Ultra Low Voltage Intel Celeron Processor in 5.25” Form Factor

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Copyright © Intel Corporation 2003 2 White Paper Ultra Low Voltage Intel® Celeron® Processor in 5.25” Form Factor Contents 1.0 Introduction......................................................................................................................... 5 2.0 Nominal Board Stack-Up.................................................................................................... 6 3.0 General Board Layout Guidelines..................................................................................... 7 4.0 Platform Thermal Design Considerations........................................................................ 9 Figures Figure 1. Board Construction Example for 60 Ω Nominal Stack ..................................................... 6 Figure 2. Recommended Eight-Layer Construction for 60 Ω Nominal Stack.................................. 7 Figure 3. Correct Layout Implementation ........................................................................................ 8 Figure 4. Routing Recommendation for High-Speed Signals ......................................................... 8 Figure 5. Heat Sink Option 1: Airflow and Acceptable Orientation to the Processor ...................... 9 Figure 6. Heat Sink Option 2: Airflow and Acceptable Orientation to the Processor .................... 10 White Paper 3 Ultra Low Voltage Intel® Celeron® Processor in 5.25” Form Factor This page intentionally left blank. 4 White Paper Ultra Low Voltage Intel® Celeron® Processor in 5.25” Form Factor 1.0 Introduction The Ultra Low Voltage Intel® Celeron® processor provides an exceptional value for thermally sensitive and space-constrained embedded computing applications by combining the optimal balance of cost, performance, and low power. It is available in small form factor micro-FCBGA packages at 400 MHz and 650 MHz with 256 Kbytes of on-die L2 cache. The new 400 MHz processor, at just 0.95 V and 4.2 W TDP (max), and the 650 MHz processor, at just 1.1 V and 8.3 W TDP (max), are ideal solutions for communication appliances such as network attached storage, web pads, and other embedded applications in the embedded market with lower power envelopes and BOM requirements. The 256 Kbytes of on-die cache combined with the efficiencies of 0.13-micron manufacturing processes offer good low-power processor performance for value-based systems. The compact form factor results in a low profile, meeting small space requirements. This enables a variety of value-based designs for thermally sensitive and space-constrained environments, especially in boards like the 5.25” single form factor that is becoming popular in embedded applications. The Ultra Low Voltage Intel Celeron processors at 400 MHz and 650 MHz are validated with the Intel 440MX and Intel® 815E chipsets. The 815E chipset GMCH provides an integrated graphic solution to eliminate the requirement for an AGP display slot, saving space on the 5.25” form factor. Paired with the 815E GMCH supporting I/O bridge, the Intel I/O Controller Hub 2 (ICH2) provides rich I/O interfaces. ICH2 provides an AC’97 link for audio and telephony CODECs and is able to support up to six channels of PCM audio output (full AC3 decode). This allows an OEM to use its software-configurable AC’97 audio and modem CODEC instead of the traditional ISA devices. An Integrated LAN controller in ICH2 helps minimize PCB trace routing (although an external PHY layer is still required). This further reduces onboard space; normally a full LAN controller (MAC & PHY layers within silicon) requires more space due to silicon/package size. The USB 1.1 controller provides up to four USB ports. The LPC interface provides an interface for an external Super I/O chip for legacy component support. In short, the ICH2 provides a rich set of integrated functions and I/O interfaces for the 5.25” board’s commonly used features. Note: For more information on ICH2 features, please refer to the ICH2 Datasheet, available from the Intel Developer’s Site (http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/815e/index.htm) In any circumstance, where a 5.25” form factor embedded application requires ACPI power management, the Ultra Low Voltage Intel Celeron Processor with Intel 815E chipset platform provides ACPI functionality at the following power-management states: • Full-on (S0) • Stop Grant (SI) • Suspend to RAM (S3) • Suspend to Disk (S4) • Soft-off (S5) 5 White Paper Ultra Low Voltage Intel® Celeron® Processor in 5.25” Form Factor 2.0 Nominal Board Stack-Up The Intel 815E chipset platform requires a board stack-up yielding a target impedance of 60 Ω +15 percent with a 5-mil nominal trace width. This requirement is documented in the Low Voltage Intel® Pentium® III Processor with 512K Cache and Ultra Low Voltage Intel Celeron Processor/815E Chipset Platform Design Guides, available from Intel Developer’s Web site (http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/815e/index.htm). Figure 1 below shows an example of a PCB stack-up that achieves this, as used in a standard micro-ATX form factor customer-reference board. It is a six-layer PCB construction using 53 percent resin FR4 material. Figure 1. Board Construction Example for 60 Ω Nominal Stack Component-side Layer Cu. prepreg Power Plane Layer Cu. prepreg Total thickness: Signal Layer Cu. 62 mils prepreg Signal Layer Cu. prepreg Ground Layer Cu. prepreg Solder-side Layer Cu. A9224-01 Due to the limited space on 5.25” boards, one might consider an eight-layer stack-up design. If an eight-layer stack-up design is used, it is recommended that platform designers run through simulations of every interface. An eight-layer design must be able to yield a 60 Ω +15 percent with a 5 mil nominal trace width as to meet the requirement documented in the design

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