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Posts tagged with 'Fundamentals'

Fundamentals of SI (Part 1) - Critical nets

Posted Apr 23, 2010, by Steve McKinney

To begin this series on fundamentals of signal integrity, lets start at the very beginning.  Before you start doing any type of simulation or analysis, what do you have to do first, what information do you have to know?  Your design probably has thousands of nets, are you going to simulate all of them??  Probably not, there’s not enough time for that and truthfully, it’s not really necessary.  The first … Read More

Tags: Modeling, IBIS, SI, Critical Nets, Edge Rate, Signal Integrity, high frequency nets, HyperLynx, EMI, Fundamentals

Fundamentals of Signal Integrity

Posted Apr 20, 2010, by Steve McKinney

Whether the creative juices weren’t flowing or I just didn’t make the time,   I’ve been on a bit of a blogging hiatus for the last month.  Hopefully the ball is rolling again with this post and I can get back to a regularly scheduled program.    My last blog post was introducing the concept of being a professional.  I asked some “could it…” questions at the end of the post with regards to a company … Read More

Tags: HyperLynx, Signal Integrity, Fundamentals, Signal Quality