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DDR3 Clock Trace Length

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shouminliu
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The Hardware Development Guide for Vybrid, Rev. 1, 05/2015 says in Table 20 on page 36 that the reference length for the DDR_CLK differential pair is 3 inches. Do they have to be this long? The Guide recommended that the traces be as short as possible in other places. Can we route the DDR_CLK differential pair 1 inch or 800 mils?

Also, what strategy does Table 22 on page 39 show, same-length or by-byte group? Thank you.

Regards,

SL

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jiri-b36968
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Hello SL,

There are two approaches:

- same length for all lines

- or matching by group (data slice).

3 inches is maximal length for same length 2.25 inches for group match. Shorter better. You should easily achieve 800mils.

There are common rules for DRAM/DDR3 memories which should be followed also here like:

- differential lines match

- match in each data slice (Data0, Data1, C/A)

- C/A lines < clock lines

- ...

The best way is to copy the reference design from TWR-VF65 rev.H which is available on the web. Vybrid VF6xx Tower System Kit with ARM DS-5|NXP

/Jiri