Signal Integrity: Applied Electromagnetics and Professional Practice

Introduction.- The Basics - Charge, Energy, Time, and Distance.- Practical Matters I - Circuit Boards and Chassis Design, Testing and Debugging Boards.- Gates, Packaging, and Boards: Properties and Modeling.- Circuit Elements: Resistance, Capacitance, and Inductance.- Lumped Analysis: Return Current, Ground Bounce and Ringing.- Distributed Analysis: Transmission Lines, Z0, Reflections, Termination.- Lossy Transmission Lines.- Differential Signaling.- Crosstalk: NEXT and FEXT.- EMI/EMC: Design and Susceptibility.- ESD Electrostatic Discharge (ESD).- Clocks: Distribution, Jitter, PLL Design and Layout.- More Practical Matters - Testing, Debugging, DFX, and Quality Management.- Practical Matters III: Commercial and Legal Implications, Project Management, and Risk Mitigation.- Conclusion.