Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design

Signal integrity considerations for PCB design.

You must consider many issues when designing a state-of-the-art PCB. Use our detailed PCB Checklist to make sure you take care of everything.

We also provide a system level summary of PCB design flow emphasizing signal and power integrity in our white paper entitled, "Methodologies for Efficient FPGA Integration into PCBs."

Further Documentation

Application Notes

Board Routability Guidelines with Xilinx Fine-Pitch BGA Packages (XAPP157) provides information on and examples of board routing in fine-pitch BGA packages.

User Guides

Virtex-4™ PCB Design Guide describes the PCB guidelines for the Virtex-4 family. It covers SelectIO signaling, RocketIO signaling, power distribution systems, PCB breakout, and parts placement.

Virtex-II™ User Guide (Chapter 4) provides detailed information on PCB considerations for Virtex-II™ FPGAs.

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