CONTENTS
1. Introduction: The Importance of Signal Integrity
1.1 Computing Power: Past and Future
2. Electromagnetic Fundamentals for Signal Integrity
2.6 Power Flow and the Poynting Vector
2.7 Reflections of Electromagnetic Waves
3. Ideal Transmission-Line Fundamentals
3.1 Transmission-Line Structures
3.2 Wave Propagation on Loss-Free Transmission Lines
3.3 Transmission-Line Properties
3.4 Transmission-Line Parameters for the Loss-Free Case
3.5 Transmission-Line Reflections
4.1 Mutual Inductance and Capacitance
5.1 Signals Propagating in Unbounded Conductive Media
5.2 Classic Conductor Model for Transmission Lines
5.4 Transmission-Line Parameters for Nonideal Conductors
6. Electrical Properties of Dielectrics
6.1 Polarization of Dielectrics
6.2 Classification of Dielectric Materials
6.3 Frequency-Dependent Dielectric Behavior
6.4 Properties of a Physical Dielectric Model
6.6 Environmental Variation in Dielectric Behavior
6.7 Transmission-Line Parameters for Lossy Dielectrics and Realistic Conductors
7.1 Removal of Common-Mode Noise
7.4 Propagation of Modal Voltages
7.6 Drawbacks of Differential Signaling
8. Mathematical Requirements for Physical Channels
8.1 Frequency-Domain Effects in Time-Domain Simulations
8.2 Requirements for a Physical Channel
9. Network Analysis for Digital Engineers
9.1 High-Frequency Voltage and Current Waves
9.3 Properties of Physical S-Parameters
10. Topics in High-Speed Channel Modeling
10.1 Creating a Physical Transmission-Line Model
11.1 I/O Design Considerations
11.8 Differential Current-Mode Transmitters
11.9 Low-Swing and Differential Receivers
12.1 Analysis and Design Background
12.2 Continuous-Time Linear Equalizers
12.3 Discrete Linear Equalizers
12.4 Decision Feedback Equalization
13. Modeling and Budgeting of Timing Jitter and Noise
13.3 Jitter Sources and Budgets
13.4 Noise Sources and Budgets
13.5 Peak Distortion Analysis Methods
14. System Analysis Using Response Surface Modeling
14.1 Model Design Considerations
14.2 Case Study: 10-Gb/s Differential PCB Interface
14.3 RSM Construction by Least Squares Fitting
14.7 Sensitivity Analysis and Design Optimization
14.8 Defect Rate Prediction Using Monte Carlo Simulation
14.9 Additional RSM Considerations
Appendix A: Useful Formulas, Identities, Units, and Constants
Appendix B: Four-Port Conversions Between T- and S-Parameters
Appendix C: Critical Values of the F-Statistic
Appendix D: Critical Values of the T-Statistic