Semiconductor Engineering

Signal Integrity Basics

Understanding signal integrity basics is critical for engineers striving to create high-performance electronic systems. With a foundation in signal integrity basics, engineers can move forward in ...
Electronic Design

SERDES Chip Improves Signal Integrity, Provides For Real-Time Waveform Viewing

The VSC3441 high-speed serializer/deserializer (SERDES) from Vitesse Semiconductor incorporates clock and data recovery (CDR) circuits and advanced equalization to compensate for various impairments ...
EDN

SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #61: Clock jitter demystified-random jitter and phase noise, Part 2

Editor's note: Signal Chain Basics is an ongoing and popular series; click here for a complete, linked list of all installments.) In Signal Chain Basics Part 56 we discussed the fundamental ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Managing Reflections With Terminations

Have you heard recommendations to use a particular termination in particular situations for good signal integrity? Have you ever wondered how to incorporate terminations in your design? While there ...