Routing

Reliability of DDR interface depends on the quality of the layout. There are many layout guidelines available from memory vendors. The following recommendations can also be used for routing the DDR3 signals. The following DDR3 signals are grouped.

The following table lists the signals that come under a particular group:

Table 1. Grouping of DDR3 Signals

Group

Signals

Data

DQ[0:7], DQ[8:15], DQ[16:23], DQ[24:31] and DQS[0:3], DM[0:3]

Address/command

A[0:15], BA[0:2], RAS#, CAS#, and WE#

Control

CS#, CKE, and ODT

Clock

CK and CK#