Signal- and power-integrity literature, web links, Rev. October 2008

  

Books on signal and power integrity, EMC:

·    Istvan Novak: Power Distribution Network Design Methodologies.  IEC, May 2008.

·    Dennis Derickson, Marcus Muller: Digital Communications Test and Measurement. Prentice Hall, January 2008.

·    Madhavan Swaminathan, Ege Engin: Power Integrity Modeling and Design for Semiconductors and Systems.  Prentice Hall, December 2007.

·    Mike P. Li: Jitter, Noise, and Signal Integrity at High-speed.  Prentice Hall, November 2007.

·    Greg Edlund: Timing Analysis and Simulation for Signal Integrity Engineers.  Prentice Hall, November 2007.

·    Istvan Novak, Jason R. Miller: Frequency Domain Characterization of Power Distribution Networks.  Artech House, Boston, 2007.

·    Mike P. Li: Design and Test for Multiple Gbps Communication Devices and Systems. Professional Education International, Inc., IEC, 2005.

·    K. Barry A. Williams: Designing Power Distribution Systems for Electronic Circuits. Aikman Engineering LLC, 2005.

·    David M. Pozar: Microwave Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.

·    Dennis Miller: Designing High-Speed Interconnect Circuits.  Intel Press, 2004.

·    John R. Barnes: Robust Electronic Design Reference Book, Volume I and II.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.

·    Stephen C. Thierauf: High-Speed Circuit Board Signal Integrity.  Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2004.

·    Tom Granberg: Handbook of Digital Techniques for High-Speed Design.  Prentice Hall, 2004.

·    F. W. Grover: Inductance Calculations. Dover Phoenix Editions, 2004.

·    Eric Bogatin: Signal Integrity – Simplified. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2004.

·      Howard Johnson, Martin Graham: High-Speed Signal Propagation – Advanced Black Magic. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2003.

·    Douglas Brooks: Signal Integrity Issues and Printed Circuit Board Design. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2003.

·    Fang Lin Luo, Hong Ye: Advanced DC/DC Converters. CRC Press, London, 2003.

·    Lee W. Ritchey, John Zasio: Right the First Time – A Practical Handbook on High Speed PCB and System Design, Volume One.  Speeding Edge, Summer 2003.

·    Chi Kong Tse: Complex Behavior of Switching Power Converters.  CRC Press, London, 2003.

·    Daniel G. Swanson, Wolfgang J.R. Hoefer: Microwave Circuit Modeling Using Electromagnetic Field Simulation.  Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2003.

·    Richard K. Ulrich, Leonard W. Schaper: Integrated Passive Component Technology.  IEEE Press and John Wiley Interscience, 2003.

·    Les Besser, Rowan Gilmore: Practical RF Circuit Design for Modern Wireless Systems, Volume I, Volume II.  Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2003.

·    Bruce R. Archambeault, James Drewniak: PCB Design for Real-World EMI Control. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, July 2002.

·    Ron Schmitt: Electromagnetics Explained.  Newness Elsevier-Science, 2002.

·    Bruce R. Archambeault, Omar M. Ramahi, Colin Brench: EMI/EMC Computational Modeling Handbook (2nd Edition) The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, August 2001.

·    Stephen Hall, Garrett Hall, James McCall: High-Speed Digital System Design, A handbook of Interconnect Theory and Design Practices. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York, 2000.

·    Brian Young: Digital Signal Integrity: Modeling and Simulation with Interconnects and Packages.  Prentice Hall, Inc., NJ, 2000.

·        Mark I. Montrose: EMC and the Printed Circuit Board – Design, Theory, and Layout Made Simple.  IEEE Press, New York, 1999.

·    Hartmut Grabinski, Petra Nordholz: Signal Propagation on Interconnects.  Kluwer Academic Publisher, Boston, 1998.

·    Masakozu Shoji: High Speed Digital Circuits.  Addision Wesley, 1997.

·    Don White: The EMC Desk Reference Encyclopedia, EMF-EMI Control, Inc., 1998.

·    Mark I. Montrose: Printed Circuit Design Techniques for EMC Compliance. IEEE Press, 1996.

·        Tocci, Caulfield: Optical Interconnection, Foundations and Applications.  Artech House, 1996.

·        Friedman: Clock Distribution Networks in VLSI Circuits and Systems.  IEEE Press, 1996.

