High-speed signal propagation : advanced black magic / Howard Johnson, Martin Graham.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Fundamentals -- impedance of Linear, Time-invariant, Lumped-Element Circuits -- Power Rations -- Rules of Scaling -- The Concept of Resonance -- Extra for Experts: Maximal Linear System Response to a Digital Input
2 Transmission Line Parameters -- Telegrapher's Equations -- Derivation of Telegrapher's Equations -- Ideal Transmission Line -- DC Resistance -- DC Conductance -- Skin Effect -- Skin Effect inductance -- Modeling Internal impedance -- Concentric-Ring Skin-Effect Model -- Proximity Effect -- Surface Roughness -- Dielectric effects -- Impedance in Series with the Return Path -- Show-Wave Mode On-Chip


3. Performance Regions -- Signal Propagation Model -- Hierarchy of Regions -- Necessary Mathematics: Input Impedance and Transfer Function -- Lumped-Element Region -- RC Region -- LC Region (constant - Loss Region) -- Skin-Effect Region -- Dielectric Loss Region -- Wave guide Dispersion Region -- Summary of Breakpoints Between Regions -- Equivalence Principle for Transmission Media -- Scaling copper Transmission Media -- Scaling Multi mode Fiber-Optic Cables -- Linear Equalization: Long Back plane Trace Example -- Adaptive Equalization: Accelerant Networks Transceiver 4 Frequency-Domain Modelling -- Going Nonlinear -- Approximations to the Fourier Transform -- Discrete Time Mapping -- Other Limitations of the FFT -- Normalizing the Output of an FFT Routine -- Useful Fourier Transform-Pairs -- Effect of Inadequate Sampling Rate -- Implementation of Frequency-Domain Simulations -- Embellishments -- Checking the Output of Your FFT Routine
5 Pcb (printed-circuit board) Traces -- Pcb Signal Propagation -- Limits to Attainable Distance -- Pcb Noise and Interference -- Pcb connectors -- Modeling Vias -- The Future of On-Chip interconnections 6 Differential Signaling -- Single-Ended Circuits -- Two-Wire Circuits -- Differential Signaling -- Differential and Common-Mode Voltages and Currents -- Differential and Common-Mode velocity -- Common-Mode Balance -- Common-Mode Range -- Differential to Common-Mode Conversion -- Differential impedance -- Pcb Configurations -- Pcb applications
12 Clock Distributions -- Extra fries, please --Arithmetic of Clock Skew -- Clock repeaters -- Stripline vs. Microstrip Delay -- Importance of Terminating Clock Lines -- Effect of Clock Receiver Thresholds -- Effect of Split Termination -- Intentional Delay Adjustments -- Driving Multiple Loads with Source Termination -- Daisy-Chain Clock Distribution -- the jitters --Power Supply Filtering for Clock Sources, Repeaters, and PLL Circuits -- Intentional Clock Modulation -- Reduced- Voltage Signaling -- Controlling Crosstalk on Clock Lines -- reducing Emissions 13 Time-Domain Simulation Tools and Methods -- Ringing te a Mew Era -- Signal integrity Simulation Process -- The Underlying Simulation Engine -- IBIS (I/0 Buffer Information Specification) -- IBIS: History and Future Direction -- IBIS: Issues with Interpolation -- IBIS: issues with Interpolation -- IBIS: issues with SSO Noise -- Nature of EMC Work -- Power and Ground Resonance