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Kontron COMe Starterkit Eval T2 User Manual

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Carrier Board PCB Layout Guidelines

In order to determine the necessary trace width, trace height and spacing needed to fulfill the
requirements of the interface specification, it's necessary to use an impedance calculator.

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Carrier Board Design Guide

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Ground or power

plane

Ground or power

plane

Low speed, non

periodic signal

High speed,

periodic signal

Avoid 90° turns,

use 135° turns

instead

Avoid stubs

Don't cross plane splits

and avoid crossing

over anti-etch

Length difference

must be matched

Maintain

parallelism

s

50

W

W

S

All dimensions given in

mils

Avoid vias

20

Differential pair

Differential pair