PCB Design for 1 Gbps.ppt

PCB Design for 1 Gbps ECE 4006 Dr Brooke Overview What signals are being routed? How can you route those signals? How to apply routing to PCB? PCB design techniques Signals being routed High Frequency Sensitive Analog (e.g., IN from PD) High Frequency: Data, and Noisy Analog (e.g., +OUT from Limiting Amp, +OUT from VCSEL driver) Low Frequency sensitive : Bias, Analog (e.g., DC Power on input side of most chips esp. TIA) Low Frequency insensitive: Bias, Analog (e.g., DC Power on output side of most chips, low frequency data) Signal Type Matrix Red = Challenging, Yellow =Care needed, Green = Easy Different Types NeedDifferent Treatment High Frequency/High Sensitivity Transmission lines, return path (decoupling), Shielding from high frequency High Frequency/Low Sensitivity Transmission lines, prevent coupling to sensitive Low Frequency/High Sensitivity Shielding from high frequency, return path (ground loops), Low Frequency/Low Sensitivity Low Frequency decoupling, Resistive Loss High Frequency/High Sensitivity Transmission line issues Signal return path issues (decoupling) Shielding from larger high Frequency signals Transmission line issues What is a Transmission line? What is not? How to avoid (short lines) How to use (50 ohms) Non traditional transmission lines (turns, tapers) What is a Transmission line Less that 1/10 of a wavelength use arbitrary geometry connections More that ? wave length use wideband RF design techniques for geometry (stripline, coplanar) In between use special angles, tapers, curves What is a Transmission line What frequency to use? Gbps data ~ 500 MHz sq wave ) How to avoid Transmission lines? Depending on eye you want chose appropriate harmonic length to be less than a 1/10th of a wavelength How to avoid Transmission lines? For Gigabit Ethernet Nice eye for lines less than 4 mm not a transmission line OK eye for lines less than 7 mm not a transmission line Poor eye for lines less than 2 cm not a transmission line How to