USB and PCIe 
 
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION 
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4.  Isolation circuitry is required on the PCIe control signals when Orin module is configured as 
Endpoint. These isolate the lines from the on-module pull-ups as well as ensure the 
Endpoint and Root Port devices do not have their pads driven high before power is applied. 
5.  The PCIe REFCLK inputs and PCIEx_CLK clock outputs comply to the PCIe CEM specification 
 
 
7.2.1  PCIe Routing Guidelines 
The following table provides the PCIe routing guidelines for Gen3 and Gen4. 
Table 7-10.  PCIe Interface Signal Routing Requirements up to Gen4 
Data Rate / UI Period 
  Gen3 
  Gen4 
Unidirectional, differential.  Driven by 
100MHz common reference clock 
To GND Single Ended for P and N 
Trace Impedance 
  differential / Single Ended 
Fiber-weave effect (Only required for Gen4) 
• Use spread-glass (denser weave) 
instead of regular-glass (sparse 
weave) to minimize intra-pair skew  
• Use zig-zag route instead of straight 
to minimize skew, this is mandatory 
for PCIe gen4 design 
Example of zig-zag routing.
 
Trace Spacing (Stripline) 
  Pair   Pair 
  To plane and capacitor pad 
  To unrelated high-speed signals 
TX and RX should not be routed on the 
same layer. If this is required in a design, 
they should not be interleaved, and the 
spacing between the closest RX and TX 
lanes must be 9x Dielectric height 
spacing. 
Breakout region (Max delay) 
Minimum width and spacing. 4x or wider 
dielectric height spacing is preferred 
Gen 4.0 max trace loss / length (delay): 
  Direct to device:  
    Insertion loss / length (delay) 
  Routing to 2
nd
 Orin Module 
    Insertion loss / length (delay) 
 
 
-20.51 / 345 (2208) 
 
-14.74 / 248 (1587)  
Direct to device Insertion loss budget is 
for PCB routing, connectors, and end 
device (See Note 1).  EM-370(Z) PCB 
material is assumed in the length/delay 
calculations: