[SI-LIST] Re: DDR-Length matching

  • From: "Loyer, Jeff" <jeff.loyer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: karthi keyan <karthiyen@xxxxxxxxx>, "si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:25:16 -0700

+/-10 mils tolerance means that all signals in that group must be within 20 
mils of each other.  
If your longest trace is 6.253", and your shortest is 6.234", you have met the 
spec.
If your longest trace is 6.253", and your shortest is 6.232", you fail the spec.

The spec. could call out '+/-10 mils' or 'within 20 mils', with the same 
meaning.

The '+/- 10 mils' verbiage is usually used to align with popular layout tools' 
conventions, where you specify +/- xx mils of a defined target.  Finding that 
target is part of the process for your particular design.

When they specify this kind of tolerance, they usually also insist on routing 
on the same layer, so propagation velocity differences don't come into play.

This tight a tolerance (within 20 mils, or about 3-4ps) is usually specified 
because experience has proven that it doesn't take CAD folks much longer to 
meet a +/- 10 mil spec. than a +/- 100 mil spec., and we can reduce the skew 
from routing to essentially zero.

Jeff Loyer

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From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of karthi keyan
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 2:42 AM
To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SI-LIST] DDR-Length matching

Hi experts,
         I am working on boards having DDR interface. on layout  we are
following the below groupings & length matching


 Group1- Data signals,strobe,Mask with in group +/-10 mils tolerance
 Group2- Add/Ctrl/Cmd/Clk--with in group +/-10mils tolerance

         i am clear on groupings but on length matching i want to know how
to calculate the exact Min & max length matching tolerance .

              can you please let me clear on DDR length matching?


Thanks,
Karthikeyan


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