Signal- and power-integrity literature, web links, Rev. October 2008
· 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,
· 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,
· Tom Granberg:
Handbook of Digital Techniques for High-Speed Design. Prentice
Hall, 2004.
· F. W. Grover: Inductance
Calculations.
· Eric Bogatin:
Signal Integrity – Simplified. Prentice Hall,
· Howard Johnson, Martin Graham:
High-Speed Signal Propagation – Advanced Black Magic. Prentice Hall,
·
· Fang Lin Luo,
Hong Ye: Advanced DC/DC Converters. CRC Press,
· 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,
· Daniel G. Swanson, Wolfgang J.R. Hoefer: Microwave Circuit Modeling
Using Electromagnetic Field Simulation. Artech House,
· 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,
· 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.
· 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,
· Hartmut Grabinski,
· Masakozu Shoji: High Speed Digital
Circuits. Addision Wesley, 1997.
· Don White: The EMC Desk Reference Encyclopedia, EMF-EMI Control, Inc., 1998.
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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 BiCMOS.
McGraw-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,
· 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
· 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.
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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,
· Takanori Okoshi:
Planar Circuits for Microwaves and Lightwaves,
· 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.
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)
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
DesignSoft: http://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/
ICX/TAU
Hyperlinx LineSim (Pre-Layout
Signal Integrity Simulator)
Hyperlinx BoardSim
(Post-Layout Signal Integrity Simulator)
Quiet Expert (EMI simulator)
OptEM: http://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
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
Phidias Modelling Tool (IBIS)
Sigrity: http://www.sigrity.com/
OptimizePI
PowerDC
XtractIM
PowerSI
Broadband SPICE
SPEED2000
Unified Package Designer (UPD)
SiSoft: http://www.sisoft.com/
Quantum SI
Quantum Channel Designer)
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
Fidelity: FDTD Based EM simulator
MDSPICE: Mixed Domain SPICE simulator
Knowlent: http://www.knowlent.com/viper.html
Viper: postprocessing
tool
Ansoft: http://www.ansoft.com/downloads.cfm
DesignSoft: http://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
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/
Altera programmable logic: http://www.altera.com/
Analog Devices: http://www.analog.com/
Fairchild semiconductors: http://www.fairchildsemi.com/products/
IBM Microelectronics: http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/
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
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation: http://www.vitesse.com/
XILINX programmable logic: http://www.xilinx.com/
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/
Nichicon (specialty: electrolytic
capacitors): http://www.nichicon.com/
Philips capacitors: http://www.components.philips.com/InformationCenter/
Samsung: http://www.samsung.com
Taiyo-Yuden: http://www.t-yuden.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
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/
Bourns: http://www.bourns.com/
Fair-Rite: http://www.fair-rite.com/newfair/index.htm
Murata Electronics: http://www.murata.com/
Taiyo-Yuden: http://www.t-yuden.com/
TDK: http://www.tdk.co.jp/tefe02/index.htm
X2Y: http://www.x2y.com/
Yageo (also formerly Ferroxcube):
http://www.yageo.com
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
M-Tron
Industries, Inc.: http://www.mtron.com/
Maxim, Dallas Semiconductor: http://www.maxim-ic.com/StartPage.htm
Murata Electronics: http://www.murata.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
Amkor: http://www.amkor.com/
Advanced Interconnections: http://www.advintcorp.com/
Kyocera: http://global.kyocera.com/
Amphenol high-speed
cables/connectors: http://www.spectra-strip.com/default.CFM
Belden: http://www.belden.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
W.L.Gore & Associates: http://www.gore.com/
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/
Lambda (now part of TDK): http://www.lambdapower.com/
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/
Vicor: http://www.vicr.com/
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/
Multek: http://www.multek.com/
Nelco: http://www.parkelectro.com/index.htm
Oak-Mitsui: http://www.oakmitsui.com/
Ohmega: http://www.ohmega.com/
Rohm & Haas: http://www.rohmhaas.com/
Sheldahl: http://www.sheldahl.com/
TTM Technologies (formerly Honeywell): http://www.ttmtechnologies.com/
Viasystems: http://www.viasystems.com/
Agilent Technologies: http://www.tm.agilent.com/
Amherst Systems Associates, Inc. (jitter analyzers): http://www.amherst-systems.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/
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