An overview of Signal Integrity

Signal Integrity is critical to the design of high-performing and reliable semiconductor products.
As the data rates increase rapidly in high-speed systems, the signal integrity has become a key factor to meet the bandwidth growth intensified by various applications.
In this presentation, we will start with the review of the basics of signal integrity and examine the key electrical characteristics of interconnects: signal loss, signal crosstalk, return loss, mode conversion and other important factors necessary to meet the performance requirements of the latest electronic systems.
Then, the interactions between the signaling, clocking, equalization and modulation of the various interfaces will be discussed to explain how those interactions determine the achievable data rates. Finally, the presentation will be concluded by reviewing various signal integrity modeling and simulation techniques.
Speaker(s): , Wendem Beyene
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