Signal Integrity for Consumer Electronics Applications
Overview
Consumer electronics market includes a diverse array of devices centered around audio and video entertainment. With increasing digitization of consumer electronics, this market segment is experiencing remarkable growth. Semiconductors used in consumer electronics continue to increase in complexity in order to support today's bandwidth requirements. Capability such as on-die-termination for DDR2 interfaces and pre-emphasis and equalization (used primarily for serial interfaces) are very common. As a result, the challenge of integrating these chips on PCBs is a very daunting task.
To remain competitive, we must be able to successfully implement relevant high-speed interfaces such as SATAI/II, HDMI, DDR2 and USB 2.0 on PCBs in a timely manner. This means little or no board re-spins as well as a quick, accurate, and easy way to determine and validate PCB layout constraints in order to reduce design cycle time. This seminar will discuss key considerations for designing the above interfaces as well as some of the signal integrity challenges designers face in implementing them.
This seminar will also provide insight into designing 6 Gbps SATA as well as DDR3 interfaces which will soon be the dominant interfaces for storage and memory respectively.
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Who Should Attend
- Engineers and managers involved in high-speed system design for consumer electronics applications - particularly in rapid prototyping environments where return on tool investment is critical
- Anyone concerned with high-speed design and particularly designing for consumer electronics applications -- even if you're not a signal integrity expert
- Current HyperLynx customers who want to learn about our newest release, v7.7
What You Will Learn
We'll show you how to get your boards done quickly and correctly, even if you don't have the time to learn overly-complex signal integrity software tools. In this seminar, you'll learn about:
- Key design considerations for designing high-speed interfaces for consumer electronic applications. Examples of which are SATAI/II, HDMI, DDR2, DDR3 and USB 2.0
- How to drive routing constraints by verifying signal quality on high speed interfaces during floor planning
- How to simulate high speed serial links to verify BER (bit error rate) performance
- Simultaneous simulation with SPICE, S-parameter and IBIS models