SPRAD66A February   2023  – December 2023 AM62A3 , AM62A3-Q1 , AM62A7 , AM62A7-Q1 , AM62P , AM62P-Q1

 

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  2.    AM62Ax/AM62Px 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. 4Appendix: SOC Package Delays
  8. 5References
  9. 6Revision History

2.2 LPDDR4 Device Implementations Supported

There are different LPDDR4 SDRAM combinations supported by the DDR subsystem. Table 2-1 lists the supported device combinations.

Table 2-1 Supported LPDDR4 SDRAM Combinations
LPDDR4 SDRAM CountChannelsDieRanksLPDDR4 Channel WidthDDRSS Data Width
1 (1)(2) 1 1 1 16 bits 16 bits
1 (3)21116 bits32 bits
1 (3)22116 bits32 bits
1 (4) 2 2 2 16 bits 32 bits
1 (4)24216 bits32 bits
(1) See 16-Bit, Single Rank LPDDR4 Implementation.
(2) 16 bit DDRSS data width implementations are non-standard, but supported on select devices. See device-specific data manual if supported for a particular processor.
(3) See 32-Bit, Single Rank LPDDR4 Implementation.
(4) See 32-Bit, Dual-Rank LPDDR4 Implementation.