MPC885/MPC880 PowerQUICC Hardware Specifications, Rev. 7
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Layout Practices
Figure 5. Example Voltage Sequencing Circuit
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Layout Practices
Each VDD pin on the MPC885/MPC880 should be provided with a low-impedance path to the board’s
supply. Each GND pin should likewise be provided with a low-impedance path to ground. The power
supply pins drive distinct groups of logic on chip. The VDD power supply should be bypassed to ground
using at least four 0.1 F by-pass capacitors located as close as possible to the four sides of the package.
Each board designed should be characterized and additional appropriate decoupling capacitors should be
used if required. The capacitor leads and associated printed-circuit traces connecting to chip VDD and
GND should be kept to less than half an inch per capacitor lead. At a minimum, a four-layer board
employing two inner layers as VDD and GND planes should be used.
All output pins on the MPC885/MPC880 have fast rise and fall times. Printed-circuit (PC) trace
interconnection length should be minimized in order to minimize undershoot and reflections caused by
these fast output switching times. This recommendation particularly applies to the address and data buses.
Maximum PC trace lengths of six inches are recommended. Capacitance calculations should consider all
device loads as well as parasitic capacitances due to the PC traces. Attention to proper PCB layout and
bypassing becomes especially critical in systems with higher capacitive loads because these loads create
higher transient currents in the VDD and GND circuits. Pull up all unused inputs or signals that will be
inputs during reset. Special care should be taken to minimize the noise levels on the PLL supply pins. For
more information, please refer to the MPC885 PowerQUICC Family Reference Manual, Section 14.4.3,
“Clock Synthesizer Power (VDDSYN, VSSSYN, VSSSYN1).”
10 Bus Signal Timing
The maximum bus speed supported by the MPC885/MPC880 is 80 MHz. Higher-speed parts must be
operated in half-speed bus mode (for example, an MPC885/MPC880 used at 133 MHz must be configured
for a 66 MHz bus).
Table 7 shows the frequency ranges for standard part frequencies in 1:1 bus mode, and
Table 8 shows the frequency ranges for standard part frequencies in 2:1 bus mode.
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