RE: [SI-LIST] : Board Stackup Question

About this list Date view Thread view Subject view Author view

From: Moran, Brian P ([email protected])
Date: Wed Mar 21 2001 - 09:43:26 PST


C K,

Stay away from non symetrical stackups, as I think I saw someone suggest.

Neither of the stackups you offered provides any pwr/gnd plane capacitive
coupling, which is something you might want to consider. Some might argue
that having the ground planes on layers 2 and 11 might provide a bit better
EMC, but still lacking due to no high freq de-coupling

A better solution might be to add the extra two layers and pair up a couple
pwr/gnd planes, if you can afford it. A good 14 layer would be;

        S - G - S - S - P - G - S - S - P - G - S - S - G - S

This gives you three good stripline pairs, two coupled pwr/gnd pairs, an
outers for pin escape and non-criticals. Everyone has their own opinion on
this, but this is one of my favorite stackups. You can also use 2 mil
prepreg for the pwr/gnd pairs if thickness is an issue. If you want to use
Bc material you have to modify the stack to get pwr/gnd on opposite sides of
a core. In this case pair up the outer most ground planes instead of the
inner most.

Brian P. Moran
Signal Integrity Engineering
Desktop Products Group, Intel Corp.
Mail-Stop: FM6-45
1900 Priare City Rd, Folsom CA 95630
Phone:(916) 356-1912
Fax: (916) 377-1046

-----Original Message-----
From: subramanya C K [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 2:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [SI-LIST] : Board Stackup Question

Hello all ,
I have the following query regarding the Board stackup:

If U were supposed to design a 12 layer board with superior EMC, which
stackup among the following would U prefer and why ?

STACKUP-1: S1 G S2 S3 P S4 S5 G S6 S7 P S8
STACKUP-2: S1 P S2 S3 G S4 S5 G S6 S7 P S8
*S = Circuit (routing) Layer ; P = Power Plane ; G = Ground Plane

Next, is there any hazzard due to the power noise in 3rd and 4th circuit
layers (S3 and S4) of the first topology ? if yes, what's the reason
behind that and how do U overcome it ?
(same for S7 and S8 of second stackup)

Finally, if I am given the liberty of increasing the number of power
planes on the cost of circuit layers (say 4:4), will it create any
crosstalk among the tarces on the four circuit layers ? (because now
there are more number of high speed tracks bunched nearer than before)
If yes, is there any go for that ?

Thanks and Regards,

Subramanya C K
Tel: +91-80-8520408 Ext: 4179

**** To unsubscribe from si-list or si-list-digest: send e-mail to
[email protected]. In the BODY of message put: UNSUBSCRIBE
si-list or UNSUBSCRIBE si-list-digest, for more help, put HELP.
si-list archives are accessible at http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu
****

**** To unsubscribe from si-list or si-list-digest: send e-mail to
[email protected]. In the BODY of message put: UNSUBSCRIBE
si-list or UNSUBSCRIBE si-list-digest, for more help, put HELP.
si-list archives are accessible at http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu
****


About this list Date view Thread view Subject view Author view

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu Jun 21 2001 - 10:11:17 PDT