Title :
Signal integrity in reflection-limited channels
Author :
Buckwalter, James F.
Author_Institution :
University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, 92093, USA
Abstract :
High-speed digital signal integrity is strongly limited by microwave reflections, which degrade the reliability of a serial link. This work describes the relationship between the reflections and attenuation that occur along interconnects and the signal integrity. Bounds on ISI and DDJ resulting from reflections and attenuation quantify system design of link jitter budgets. This paper demonstrates analytical methods to quickly deduce the signal integrity penalty of transmission line discontinuities.
Keywords :
bandlimited signals; electromagnetic wave reflection; interconnections; intersymbol interference; jitter; microwave links; telecommunication channels; transmission lines; ISI; data-dependent jitter; high-speed digital signal integrity; interconnects; link jitter budgets; microwave attenuation; reflection-limited channels; serial link reliability; transmission line discontinuities; Attenuation; Bit error rate; Degradation; Integrated circuit interconnections; Jitter; Reflection; Signal analysis; Timing; Transmission line discontinuities; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2008 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1780-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633081
