INDEX

ABCD parameters

Accelerated graphics port (AGP)

ac common mode conversion (ACCM)

ac resistance, see Resistance, frequency dependent

Adaptive equalizer

Adjusted coefficient of multiple determination,

Admittance matrix

Alpha, loss term

Ampere’s law

Amplitude distortion

Analytic functions

Anomalous dispersion

BER (bit error rate)

bathtub plot

contour

Bergeron diagram

Biot-Savart law

Bit error rate (BER) (a.k.a. Bit error ratio)

Bounce diagram

See also Lattice diagram Boundary conditions

perfect conductor

dielectric-conductor

Bounded uncorrelated jitter

Bus speed

Bus width

Calibration (VNA)

Capacitance

definition

energy storage

Cauchy-Riemann

Causality

Characteristic impedance

formulas

Charge density

Charge distribution

effect on effective permittivity

effect on impedance

microstrip

near conductor edges

CMOS

inverter

receiver

Coefficient of multiple determination

Common mode

Common mode noise

Common mode to differential conversion

Conductive media, propagation

Conductor losses

microstrip

stripline

Conductor model

Confidence interval

Continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE)

Coupling

capacitive

inductive

Cross product

Crosstalk

backward

differential

far end

forward

minimization

near end

noise

saturated

Cumulative distribution function

Curl

Current

density

distribution

mode transmitter

Data dependent jitter

Data rate

dc losses, see Resistance, dc Debye equation

Decibels (dB)

Decision feedback equalizer (DFE)

De-embedding, see Calibration Design-of-experiments (DOE)

Design optimization

Deterministic jitter

Deterministic noise

Dielectric

dc losses

environmental variations

nonhomogeneous

Dielectric model

frequency dependent

infinite pole

properties of a physical model

Dielectric permittivity

effective

Differential

to common mode conversion

I/O model

impedance

mode

receiver

signal

signaling

transmitter

Diffusion

currents

equation

Digital-to-analog converter (DAC)

Dirac delta function

Discrete linear equalizer (DLE)

Dispersion

Divergence

Divergence theorem

DJDD

Dot product

Dual Dirac jitter model

Duty cycle distortion

Earth magnetic field

Eigenvalue

Eigenvector

Electric

dipole moment

field

flux density

potential

susceptibility

Electromagnet

Electron cloud

Electrostatic potential

Electrostatics

Electrostatic scalar potential

Energy in electric field

Energy in a magnetic field

Environmental effects on transmission line

performance

Equalization

Equal potential surface

Equivalent circuit(transmission line) with losses

loss free

Errata

ESD protection circuitry

Even mode

Eye

diagram

height

mask

width

Faraday’s law

Fast Fourier transform (FFT)

Fiber weave effect

Field

mapping

solver

Filtering from reactive components

Finite impulse response (FIR) filter

Flux

Fourier transform

FR4

F-ratio

Frequency domain

Frequency spectrum

F-test

Gauss

Gaussian distribution

Gauss’s law

Goodness-of-fit

Gradient

Gunning transceiver logic (GTL)

Helmholtz

Hermitian transpose

Hilbert transform

Historical trends

Homogeneous

Hysteresis

I/O

buffer information spec. (IBIS)

capacitance

circuit compensation

Ideal diode equation

Impedance matrix

Impulse response

Inductance

internal

external

Input impedance

Insertion loss

Insulator, see Dielectric Interconnect

Intersymbol interference (ISI)

Intrinsic impedance

Isotropic

i-v curve

Jitter

amplification

budget

probability density function (PDF)

Kirchholff’s circuit laws

Kramers-Kronig

Laplace’s equation

Lattice diagram

Launching a wave

Least mean squared (LMS) equalizer

Least squares fitting

Lenz’s law

Linear I/O models

Linear time invariance

Linear time-invariant (LTI) systems

Load-line analysis

Lorenz force law

Loss tangent

Low voltage differential swing (LVDS)

