
PICMG EXP.0 R1.0 Specification
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Draft
May 27, 2005
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PICMG EXP.O CompactPCI Express Specification, Draft R1.0 RC1, May 27, 2005
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Contents
1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................13
1.1 Statement of Compliance ............................................................................ 13
1.2 Terminology.................................................................................................13
1.3 Applicable Documents.................................................................................18
1.4 Objectives....................................................................................................19
1.5 Name and Logo Usage ...............................................................................20
1.5.1 Logo Use ........................................................................................20
1.5.2 Trademark Policy ...........................................................................20
1.6 Intellectual Property.....................................................................................21
1.7 Special Word Usage....................................................................................22
1.8 Connectors ..................................................................................................22
1.8.1 Legacy CompactPCI Connectors ...................................................22
1.8.2 High-Speed Advanced Differential Fabric Connectors...................23
1.8.3 UPM Power Connectors .................................................................25
1.8.3.1 System Slot/Board and Type 1 Peripheral Slot/Board.... 25
1.8.3.2 Switch Slot/Board ...........................................................26
1.8.4 eHM Connector ..............................................................................27
1.8.5 CompactPCI Pluggable Power Supply Connector ......................... 27
1.9 Slot and Board Descriptions........................................................................28
1.9.1 Connector Reference Designators ................................................. 31
1.9.2 System Slot and Board...................................................................31
1.9.3 Type 1 Peripheral Slot and Board ..................................................32
1.9.4 Type 2 Peripheral Slot and Board ..................................................33
1.9.5 Hybrid Peripheral Slot .................................................................... 35
1.9.6 Legacy Slot.....................................................................................36
1.9.7 Switch Slot and Board ....................................................................36
1.9.7.1 3U Switch Slot and Board...............................................36
1.9.7.2 6U Switch Slot and Board...............................................37
1.10 Example Configurations ..............................................................................40
2 Mechanical Requirements ..................................................................................45
2.1 Mechanical Overview ..................................................................................45
2.2 Drawing Standard........................................................................................45
2.3 Units ............................................................................................................ 45
2.4 Keepout Zones ............................................................................................45
2.5 Connector Requirements ............................................................................45
2.5.1 ADF Connectors .............................................................................45
2.5.1.1 Board Connectors...........................................................45
2.5.1.2 Backplane Connectors without Hot-Plug Support ..........46
2.5.1.3 Backplane Connectors with Hot-Plug Support ...............46
2.5.2 eHM Connectors ............................................................................46
2.5.2.1 Board Connector Type Designation ............................... 46
2.5.2.2 Backplane Connectors without Hot-Plug Support ..........46
2.5.2.3 Backplane Connectors with Hot-Plug Support ...............46
2.5.3 UPM Connectors ............................................................................46
2.5.3.1 Backplane Connectors ................................................... 46
2.5.3.2 Board Connectors without Hot-Plug Support..................47

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2.5.3.3 Board Connectors with Hot-Plug Support....................... 47
2.5.4 HM Connectors .............................................................................. 47
2.5.5 47-Position Pluggable Power Supply Connector............................ 47
2.6 Chassis Subrack Requirements .................................................................. 47
2.7 Backplane Requirements ............................................................................ 47
2.7.1 3U Backplane Dimensions and Connector Locations .................... 47
2.7.2 6U Backplane Dimensions and Connector Locations .................... 49
2.8 Slot Numbering and Glyphs ........................................................................ 51
2.9 Board Requirements ................................................................................... 51
2.9.1 3U System/Type 1/Type 2 Board Dimensions and Connector
Locations ........................................................................................ 51
2.9.2 6U System/Type 1/Type 2 Board Dimensions and Connector
Locations ........................................................................................ 53
2.9.3 3U Switch Board Dimensions and Connector Locations................ 54
2.9.4 6U Switch Board Dimensions and Connector Locations................ 55
2.9.5 Board PCB Thickness .................................................................... 56
2.9.6 ESD Discharge Strip ...................................................................... 56
2.9.7 ESD Clip......................................................................................... 56
2.9.8 Front Panels ................................................................................... 56
2.9.9 CompactPCI Express Logo ............................................................ 57
2.9.10 PMC/XMC Support......................................................................... 57
2.9.11 Cross Sectional View ..................................................................... 58
2.9.12 Component Outline and Warpage.................................................. 58
