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Essential Principles of Signal Integrity

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Essential Principles of Signal Integrity is the introductory class that reveals the underlying truth of how interconnects affect signal integrity. Designing a robust and cost effective product is not about blindly following a general set of design rules, rather it is about following a process that helps you apply your engineering intuition to balance cost and design tradeoffs specific to your product.

This class introduces and reviews the most essential principles of signal integrity, including principles of: transmission lines, reflections, inductance, ground bounce, differential pairs, losses, terminations, routing, discontinuties, impedance, PDN design and EMC.

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Table of Contents

1. The most important SI principles (2 hr)

	EPSI-01-01 Download pdf file here	0:55
	EPSI-01-10 Why the essential principles are important This lesson does not require a subscription to view.	8:26
	EPSI-01-20 Design Methodology This lesson does not require a subscription to view.	16:01
	EPSI-01-30 Analysis tools	7:11
	EPSI-01-40 The Six Families of SI Problems	26:55
	EPSI-01-50 The First Three Essential Principles	10:48
	EPSI-01-60 Instantaneous Impedance	16:32
	EPSI-01-70 Characteristic Impedance	22:33
	EPSI-01-80 Return Current	11:19

2. Differential Pairs (2hr 15min)

	EPSI-02-01 Download pdf file here
	EPSI-02-10 Intro to Diff Pairs	8:18
	EPSI-02-20 Differential Signals	11:53
	EPSI-02-30 Differential Impedance and Coupling	12:04
	EPSI-02-40 Currents on Differential Pairs	16:26
	EPSI-02-50 Tight or Loose Coupling	6:21
	EPSI-02-60 Frequency dependent loss- so what	15:22
	EPSI-02-70 How much attenuation is too much?	8:59
	EPSI-02-80 Estimating attenuation in a channel	10:24
	EPSI-02-90 Examples of attenuation in channels	15:47

3. Reflections and terminations (2hr)

	EPSI-03-01 Download a pdf copy of the slides
	EPSI-03-10 How to Think About Reflections This lesson does not require a subscription to view.	17:24
	EPSI-03-20 Voltage and Current Reflections	15:12
	EPSI-03-30 Practice safe simulation This lesson does not require a subscription to view.	13:47
	EPSI-03-40 Noise margins	08:48
	EPSI-03-50 Four sources of reflections	13:28
	EPSI-03-60 Termination topologies	11:26
	EPSI-03-70 Balancing Power and Signal Quality	15:35
	EPSI-03-80 Flyby Termination	08:13

4. Reflections and routing topologies (1hr 45min)

	EPSI-04-01 Download a pdf copy of the slides here
	EPSI-04-10 Routing Topologies	15:10
	EPSI-04-20 Clustered Load Topologies	15:58
	EPSI-04-30 Clustered Load Features	16:49
	EPSI-04-40 Daisy Chain	11:38
	EPSI-04-50 Input Gate Capacitance	10:04
	EPSI-04-60 Discontinuities	13:28
	EPSI-04-70 Vias and stubs	16:02

5. Ground bounce (2hr)

	EPSI-05-01 Download the pdf file here
	EPSI-05-10 Recap of Signal Integrity Principles This lesson does not require a subscription to view.	11:30
	EPSI-05-20 Intro to ground bounce	12:23
	EPSI-05-30 Root cause of ground bounce	17:23
	EPSI-05-40 Inductance and reducing ground bounce	17:58
	EPSI-05-50 The total inductance of the return path	16:14
	EPSI-05-60 Estimating ground bounce	16:03
	EPSI-05-70 Measuring ground bounce	17:15
	EPSI-05-80 Simulating ground bounce	13:27

6. Signals changing return planes (2hr 30min)

	EPSI-06-01 Download a pdf copy of the slides here
	EPSI-06-10 Signals Transitioning Planes	09:47
	EPSI-06-20 How return current flows between planes	16:18
	EPSI-06-30 The origin of via to via cross talk	14:53
	EPSI-06-40 Cavity impedance profile and cavity noise	15:07
	EPSI-06-50 Using shorting vias	15:04
	EPSI-06-60 Using DC blocking capacitors	15:48
	EPSI-06-70 How Many Bypass Capacitors	14:02
	EPSI-06-80 Cross talk with Differential Vias	11:39
	EPSI-06-90 Termination Strategies and Ground Bounce	12:11
	EPSI-06-100 Ground bounce and split planes	14:20

7. Cross talk in uniform transmission lines (1hr 30min)

	EPSI-07-01 Download a pdf copy of the slides here
	EPSI-07-10 Near and Far End Cross Talk	10:06
	EPSI-07-20 Cross talk and fringe fields	13:00
	EPSI-07-30 Why NEXT is different from FEXT	16:32
	EPSI-07-40 Detailed analysis for NEXT and FEXT	12:23
	EPSI-07-50 Engineering lower NEXT and FEXT	12:59
	EPSI-07-60 Cross talk as affected by terminations	10:51

8. PDN design and EMC control (1hr 45min)

	EPSI-08-01 Download a pdf copy of the slides here
	EPSI-08-10 Summary of the EPSI course This lesson does not require a subscription to view.	09:11
	EPSI-08-20 Intro to the Power Distribution Network	16:05
	EPSI-08-30 The consequence of getting the PDN wrong	12:37
	EPSI-08-40 The Secret to a Robust PDN	13:59
	EPSI-08-50 Steps to Reduce the Bandini Mountain	07:48
	EPSI-08-60 The most common sources of EMC Failures	15:11
	EPSI-08-70 Reducing EMC problems with connectors	12:16

9. Supplimental Content for EPSI Class ()

EPSI-09-10 Supplimentary Papers

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