·    James E. Buchanan: Signal and Power Integrity in Digital Systems: TTL, CMOS, and BiCMOSMcGraw-Hill, 1996.

·    Anatoly Tsaliovich: Cable Shielding for Electromagnetic Compatibility.  Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995.

·    Christos Christopoulos: Principles and Techniques of Electromagnetic Compatibility, CRC Press, 1995

·    Johnson, Graham: High-Speed Digital Design.  A Handbook of Black Magic.  Prentice Hall, 1994.

·    Ashok K. Goel: High-Speed VLSI Interconnections.  Wiley Interscience, New York, 1994.

·    Simon Ramo, John R. Whinnery, Theodore Van Duzer: Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1994

·    H. Bakoglu: Circuits, Interconnections, and Packaging for VLSI. Addison Wesley, 1993.

·    Packaging.  Intel Corporation, 1993.

·    Clayton R. Paul: Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility.  John Wiley, 1992.

·    Brian C. Wadell: Transmission Line Design Handbook.  Artech House, 1991.

·    S. Kislovski, R. Redl, N. O. Sokal:  Dynamic Analysis of Switching-Mode DC/DC Converters.  Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991.

·    Eric Bogatin:  High Performance Packaging Solutions.  Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation, 1991.

·    Charles S. Walker:  Capacitance, Inductance, and Crosstalk Analysis.  Artech House, 1990.

·    E. H. Fooks, R. A. Zakarevicius:  Microwave Engineering Using Microstrip Circuits.  Prentice Hall, 1990.

·    R. Djordjevic, T.K. Sarkar, R. F. Harrington, B. Bazdar: Time-Domain Response of Multiconductor Transmission Lines;  Software and User's Manual.  Artech House, 1989.

·    A. R. Djordjevic, T.K. Sarkar, R. F. Harrington, B. Bazdar: Matrix Parameters for Multiconductor Transmission Lines; Software and User's Manual.  Artech House, 1989.

·    Fred E. Gardiol: Lossy Transmission Lines.  Artech House, 1987.

·    Keiser: Principles of Electromagnetic Compatibility, third edition, Artech House, 1987

·    Odon Ferenczi:  Power Supplies.  Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, Hungary, 1987.

·    Takanori Okoshi: Planar Circuits for Microwaves and Lightwaves, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1985

·    H.W. Ott: Noise Reduction Techniques in Electronic Systems, second edition . John Wiley Interscience, NY, 1988.

·    R. E. Matick:  Transmission Lines for Digital and Communication Networks.  McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975.

·    H. Howe, Jr.:  Stripline Circuit Design.  Artech House, 1974.

·        Georges Metzger, Jean-Paul Vabre:  Transmission Lines with Pulse Excitation.  Academic Press, 1969.

 

Useful Web Links (links tested as of October 2008)

CAD tools

Ansoft (merged with Ansys):  http://www.ansoft.com/

Ansoft Designer® for physics-based RF, high-speed, and communication design

HFSS™           3D, electromagnetic, finite-element simulation tool for high-frequency design

Nexxim™        Next State-of-the-Art in Circuit Simulation

DesignerSI™/ Nexxim™ System-Level SI Solution for IC/Package/Board Co-design

Q3D Extractor™ Parasitic Extraction for Electronic Design

SIwave™        Signal-integrity, and power-delivery analysis tool for PCB and IC Package design

 

APLAC (marketed by AWR):  http://www.aplac.com/, http://www.aplac.hut.fi/aplac/, http://web.awrcorp.com/

RF Design Tool

 

Applied Simulation Technology:  http://www.apsimtech.com/

ApsimSPE  (Signal Integrity, Power Integrity and EMI Simulator)           

ApsimRLGC (2d+ capacitive field solver)

ApsimSI - PCB (Advanced Signal Integrity Simulator for PCB)            

ApsimIBIS-LCR 2 (Electrical Characterization of IC Packages)

ApsimSI - IC (Advanced Signal Integrity Simulator for IC's)    

ApsimLPG (Accurate LSI model for Common Mode EMI and SSO)

ApsimPI-LSI (Full Chip Power Integrity considering Silicon Substrate Effects)  

ApsimIBIS-Took Kit (SPICE to IBIS)

ApsimFDTD (3D-full wave Electromagnetic Simulator)            

ApsimSPAR (Returns S-parameters)

