S-Parameter-Measurement-Based Time-Domain Signal Transient and Crosstalk Noise Characterizations of Coupled Transmission Lines

Author

Kim, Dongchul ; Eo, Yungseon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Ansan

Volume

32

Issue

1

fYear

2009

Firstpage

152

Lastpage

163

Abstract

Coupled transmission lines are experimentally characterized by using 4-port S-parameter measurements in a broad frequency band (up to 20 GHz). Test patterns are designed and fabricated by using a ball grid array (BGA) package process. Symmetrically coupled transmission lines are decoupled into two eigen modes that can be readily determined from the measured S-parameters. Then transmission line parameters and signal transient waveforms are directly determined by using the measured S-parameters. It is shown that not only are the transmission line parameters frequency-dependent, but also the frequency-variant effects and nonideal characteristics of transmission lines have a substantial effect on signal transients and crosstalk noises.

Keywords

S-parameters; ball grid arrays; coupled transmission lines; crosstalk; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit noise; BGA; S-parameter-measurement-based time-domain signal transient; ball grid array package process; coupled transmission lines; crosstalk noise; eigenmodes; signal transient waveforms; test patterns; Couplings; Crosstalk; Distributed parameter circuits; Electromagnetic transients; Frequency; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit packaging; Power system transients; Scattering parameters; Transmission line measurements; S-parameters; Crosstalk; interconnect lines; package; signal transient; transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Advanced Packaging, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-3323

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TADVP.2008.2004465

Filename

4785324