PCB Stackup Design Considerations for Intel® FPGAs

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Date 6/28/2017
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1.4.5.2. Rules for Transceiver Power Plane Placement

Follow these rules for placing the transceiver power plane in an Intel® device:
  • The sensitive transceiver power rails are most susceptible to noise and can directly impact channel jitter performance. As a result, the transceiver power rails usually have the highest priority in the power plane stackup placement over other power rails unless either of the following conditions apply:
    • The transceiver rails have internal regulation that helps isolate them from on-board noise. Internally regulated power rails can be placed further away from the FPGA device.
    • The current demand of the transceiver power rail is low enough to yield a high impedance target that is easily decoupled even when their power planes are placed further away from the FPGA device.
  • Place critical transceiver power rails closest to the FPGA device to minimize the BGA via inductance. For example, critical power rails in a Stratix® V transceiver device include the VCCR (transceiver receive path power) and VCCT (transceiver transmit path power) power rails.
Figure 12. Transceiver Power Plane Placement Close to an FPGA Device