PCI Express Physical Layer An overview of PCI Express Physical Layer Technology - Part 1: Electrical by John Gulbrandsen, Consultant, June 2016 http://www.SummitSoftConsulting.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHkuzkNWXFk I will in this presentation explain: The main problems with the legacy PCI bus that prompted the development of the new PCI Express architecture. An overview of the physical layer (hardware aspects) of the PCI Express bus and how it differs from PCI. Future presentations will cover higher protocol layers and the associated software features. Physical Layer Overview PCIe Physical Layer - Slot Connector PCIe Physical Layer – links and lanes PCIe Physical Layer – Differential signaling PCIe Physical Layer – Pre-emphasis PCIe Physical Layer – Data Scrambling PCIe Physical Layer – 8b/10b Encoding PCIe Physical Layer – Embedded Clock PCIe Physical Layer – Clock Recovery PCIe Physical Layer – Data Striping PCIe Physical Layer - Bandwidth PCIe Physical Layer – Link Training PCIe Physical Layer – Signal Integrity PCIe Physical Layer – Keep Channel Impedance 50 ohm (SE) or 100 ohm (Diff.) PCIe Physical Layer – keep PCB traces short PCIe Physical Layer – keep PCB traces short PCIe Physical Layer – Length Matching PCIe Physical Layer – Length Matching PCIe Physical Layer – SERDES example PCIe Physical Layer – SERDES TX – Step 1/3 PCIe Physical Layer – SERDES TX – Step 2/3 PCIe Physical Layer – SERDES TX – Step 3/3 PCIe Physical Layer – SERDES RX – Step 1/5 PCIe Physical Layer – SERDES RX – Step 2/5 PCIe Physical Layer – SERDES RX – Step 3/5 PCIe Physical Layer – SERDES RX – Step 4/5 PCIe Physical Layer – SERDES RX – Step 5/5 PCIe Physical Layer – Analog Lab Instruments PCIe Physical Layer – Digital Lab Instruments PCIe Physical Layer – Books About Summit Soft Consulting & John Gulbrandsen, Consultant Company HistorySummit Soft Consulting was founded to offer expert consulting services in device driver and electronics peripheral device design. Over the 20 years we have been in the electronics and software engineering fields, we have had extensive experience with microcontrollers, digital and analog electronics, Windows x86/x64 software and device driver implementation, high-speed board design, signal and power integrity, advanced FPGA digital designs, USB and PCI Express Protocol Analyzer designs and much more. Summit Soft Consulting is comprised of a team of consultants, each with complementary or overlapping skills related to Windows Systems Programming and Advanced Electronics Design. In addition, we work with a growing network of individual consultants across United States, which allows us to provide specialty niche expertise that, perhaps, may not be readily available in-house. The end benefit for you, our client, is that you will work with our competent and experienced team that safely will bring your project to completion within set cost and time budgets. We are located in Aliso Viejo, Orange County, Southern California, mid-way between Los Angeles and San Diego. Keywords: PCI Express, 8b/10b, Differential Signaling, Pre-emphasis, Inter-Symbol Interference, ISI, Data Scrambling, Pseudo-Random data scrambling, Electro Magnetic Interference, EMI, Linear Feedback Shift Register, LFSR, Running disparity, SERDES, Clock Recovery, CDR, Polarity Inversion, Lane Deskew, Link training, Signal Integrity, Jitter, Attenuation, Crosstalk, Pre-emphasis, CHannel losses, Dielectric losses, Skin-effect, Training ordered sets, Byte serializer, 8b/10b encoder, Bit serializer, Clock recovery, Bit-deserializer, Word aligner, Deskew FIFO, Rate Matching FIFO, 8b/10b decoder, Byte deserializer, Byte Ordering, TLP PIPE Interface, Clock Recovery Unit, PCI Express Protocol Analyzer, ITIC 2500A, InternationalTestInstruments.com, SummitSoftConsulting.com, John Gulbrandsen, PCI Express, Impedance Discontinuities