High-speed Interconnects: Characterization and Measurement-based Modeling

As modern signaling standards push digital designs to the gigahertz and gigabit ranges, interconnect performance becomes the key factor in enabling reliable system operation. This primer will take you through the challenges and solutions to obtain accurate measurement-based interconnect models for each part of the interconnect link. It will take you through the theory of time domain and frequency domain measurements and the modeling of system performance based on TDR/T measurements for the most efficient results.