Understanding Signal Integrity

A signal integrity and design engineer in private practice, Thierauf presents an introductory text for engineers, project leaders, and managers setting out the fundamentals of signal integrity. He details the electrical characteristics of the various types of transmission lines present on circuit boards, with particular attention to the differences between them. Other topics include reflection, termination strategies, cross-talk, circuit board technology, signal loss, and differential signaling. Readers are presumed to have a basic background in electrical engineering, including an elementary understanding of voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, and inductance; but not signal integrity, electromagnetics, or transmission line theory. Exercise problems with detailed solutions are provided for self-assessment and as templates for real problems. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)