ApsimFDTD-SPICE (Full Wave Non-linear Signal Integrity and EMI Solution)            

ApsimPLANE (3d inductive field solver)

ApsimFDTD-SPAR (Full Wave Electromagnetic Solver)         

ApsimCAP3-D (3d capacitive field solver)

ApsimRADIA (EMC/EMI Radiated Emission Noise Simulation)          

ApsimMPG (Model Package Generator)

ApsimRADIA-WB (Design Workbench for EMI Analysis)      

ApsimIBIS-Translator (IBIS to SPICE)

ApsimDELTA-I (Ground/Power Plane Noise Simulator)          

ApsimTSG (Table SPICE Generator)

ApsimSPICE (Advanced Circuit Simulator)       

ApsimOMNI (Signal and Ground/Power Plane Analysis)         

ApsimR-PATH (EMI Path Analyzer)   

ApsimLCD (Advanced LCD Simulator)

 

Applied Wave Research, Inc.:  http://www.appwave.com/, http://web.awrcorp.com/

Analog Office™

Visual System Simulator

Microwave Office (combines an advanced IC and PCB layout editor with circuit simulation)

 

AtSpeedhttp://www.atspeed.net/products.html

Oculus channel simulator (last update: June 2003)

 

Synopsys (formerly Avant! (formerly Metasoftware Inc.)):

http://www.synopsys.com/products/mixedsignal/hspice/hspice.html

HSPICE

 

Agilent:  http://www.agilent.com/find/signal-integrity

Advanced Design System (System circuit and EM simulation toolset)

Linear

Harmonic Balance

Circuit Envelope

High-Frequency SPICE

Convolution

RF System Simulator

Momentum

Statistical Design

Ptolemy

HDL Co-Simulation

TI ISS Co-Simulation

Device Modeling Systems

IC-CAP Modeling Suite

 

DesignSofthttp://www.tina.com/

TINA SPICE circuit simulator

 

Faustus Scientific Corp.:  http://www.faustcorp.com/

MEFiSTo-2D Plus ( Advanced 2D simulator with automatic meshing)

MEFiSTo-3D Pro ( High performance volumetric time domain field solver for the Professional. Multi-thread architecture and real-time SPICE embedding)

 

Zuken:  http://www.zuken.com/

CR-5000 Lightning (SI and EMC analyzer)

 

IBM:  http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/eip

MOM electromagnetic tools for DC resistance and R(f), C(f), L(f) causal solutions

 

Intusoft:  http://www.intusoft.com/

ICAP/4 8.x.11 Windows

 

Mentor Graphiccshttp://www.mentorgraphics.com/products/

ICX/TAU

Hyperlinx LineSim (Pre-Layout Signal Integrity Simulator)

Hyperlinx BoardSim (Post-Layout Signal Integrity Simulator)

Quiet Expert (EMI simulator)

 

OptEMhttp://www.optem.com/

OptEM Inspector (Chip Level device and interconnect RC extraction software tool for deep-submicron)

OptEM Connector (electromagnetic analysis and SPICE modeling of cables and connectors)

OptEM Cable Designer (designs and analyses high-performance multi-conductor twisted pair cables)

OptEM Package (post-layout verification tool for IC package interconnects)

OptEM Interconnect Designer (pre-layout parametric design and signal integrity analysis tool)

 

Cadence:  http://www.cadence.com/us/pages/default.aspx

Advanced Package

Allegro

SPECCTRAQuest

SPECCTRA

PSpice Studio

OrCAD

 

Physware:

http://physware.com/solutions.php

HSPICE plug-in field solver

 

Polar Instruments:  http://www.polarinstruments.com/

Si9000e (Field solver)

ToneOhm (short locator)

 

Quantic EMC Inc.: http://www.quantic-emc.com/

BoardScan

Greenfield 2d Two-dimensional solver for complex geometries

Phidias Modelling Tool (IBIS)

 

Sigrityhttp://www.sigrity.com/

OptimizePI 

PowerDC

XtractIM

PowerSI

Broadband SPICE

SPEED2000

Unified Package Designer (UPD)

 

Simbeor (3D field solver):

http://www.simberian.com/

 

SiSofthttp://www.sisoft.com/

Quantum SI

Quantum Channel Designer)

 

Sonnethttp://www.sonnetsoftware.com/

Sonnet 3D Full-wave field solver

CST Microwave Studio

 

Tektronix: http://www.tek.com/

IConnect  (Interactive Interconnect Characterization and Modeling Software)

 

Tera Analysis Co.:  http://www.quickfield.com/

Quick Field EM-thermal simulator

 

Westbay Technology Ltd.:  http://www.westbay.ndirect.co.uk/index.htm

Westbay Auditor (enclosure EMC check)

Westbay Tools (pcb design, shielding, etc.)

