advised for most signal traces on a carrier board layout. To
reduce trace inductance, the minimum power trace width is recommended to be 30mil.
As a quick reference, the overall recommended trace width and spacing for different trace types are listed in
Table 4, and the recommended trace width and spacing for each signal group is shown in Chapter 4.
Trace Type
Trace Width (mil)
Spacing (mil)
Regular Signal
5 or wider
15 or wider
Interface or Bus Reference Voltage
Signal
20 or wider
20 or wider
Power
30 or wider
20 or wider
Table 04: Recommended trace width and spacing
General rules for minimizing crosstalk in high-speed bus designs are listed below:
• Maximize the distance between traces. Maintain 15mil minimum spaces between traces wherever
possible.
•
Maximize the distance (30mil minimum) between two adjacent routing areas of different signal groups
wherever possible.
•
Avoid parallelism between traces on adjacent layers.
•
Select a board stack-up that minimizes coupling between adjacent traces.
S
Reference Plane
W
S
Signal
Figure 08: Single-ended trace width and spacing example
S1
S
S
Reference Plane
W
W
Signal
Signal
Figure 09: Differential trace width and spacing example
Note:
1. W: Trace width
2. S: The spacing to other traces
3. S1: Differential pair spacing