TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficient Prediction of Equalization Effort and Channel Performance for PCB-Based Data Links
AU - Reuschel, Torsten
AU - Preibisch, Jan B.
AU - Scharff, Katharina
AU - Rimolo-Donadio, Renato
AU - Duan, Xiaomin
AU - Kwark, Young H.
AU - Schuster, Christian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011-2012 IEEE.
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - High-speed data links that utilize multilayer printed circuit boards suffer from loss, dispersion, and intersymbol interference. Often, equalization and error correction are required to make these channels functional at gigabit data rates and demand costly analyses. The characterization of loss-dominated links can be generalized and simplified by means of a normalized link length as presented herein. Based on a correlation of this normalized length and observed eye opening, a novel assessment of wired digital links for frequencies up to 50GHz and data rates up to 30 Gb/s is proposed. It allows for an efficient prediction of the amount and type of required equalization for a given link as well as determining maximum tolerable loss for a given equalizer configuration. The proposed method and its applicability are demonstrated by means of practical examples.
AB - High-speed data links that utilize multilayer printed circuit boards suffer from loss, dispersion, and intersymbol interference. Often, equalization and error correction are required to make these channels functional at gigabit data rates and demand costly analyses. The characterization of loss-dominated links can be generalized and simplified by means of a normalized link length as presented herein. Based on a correlation of this normalized length and observed eye opening, a novel assessment of wired digital links for frequencies up to 50GHz and data rates up to 30 Gb/s is proposed. It allows for an efficient prediction of the amount and type of required equalization for a given link as well as determining maximum tolerable loss for a given equalizer configuration. The proposed method and its applicability are demonstrated by means of practical examples.
KW - Equalizers
KW - high-speed electronics
KW - interconnected circuits
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85030769212&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TCPMT.2017.2742703
DO - 10.1109/TCPMT.2017.2742703
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85030769212
SN - 2156-3950
VL - 7
SP - 1842
EP - 1851
JO - IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
JF - IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
IS - 11
M1 - 8053454
ER -