Intra-system interconnects for digital communications

Author

Deutsch, A. ; Arjavalingam, G. ; Surovic, C.W. ; Lanzetta, A.P. ; Fogel, K.E. ; Doany, F. ; Ritter, M.

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

1-4 May 1994

Firstpage

833

Lastpage

838

Abstract

The electrical performance of three types of cables, namely coaxial, shielded ribbon and flexible-film is characterized for interconnection applications inside high-speed digital systems. Measurements are made of the cable attenuation signal propagation integrity, bit-error rate, connector discontinuities and crosstalk. The electrical parameters obtained experimentally are used in simulations to predict the bandwidth and range of useful lengths for these cables. The paper highlights the performance-limiting factors such as connector and via discontinuities, and printed-circuit-board wiring losses and the practical density and extendibility limitations are discussed

Keywords

attenuation measurement; cable sheathing; coaxial cables; crosstalk; digital communication; electric connectors; printed circuit accessories; wiring; bit-error rate; cable attenuation signal propagation; coaxial cables; connector discontinuities; crosstalk; digital communications; electrical parameters; extendibility limitations; flexible-film cable; intra-system interconnects; performance-limiting factors; printed-circuit-board wiring losses; shielded ribbon; via discontinuities; Attenuation measurement; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Coaxial cables; Communication cables; Connectors; Crosstalk; Digital communication; Digital systems; Predictive models;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 44th

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0914-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.1994.367532

Filename

367532