Electrical characteristics
3.19.4.3 PCI Express DC physical layer specifications
This section contains the DC specifications for the physical layer of PCI Express on this
chip.
3.19.4.3.1 PCI Express DC physical layer transmitter specifications
This section discusses the PCI Express DC physical layer transmitter specifications for
2.5 GT/s, 5 GT/s and 8 GT/s.
This table defines the PCI Express 2.0 (2.5 GT/s) DC specifications for the differential
output at all transmitters. The parameters are specified at the component pins.
Table 62. PCI Express 2.0 (2.5 GT/s) differential transmitter output DC specifications (XVDD
= 1.35 V)1
Parameter
Symbol Min Typical Max Units
Notes
Differential peak-to-peak
output voltage
VTX-DIFFp-p 800
1000
1200 mV VTX-DIFFp-p = 2 x │ VTX-D+ - VTX-D- │
De-emphasized differential VTX-DE-RATIO 3.0 3.5
output voltage (ratio)
DC differential transmitter ZTX-DIFF-DC 80
100
impedance
4.0 dB
120 Ω
Ratio of the VTX-DIFFp-p of the second and
following bits after a transition divided by the VTX-
DIFFp-p of the first bit after a transition.
Transmitter DC differential mode low Impedance
Transmitter DC impedance ZTX-DC
40 50
60
Ω
Required transmitter D+ as well as D- DC
Impedance during all states
Notes:
1. For recommended operating conditions, see Table 3.
This table defines the PCI Express 2.0 (5 GT/s) DC specifications for the differential
output at all transmitters. The parameters are specified at the component pins.
Table 63.
PCI Express
1.35 V)1
2.0
(5
GT/s)
differential
transmitter
output
DC
specifications
(XVDD
=
Parameter
Symbol
Min Typical Max Units
Notes
Differential peak-to-peak VTX-DIFFp-p
output voltage
800 1000
1200 mV VTX-DIFFp-p = 2 x │ VTX-D+ - VTX-D- │
Low power differential
peak-to-peak output
voltage
VTX-DIFFp-p_low
400 500
1200 mV VTX-DIFFp-p = 2 x │ VTX-D+ - VTX-D- │
De-emphasized differential VTX-DE-RATIO-3.5dB 3.0
3.5
output voltage (ratio)
De-emphasized differential VTX-DE-RATIO-6.0dB 5.5
6.0
output voltage (ratio)
4.0 dB Ratio of the VTX-DIFFp-p of the second and
following bits after a transition divided by the
VTX-DIFFp-p of the first bit after a transition.
6.5 dB Ratio of the VTX-DIFFp-p of the second and
following bits after a transition divided by the
VTX-DIFFp-p of the first bit after a transition.
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