Westbay Compufilt (emi filter design)

Westbay FasTrack (transient simulator aid)

 

Zeeland Software:  http://www.zeland.com

IE3D: MoM based EM Simulator

Fidelity: FDTD Based EM simulator

MDSPICE: Mixed Domain SPICE simulator

 

 

Free, low-cost and/or demo online tools:

Knowlent:  http://www.knowlent.com/viper.html

Viper: postprocessing tool

 

Ansofthttp://www.ansoft.com/downloads.cfm

MaxwellSV (2D field solver)

 

DesignSofthttp://www.tina.com/

demo TINA SPICE circuit simulator; free node-limited simulator is available through www.ti.com

 

EECircle:  http://www.eecircle.com/applets/

illustration web-based applets

 

Faustus: http://www.faustcorp.com/downloads/index.html

Mefisto 2D classic 2D field solver and Mefisto 3D Nova free 3D field solver

 

Istvan Novak’s home page:  http://home.att.net/~istvan.novak/tools.html

(free illustration spreadsheets)

 

Linear Technology:   http://www.linear.com/designtools/softwareRegistration.jsp

SPICE simulator

 

Mentor Graphics:  http://www.mentor.com/hyperlynx/visibis.cfm

Hyperlinx Visual IBIS Editor

 

Polar Instruments:  http://www.polarinstruments.com/index.html

Si8000m Quicksolver 12 (hourly charge)

EPD100 free transmission-line visualization tool

 

Sonnet:  http://www.sonnetsoftware.com/

SonnetLite free field solver

 

StatEye organization:  http://www.stateye.org

free MATLAB scripts for full linear and nonlinear channel analysis

 

Tera Analysis Co.:  http://www.quickfield.com/free.htm

Quick Field student version

 

UltraCAD calculators:  http://www.ultracad.com/calc.htm

 

W.L.Gore TLinesim: http://www.tlinesim.com/Startsim.aspx

free web-based interconnect simulator, VNA, TDR/TDT, eye diagram:

 

Link to a collection of freeware software items:  http://www.hobby-electronics.info/

 

Component manufacturers:

Semiconductors

Altera programmable logic: http://www.altera.com/

Analog Devices: http://www.analog.com/

Burr-Brown (now Texas Instruments): http://www.burr-brown.com/

Cypress: http://www.cypress.com/

Fairchild semiconductors: http://www.fairchildsemi.com/products/

IBM Microelectronics:  http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/

Infineon Technologies AG.: http://www.infineon.com

Linear Technology: http://www.linear.com/

LSI Logic: http://www.lsilogic.com/

Agere Systems (formerly Lucent Microelectronics): http://www.agere.com/

Maxim, Dallas Semiconductor: http://www.maxim-ic.com/index.cfm

Micrel: http://www.micrel.com/

Micron: http://www.micron.com/

National Semiconductor: http://www.national.com/

ON Semiconductor: http://www.onsemi.com/home

Philips Semiconductor: http://www-us.semiconductors.philips.com/

Quimonda (memory components, formerly Infineon): http://www.qimonda.com/

Rambus: http://www.rambus.com/

Samsung:  http://www.samsung.com

Texas Instruments: http://www.ti.com/

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation: http://www.vitesse.com/