2.9.13 Solder Side Cover (Optional) ......................................................... 58
2.9.14 Component Heights........................................................................ 59
2.9.15 System Slot Identification ............................................................... 59
2.10 Rear-Panel I/O Board Requirements .......................................................... 59
2.10.1 3U Rear-Panel I/O Board Dimensions ........................................... 59
2.10.2 6U Rear-Panel I/O Board Dimensions ........................................... 60
3 Electrical Requirements ...................................................................................... 62
3.1 Signal Definitions......................................................................................... 62
3.1.1 PCI Express Signals....................................................................... 62
3.1.1.1 PCI Express Transmit Signals........................................ 62
3.1.1.2 PCI Express Receive Signals......................................... 62
3.1.1.3 Interconnect Definition.................................................... 63
3.1.1.3.1 Link Definition .............................................. 63
3.1.1.3.2 Link Grouping .............................................. 63
3.1.1.4 Electrical Budgets........................................................... 64
3.1.1.4.1 AC Coupling................................................. 65
3.1.1.4.2 Insertion Loss .............................................. 65
3.1.1.4.3 Crosstalk...................................................... 66
3.1.1.4.4 Lane-to-Lane Skew...................................... 67
3.1.1.4.5 Equalization ................................................. 67
3.1.1.4.6 Skew within the Differential Pair (Intra-Pair
Skew)........................................................... 67
3.1.1.5 Jitter Budget Allocation................................................... 68
3.1.1.5.1 Random Jitter (Rj)........................................ 68
3.1.1.5.2 System Level Jitter Distribution ................... 69
3.1.1.5.3 Interconnect Jitter Budget............................ 69
3.1.1.5.4 Eye Patterns ................................................ 70
3.1.1.5.5 Type 2 Peripheral Transmitter Eye .............. 71

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3.1.1.5.6 Controller Transmitter Eye ...........................72
3.1.1.5.7 Type 2 Peripheral Receiver Eye ..................73
3.1.1.5.8 Controller Receiver Eye ...............................74
3.1.1.5.9 Backplane Compliance Testing ...................75
3.1.1.5.10 Alternative Controller TX Measurement.......77
3.1.1.6 Reference Clock ............................................................. 78
3.1.1.6.1 Hot-Plug .......................................................78
3.1.1.6.2 Clock Fan-Out..............................................79
3.1.1.6.3 Clocking Dependencies ............................... 79
3.1.1.6.4 AC-Coupling and Biasing.............................79
3.1.1.6.5 Routing Length.............................................80
3.1.1.6.6 Reference Clock Specification .....................81
3.1.1.6.7 REFCLK Phase Jitter Specification .............84
3.1.2 ESD ................................................................................................ 85
3.1.3 5 Vaux ............................................................................................85
3.1.4 SMBus............................................................................................85
3.1.4.1 SMBus “Back Powering” Considerations........................88
3.1.4.2 Backplane Identification and Capability Using SMBus ...88
3.1.5 PWRBTN# Signal ........................................................................... 94
3.1.6 PS_ON# Signal ..............................................................................94
3.1.7 PWR_OK Signal .............................................................................95
3.1.8 WAKE# Signal ................................................................................96
3.1.8.1 Implementation Note ......................................................98
3.1.9 PERST# Signal ..............................................................................99
3.1.9.1 Initial Power-Up (G3 to L0) ...........................................100
3.1.9.2 Power Management States (S0 to S3/S4 to S0) ..........101
3.1.9.3 Power Down .................................................................102
3.1.10 SYSEN# Signal ............................................................................ 103
3.1.11 Geographical Addressing .............................................................103
3.1.12 LINKCAP Signal ...........................................................................104
3.1.13 I/O Pins.........................................................................................104
3.1.14 Reserved Pins ..............................................................................104
3.2 Hot-Plug Support.......................................................................................104
3.2.1 Hot-Plug Sub-System Architecture...............................................104
3.2.2 Power Enable ...............................................................................107
3.2.3 Wake# ..........................................................................................108
3.2.4 Module Power Good.....................................................................108
3.2.5 Present Detection .........................................................................108
3.2.6 System Management Bus ............................................................108
3.2.7 System Management Bus Alert .................................................... 108
3.2.8 Attention LED ...............................................................................109
3.2.9 Attention Switch............................................................................109
3.2.10 DC Specifications .........................................................................109
3.3 Backplane Connector Pin Assignments ....................................................109
3.3.1 System Slot ..................................................................................109
3.3.1.1 4-Link Configuration .....................................................110
3.3.1.2 2-Link Combination Configuration ................................111
3.3.2 Peripheral Slot Type 1..................................................................113
3.3.3 Peripheral Slot Type 2..................................................................115
3.3.4 Hybrid Peripheral Slot .................................................................. 115
3.3.5 Legacy Slot...................................................................................117