Signal integrity in reflection-limited channels

Author

Buckwalter, James F.

Author_Institution

University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, 92093, USA

fYear

2008

fDate

15-20 June 2008

Firstpage

1565

Lastpage

1568

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2008 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1780-3

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633081

Filename

4633081