Re: [SI-LIST] : Edge Rates

Scott McMorrow ([email protected])
Thu, 08 Jul 1999 14:47:02 -0700

I concur with Tom. It is highly unusual to see
a device these days that has an edge rate more
than 500 ps. This means that almost every pc
board trace must be considered a transmission line for
analysis purpose. Most devices manufactured today
also tend to have lower channel resistance than
necessary (10 to 25 ohms), which will cause severe
overshoot and ringback on unterminated nets.

BTW, Tom also gives a great presentation with
a breakdown of the measured edgerate characteristics
of various devices.

regards,

scott

tomda wrote:

> Assume 100 to 500 psec for the full transition for any modern logic family
> unless it has controlled edge rates.
>
> Tom Dagostino
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Patterson [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 12:07 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [SI-LIST] : Edge Rates
>
> I am a newcomer to signal integrity analysis and would like to know how
> to find out what the typical edge rates (i.e. rise and fall times) of
> some of the industry standard logic families are. These include FCT
> logic, SDRAMs and Syncburst SRAMs . I have an upcoming project that
> will use these devices and would loike to perform some signal integrity
> analysis.
>
> Ken Patterson
> Electronic Engineer
> ADC Broadband Communications/Pathway Division
> email:[email protected]
>
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