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…

What’s driving the need for PCB power design?

What’s driving the need for PCB power design?

I talk with a lot of customers about their designs and what’s needed to get their products out the door…

Fundamentals of SI (Part 3) – Impedance

Fundamentals of SI (Part 3) – Impedance

We’re finally on to the next logical step in our study of signal integrity – impedance.  So what is impedance…

Fundamentals of SI (Part 2) – Transmission lines

Fundamentals of SI (Part 2) – Transmission lines

Break out your calculators boys and girls because it’s math time (well….maybe you won’t need them after you get to…