XILINX programmable logic: http://www.xilinx.com/

Capacitors

AVX Corporation: http://www.avxcorp.com/

EPCOS (previously Siemens): http://www.epcos.com/

Johanson Dielectrics: http://www.johanson-caps.com/

Kemet: http://www.kemet.com/

Murata Electronics: http://www.murata.com/

NIC Components Corp: http://www.niccomp.com/ also http://www.low-esr.com/

Nichicon (specialty: electrolytic capacitors): http://www.nichicon.com/

Philips capacitors: http://www.components.philips.com/InformationCenter/

Samsung:  http://www.samsung.com

Sanyo: http://www.secc.co.jp/

Taiyo-Yuden: http://www.t-yuden.com/

TDK: http://www.tdk.co.jp/tefe02/index.htm

Thin-film Technology Corp: http://www.thin-film.com/

United Cheni-Con: http://www.chemi-con.com/index.php

Vishay: http://www.vishay.com/

X2Y: http://www.x2y.com/

Yageo: http://www.yageo.com

Resistors

Bourns: http://www.bourns.com/

International Manufacturing Services, Inc., IMS: http://www.ims-resistors.com/

Thin-film Technology Corp: http://www.thin-film.com/

Vishay: http://www.vishay.com/

Inductors, filters

Bourns: http://www.bourns.com/

Fair-Rite: http://www.fair-rite.com/newfair/index.htm

Murata Electronics: http://www.murata.com/

Philips inductors: http://www.components.philips.com/

Taiyo-Yuden: http://www.t-yuden.com/

TDK: http://www.tdk.co.jp/tefe02/index.htm

Thin-film Technology Corp: http://www.thin-film.com/

X2Y: http://www.x2y.com/

Yageo (also formerly Ferroxcube): http://www.yageo.com

Resonators, oscillators

AVX Corp.: http://www.avxcorp.com/

Connor-Winfield Corp: http://www.conwin.com/

EPSON: http://www.eea.epson.com/

Fox: http://www.foxonline.com/

ILSI America: http://www.ilsiamerica.com

M-Tron Industries, Inc.: http://www.mtron.com/

Maxim, Dallas Semiconductor: http://www.maxim-ic.com/StartPage.htm

Murata Electronics: http://www.murata.com/

Raltron Electronics Corp.: http://www.raltron.com/

Pericom (formerly also SaRonix): http://www.pericom.com/,  http://www.saronix.com/

TEMEX: http://www.temex.net/

Toyocom USA: http://www.toyocom.com/products.htm

Vectron International: http://www.vectron.com

Packages, sockets, interposers

Amkor: http://www.amkor.com/

Advanced Interconnections: http://www.advintcorp.com/

Kyocera: http://global.kyocera.com/

 

Connectors, cables

Amphenol high-speed cables/connectors: http://www.spectra-strip.com/default.CFM

Belden: http://www.belden.com/

ERNI: http://www.erni.com/

FCI (formerly also BERG Electronics): http://www.fciconnect.com/

Fujitsu connectors: http://www.fcai.fujitsu.com/connectors/index.asp

Harting: http://www.harting.com/en/en/en/index.en.html

Hirose: http://www.hirose.com/

Madison Cable, a Tyco Company: http://www.madisoncable.com/

MegaPhase : http://www.megaphase.com

Molex: http://www.molex.com/

3M’s Robinson-Nugent: http://www.3m.com/us/

Samtec: http://www.samtec.com/

Siemens Electromechanical Components, a Tyco company: http://www.tyco.com/

Tensolite: http://www.tensolite.com

Teradyne: http://www.teradyne.com/]

Tyco (formerly AMP and also M/A-COM): http://www.tyco.com/

Winchester Electronics: http://www.winchesterelectronics.com/

W.L.Gore & Associates: http://www.gore.com/

DC-DC converters, power supplies, VRMs, controllers

Artesyn Technologies (now part of Emerson Network Power): http://www.artesyn.com/

ASTEC Power (now Emerson Network Power): http://www.astec.com/

Bourns: http://www.bourns.com/

Celestica: http://www.celestica.com/

Datel (now part of Murata): www.cd4power.com

Delta: http://www.deltaww.com/

Ericsson Microelectronics: http://www.ericsson.com/products/powermodules/

Lambda (now part of TDK): http://www.lambdapower.com/

Lineage Power (formerly Tyco Electronics): http://www.lineagepower.com/Landing.aspx

Linear Technology: http://www.linear.com/

Power-One (formerly also Di/dt): http://www.power-one.com/

Primarion: http://www.primarion.com/

RO Associates: http://www.roassoc.com/

SynQor: http://www.synqor.com/

Texas Instruments (formerly also Unitrode): http://power.ti.com

Vicor: http://www.vicr.com/

Volterra: http://www.volterra.com/

Printed-circuit board materials, board shops, backplanes

Advanced Circuits (prototyping): http://www.4pcb.com/

BusTronic (an Elma company): http://www.bustronic.com/

Dynamic Details Inc (also formerly Automata): http://www.ddiglobal.com/

DuPont Flexible Circuit Materials: http://www2.dupont.com/Pyralux/en_US/index.html

