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Article: Modeling common ground noise in high-speed multi-board PCB systems: the amount of noise between reference planes in two adjoining boards depends on the inductance produced by inter-board connector.(SIGNAL INTEGRITY)(Cover story)
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- June 1, 2008
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The high-speed link paths in today's computer systems frequently span across multiple circuit boards. These signal paths on multiple boards are connected through connectors and cables, which often introduce impedance discontinuities. The challenges presented by multi-board signaling have been addressed in most high-speed interfaces by using differential signaling, which is less severely impacted by connector discontinuities. However, one pitfall of differential signaling is the tendency to ignore the accompanying common mode signal and mode conversion effects. Signal integrity tools often consider only the differential-to-differential parameters ([S.sub.DD11] and ...