Magnetic charge

field

vector potential

Magnetization density

Magnetostatics

Mathematical requirements of a model

Maximum moisture uptake

Maxwell’s equations

Microstrip

Minimum mean-square error (MMSE) equalizer

Modal

analysis

decomposition

voltages

Mode conversion

Model coefficient

Moisture diffusity

Monte Carlo analysis

Moore’s law

MOSFET

Multidrop, multiload

Multimode matrix

Multiple reflections

Mutual inductance

Network

analysis

theory

Neumann formula

Noise budget

margin

Nonideal topologies

cascaded transmission lines

multireceiver

t-topology

Nonlinear I/O models

Nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) signaling

Normal distribution

Odd and even functions

Odd and even modes

Odd mode

Ohm’s law

On-chip termination

Open drain transmitter

Overdriven transmission line

Parallel plate waveguide

Passivity

PCI express

Peak distortion analysis (PDA)

Periodic jitter

Permeability of free space

Permittivity

complex

effective

of free space

relationship, real and imaginary

relative

Personal computers

Phase

constant

delay

distortion

unwrapped

velocity

Phase locked loop (PLL)

Plane wave

Poisson’s equation

Polarizability

Polarization

density

electronic

ionic (molecular)

orientational (dipole)

vector

Power balance

See also Poynting vector

Power losses of a smooth plane

Power supply noise

Power waves

Poynting vector

Preemphasis/deemphasis

Printed circuit board (PCB)

Propagation

constant

delay

velocity

Pulse response

Push-pull transmitter

Q scale, QBER

Quantization noise

Quasi-static approximation

Quasi-TEM

Random (Gaussian) jitter

Random (Gaussian) noise

Reality

Receiver

circuit

equalization

input threshold

offset

sensitivity

Reference voltage (VREF) noise

Reflection coefficient

Reflections

from capacitive load

from inductive load

from a network

from perfect conductor

from reactive loads

rise and fall times

Relative permeability

Residual error

Resistance dc

frequency dependent

Response surface modeling (RSM)

Return loss

Return path, non-ideal

crosstalk

differential

equivalent circuit

gap in plane

path of least impedance

Root-mean-square (RMS) error

Root mean square (RMS) jitter (sRJ)

Saturated moisture saturation

Scalar electric potential

Scalar field

Scattering coefficients

Scattering matrix, see S-parameters

Schmitt trigger

Self inductance

Shannon capacity theorem

Shannon-Hartley theorem

Shot noise

Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)

Sinc function

Single bit response, see Pulse response Single ended

Single line equivalent model (SLEM)

Sinusoidal jitter, see Periodic jitter Skin depth

Skin effect

S-parameters

cascading

changing the reference impedance

multimode

properties

reference impedance

Speed of light

Spice circuit model

Stability

Stackup

Steady state voltage

Step response

Stoke’s theorem

Stripline

Superposition

Surface impedance

Surface roughness

Surface roughness model

Hammerstad

hemisphere

Huray

Surface roughness profile

System response

t-distribution

TDR (time domain reflectometry)

capacitance

gap in plane

impedance

inductance

profile

time delay

Telegrapher’s equations

TEM

Termination

Tesla

Thermal (Johnson) noise

Threshold region

Time/frequency domain equivalency

Time delay

Time harmonic fields

Time harmonic Maxwell’s equations

Timing

T-matrix, see Transmission parameters Tooth structure

Total cross section

Transfer function

Transmission coefficient

Transmission line

model

parameters

properties, see Transmission line, parameters

Transmission matrix, see

Transmission parameters

Transmission parameters

Transmit equalization

Transmitter

Transmitter circuit

Transversal filter

Transverse electromagnetic mode, see TEM

Tristate I/O circuit

t-statistic (t-ratio)

Under-driven transmission line

Unit interval (UI)

Vector

Vector calculus theorems

Vector field

Vector formulas

Vector network analyzer (VNA)

Vector operations

Vias

backdrill

equivalent circuit

parallel plate losses

resonance

Virtual reference plane

Volume energy density

v-t curve

Wave decay

Wave equation

Wavelength

White (Gaussian) noise

Wired-OR signaling

Zero forcing solution (ZFS) equalizer

Zero padding

Z-parameters, see Impedance matrix