ISOLA (formerly also Polyclad): http://www.isolalaminatesystems.com/

Merix: http://www.merix.com/

Multek: http://www.multek.com/

Nelco: http://www.parkelectro.com/index.htm

Oak-Mitsui: http://www.oakmitsui.com/

Ohmega: http://www.ohmega.com/

Rogers: http://www.rogerscorporation.com/

Rohm & Haas: http://www.rohmhaas.com/

Sanmina-SCI (also formerly Altron and Hadco): http://www.sanmina-sci.com/

Sheldahl: http://www.sheldahl.com/

TTM Technologies (formerly Honeywell): http://www.ttmtechnologies.com/

Viasystems: http://www.viasystems.com/

Instruments, probes

Agilent Technologies: http://www.tm.agilent.com/

Amherst Systems Associates, Inc. (jitter analyzers): http://www.amherst-systems.com/

Anritsu (formerly also Wiltron): http://www.anritsu.com/

Cascade Microtech (probe stations): http://www.cascademicrotech.com/

GGB Industries, Inc. (Picoprobes): http://www.ggbindustries.com/

GigaTest Labs (probe stations): http://www.gigatest.com/

Introbotics Corporation (PCB testers): http://www.introbotics.com/

Jmicro Technology (probes, tips, probe stations): http://www.jmicrotechnology.com/prod.html

LeCroy: http://www.lecroy.com/

Micromanipulator (probes, probe stations): http://www.micromanipulator.com/

National Instruments: http://www.ni.com/

Probing Solutions, Inc. (probes): http://www.probingsolutions.com/

Rohde Schwartz: http://www2.rohde-schwarz.com/en

Suss MicroTech (probe stations): http://www.suss.com/

Tektronix: http://www.tektronix.com/

WaveCrest (jitter analyzers); http://www.wavecrest.com/

 

Knowledge databases:

Signal-integrity e-mail reflector/list (SI-List) archive: http://www.freelists.org/archives/si-list/

ChipCenter: http://www.chipcenter.com/

CrossTalk Magazine (Timothy Coyle): www.xrosstalkmag.com

Epsilon Group at GeorgiaTech (Madhavan Swaminathan): http://www.ece.gatech.edu/research/labs/hppdl/Epsilon2007/

GigaTest Lab: http://www.gigatest.com/

Bogatin Enterprises, (Eric Bogatin):  www.BeTheSignal.com

UltraCAD Design Inc, (Douglas Brooks): http://www.ultracad.com/

Schelto van Dorn’s webpage on the physical layer of high-speed digital interconnect standards: http://www.schelto.com/

High Speed Digital Design (Dr. Howard Johnson): http://www.sigcon.com/

Electrical Integrity homepage (Istvan Novak): http://home.att.net/~istvan.novak/index.html

The Speeding Edge (Lee Ritchey): http://www.speedingedge.com/

North East Systems Associates, Inc (Dr. Edward Sayre): http://www.nesa.com/

EMC and ESD webpage (Doug Smith): http://emcesd.com/

Systems Electromagnetic Compatibility (Michael King): http://www.systemsemc.com

EMF-EMI Control Inc., (Don White): http://www.ieee-houston.org/Ads/DonWhite/DonWhite.htm

DBi Corporation (John Barnes): http://www.dbicorporation.com/

SI Blog (Colin Warwick): http://signal-integrity-tips.com

Agilent Test and Measurement Application Note center: http://www.tm.agilent.com/

VNA HELP: http://vnahelp.com/index.html

Texas Instruments Application Note center: http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/apps/index.htm

National Semiconductor Application Note center: http://www.national.com/apnotes/

IPC (Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits): http://www.ipc.org/

IBM Microelectronics technical library: http://www.chips.ibm.com/techlib/

IBM patent library: http://www.delphion.com/

European Patent Office: http://ep.espacenet.com/

US patent office: http://www.uspto.gov/

CircuiTree magazine: http://www.circuitree.com/

EDN Magazine: http://www.reed-electronics.com/ednmag/

EE Times magazine: http://www.eetimes.com/

Printed Circuit Design and Manufacture Magazine (formerly also Printed Circuit Fab): http://pcdandm.com/cms/

SMT Magazine: http://smt.pennnet.com/home.cfm