It’s never too late

It’s never too late

It’s never too late to fix a design problem.  Well, maybe if the product is shipping, that might be classified…

Measurement correlation is just a stackup away

Measurement correlation is just a stackup away

Whether you are trying to correlate simulated waveforms to measured waveforms for a DDR3 signal, or board timing numbers for…

Can you make Z higher?

Can you make Z higher?

Simulations should match measurements.  Otherwise, what good are they?  When doing signal integrity simulations, that starts with comprehensive stackup modeling. …

The length of your terminator doesn’t matter

The length of your terminator doesn’t matter

Many designers go to great lengths to make sure they do appropriate length-matching, even to the level of including the…

Vias are longer than their length

Vias are longer than their length

Yeah, that’s what I said.  Vias are longer than their length.  Phrased more appropriately, the delay introduced by a via has…

How do you manage your trace lengths?

How do you manage your trace lengths?

Too often I see people just using straight length to manage their board timing.  Or take it one step further…

S-parameters are for more than just packages

S-parameters are for more than just packages

In the digital design world, we have typically only seen S-parameters used to model packages.  They are a popular output…

Making SERDES sims faster with IBIS-AMI

Making SERDES sims faster with IBIS-AMI

You may have heard lately about IBIS-AMI models, which are being used more often for SERDES simulation.  IBIS-AMI stands for I/O…

Tired of waiting for your SPICE to finish?

Tired of waiting for your SPICE to finish?

Anyone who has ever had to simulate a SERDES interface knows how long it take to run a couple hundred…