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VITA 46.4-200x/D0.3
Table of Contents
1 Introduction................................................................................................................. 5
1.1 Objective............................................................................................................. 5
1.2 PCI Express Technology Overview.................................................................... 5
1.3 Terminology........................................................................................................ 6
1.4 References........................................................................................................... 8
2 VITA 46.4 Compliance............................................................................................... 9
2.1 General Requirements for VITA 46.4 compliance............................................. 9
2.2 Connectors Pin Mapping..................................................................................... 9
2.2.1 P0, P2, P3 P4, P5 and P6 Connector Signal Mapping................................ 9
2.2.2 P1 - Connector Signal Mapping.................................................................. 9
2.3 Link Configuration............................................................................................ 11
2.4 Glyphs............................................................................................................... 12
2.5 Alignment and Keying...................................................................................... 12
3 Payload Module Requirements for VITA46.4 compliance ...................................... 13
3.1 3U Module Specific Requirements................................................................... 13
3.2 6U Module Specific Requirements................................................................... 13
4 Backplane Specific Requirements for VITA46.4 compliance.................................. 13
5 Electrical Budgets..................................................................................................... 14
5.1 AC Coupling Capacitors................................................................................... 14
5.2 Impedance......................................................................................................... 14
5.3 Insertion Loss.................................................................................................... 14
5.4 Jitter................................................................................................................... 15
5.5 Lane-to-Lane Skew........................................................................................... 16
5.6 Intra-Pair Skew ................................................................................................. 16
6 Signal Routing Recommendations............................................................................ 17