SPRAD66B February   2023  – December 2024 AM62A1-Q1 , AM62A3 , AM62A3-Q1 , AM62A7 , AM62A7-Q1 , AM62D-Q1 , AM62P , AM62P-Q1

 

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  2.    AM62Ax, AM62Px, AM62Dx LPDDR4 Board Design and Layout Guidelines
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Overview
    1. 1.1 Board Designs Supported
    2. 1.2 General Board Layout Guidelines
    3. 1.3 PCB Stack-Up
    4. 1.4 Bypass Capacitors
      1. 1.4.1 Bulk Bypass Capacitors
      2. 1.4.2 High-Speed Bypass Capacitors
    5. 1.5 Velocity Compensation
  5. 2LPDDR4 Board Design and Layout Guidance
    1. 2.1  LPDDR4 Introduction
    2. 2.2  LPDDR4 Device Implementations Supported
    3. 2.3  LPDDR4 Interface Schematics
    4. 2.4  Compatible JEDEC LPDDR4 Devices
    5. 2.5  Placement
    6. 2.6  LPDDR4 Keepout Region
    7. 2.7  Net Classes
    8. 2.8  LPDDR4 Signal Termination
    9. 2.9  LPDDR4 VREF Routing
    10. 2.10 LPDDR4 VTT
    11. 2.11 CK and ADDR_CTRL Topologies
    12. 2.12 Data Group Topologies
    13. 2.13 CK0 and ADDR_CTRL Routing Specification
    14. 2.14 Data Group Routing Specification
    15. 2.15 Channel, Byte, and Bit Swapping
    16. 2.16 Data Bus Inversion
  6. 3LPDDR4 Board Design Simulations
    1. 3.1 Board Model Extraction
    2. 3.2 Board-Model Validation
    3. 3.3 S-Parameter Inspection
    4. 3.4 Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) Analysis
    5. 3.5 System Level Simulation
      1. 3.5.1 Simulation Setup
      2. 3.5.2 Simulation Parameters
      3. 3.5.3 Simulation Targets
        1. 3.5.3.1 Eye Quality
        2. 3.5.3.2 Delay Report
        3. 3.5.3.3 Mask Report
    6. 3.6 Design Example
      1. 3.6.1 Stack-Up
      2. 3.6.2 Routing
      3. 3.6.3 Model Verification
      4. 3.6.4 Simulation Results
  7. 4Additional Information: SOC Package Delays
  8. 5Summary
  9. 6References
  10. 7Revision History

3.5.2 Simulation Parameters

This is important to configure the simulation to exercise the system to real, but worst case parameters.

  • Use the worst-case bit pattern to excite the system. The simulator is able to generate the worst-case bit pattern based on channel characterization.
  • Select the controller and DRAM models (sets the drive strength, ODT, VOH levels, and so forth) from the IBIS files which work best for the system.
    • This is typically an iterative process.
    • Every system is unique and the best settings for these parameters can vary from system to system.
      Table 3-1 Example Data Write ODI/ODT Optimization
      Pkg Byte Board ODI Ω ODT Ω Total EW Margin (ps) Total EH Margin (mV)B
      B3 J7 370HR 10L Ref B3, No BD 40 40 50.28 15.66
      B3 J7 370HR 10L Ref B3, No BD 40 48 27.62 11.76
      B3 J7 370HR 10L Ref B3, No BD 40 40 33.52 2.92
      B3 J7 370HR 10L Ref B3, No BD 48 48 1.54 0.86
  • Data bus and address bus ODT and drive strength values can be set independently. As an example, the J7 EVM board (which supports LPDDR4 at similar speeds) used 40Ω ODT for data read and writes and 80Ω for CA bus. Drive strength of 40ohms for data read and write and CA.
    • Data READ Controller model - lpddr4_odt_40, lpddr4_odt_40_diff.
    • Data WRITE Controller model - lpddr4_ocd_40p_40n, lpddr4_ocd_40p_40n_diff.
    • CA/CLK Controller model - lpddr4_ocd_40p_40n, lpddr4_ocd_40p_40n_diff.
  • Set up the channel simulation parameters. These typically consists of the data rate, ignore time/bits, minimum number of bits, bit sampling rate, BER floor, number of bits for display, types of BER eyes (voltage and/or timing), and target BER.
    • To determine the minimum number of bits one can run a series of channel simulations with different number of bits. The BER signal eye (and margins) tend to converge after a certain minimum number of bits. This helps determining the minimum number of bits to be used for the system.
    • Run channel simulations to generate the eye diagrams at LBER of -16.
  • Run channel simulations with basic power settings at different PVT corners. TI recommends to run the simulations at least at the SSHT and FFLT corners.