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Stupid vias... {grumble grumble}

Posted Nov 3, 2011, by Patrick Carrier

Yeah, I can totally see Homer Simpson designing his SERDES bus and getting frustrated by all the additional insertion loss caused by his vias, and muttering to himself, “Stupid vias…” and grumbling.  And then going into the lab, looking at his failing eye diagram, and shouting “D’oh!”.  Okay, well Homer Simpson probably won’t be designing any SERDES busses anytime … Read More

Tags: vias, DDR3, HyperLynx, DDR2, stitching vias, via, PCI Express, stitching capacitors