Signal Integrity

Here at Agilent we have some great Application Notes. But a complete list is a bit daunting — hundreds. Even filtering on the SI tag yields over 40. Here is a short list of my favorites.

• "Practical Analysis of Backplane Vias" (5990-3982EN, April 2009, 20 pages, PDF, 1.1MB) Based on award winning paper from DesignCon 2009
• "Measuring Jitter in Digital Systems" (5988-9109EN, January 2008, 16 pages, PDF, 1.0MB)
• "Signal Integrity Analysis Series Part 1: Single-Port TDR, TDR/TDT, and 2-Port TDR" (5989-5763EN, February 2007, 72 pages, PDF, 5.2MB)
• "Signal Integrity Analysis Series Part 2: 4-Port TDR/VNA/PLTS" (5989-5764EN, February 2007, 56 pages, PDF, 3.6MB)
• "Signal Integrity Analysis Series Part 3: The ABC’s of De-Embedding" (5989-5765EN, July 2007, 48 pages, PDF, 2.5MB)
• "Using Clock Jitter Analysis to Reduce BER in Serial Data Applications" (5989-5718EN, December 2006, 33 pages, PDF, 1.2MB)
• "Relationships Between Electromagnetic Emission and Signal Integrity at High Speed" (34 pages, PDF, 1.2MB)
• "8 Hints for Debugging and Validating High-Speed Buses", Application Note 1382-10 (5988-5623EN, May 2002, 16 pages, PDF, 2.5MB)
• "Understanding Signal Integrity" Signal integrity is becoming a more significant problem as clock frequencies increase by Eric Bogatin, GigaTest Labs (5988-5978EN, April 2002, 8 pages, PDF, 0.9MB)
• "Limitations and Accuracies of Time and Frequency Domain Analysis of Physical Layer Devices" (White Paper)
• "Ultra-Low Impedance Measurements Using 2-Port Measurements" (5989-5935EN, Feb 2007, 52 pages, PDF, 2.5MB)

Here are two classic application notes and a seminar presentations that aren’t specific to signal integrity, but are nevertheless very useful in signal integrity engineering:

• "S-Parameter Techniques for Faster, More Accurate Network Design", an update of the classic Application Note AN 95-1, Agilent Technologies, PDF slides plus interactive features. Or download a scan of Richard W. Anderson’s original AN 95-1 S-parameter application note.
• "Network Analyzer Basics", slides and comprehensive speaker notes from our “Back to Basics” seminar series.
• AN 150 – Spectrum Analysis Basics