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Signal Integrity and High-Speed Interconnects January-May 2006 Dr. J. E. Rayas Sánchez http://iteso.mx/~erayas [email protected] 1 Transmission Line Theory (Part 1) Dr. José Ernesto Rayas Sánchez 2 Dr. J.E. Rayas Sánchez Outline Common transmission media Modeling uniform interconnects Interconnect parasitics and their physical significance From lumped circuits to distributed circuits Fundamental transmission line equations

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Page 1: Transmission Line Theory - ITESO - Home course... · 2006. 1. 27. · Transmission Line Theory (Part 1) Dr. José Ernesto Rayas Sánchez Dr. J.E. Rayas Sánchez 2 Outline Common transmission

Signal Integrity and High-Speed InterconnectsJanuary-May 2006

Dr. J. E. Rayas Sánchezhttp://iteso.mx/~erayas [email protected]

1

Transmission Line Theory(Part 1)

Dr. José Ernesto Rayas Sánchez

2Dr. J.E. Rayas Sánchez

Outline

Common transmission media

Modeling uniform interconnects

Interconnect parasitics and their physical significance

From lumped circuits to distributed circuits

Fundamental transmission line equations

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Signal Integrity and High-Speed InterconnectsJanuary-May 2006

Dr. J. E. Rayas Sánchezhttp://iteso.mx/~erayas [email protected]

3Dr. J.E. Rayas Sánchez

Common Transmission Media

Uniform Interconnects

Microstrip

h

w

Coplanar

w1

w2

ε r

Waveguide

Twisted-pairCoaxial

b

a

h

w

(Hewlett-Packard's RF Design and Measurement Seminar, 2000)

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Common Transmission Media (cont)

Practical interconnects can be decomposed in segments of uniform interconnects (if necessary)

Components(Chip + Pkg)

PCB(Motherboard)

PCB(add-in card)

Connector

(H. Heck, 2005)

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Signal Integrity and High-Speed InterconnectsJanuary-May 2006

Dr. J. E. Rayas Sánchezhttp://iteso.mx/~erayas [email protected]

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Modeling Uniform Interconnects

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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Modeling Uniform Interconnects (cont)

Parasitic effects associated to each transmission media

– Capacitance between conductors, C

– Resistance of conductors (conductor losses), R

– Inductance of conductor loops, L

– Dielectric conductivity (dielectric losses), G

R, C, L, and G must be determined per unit length

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Signal Integrity and High-Speed InterconnectsJanuary-May 2006

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Interconnect Shunt Capacitance

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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Fringing Capacitance Effect

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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Signal Integrity and High-Speed InterconnectsJanuary-May 2006

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Interconnect Series Inductance

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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Interconnect Series DC Resistance

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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Signal Integrity and High-Speed InterconnectsJanuary-May 2006

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Skin Effect

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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EM-Simulation of Conductor Current Distribution

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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Signal Integrity and High-Speed InterconnectsJanuary-May 2006

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Proximity Effect

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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Edge and Indy Effects – Example

FR4

HW

L

W = 5 mm L = 25 mmH = 5 mm εr = 4.5dielectric loss tan = 0.025

0.6 GHz

1 GHz

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Signal Integrity and High-Speed InterconnectsJanuary-May 2006

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Interconnect Shunt Conductance

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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Loss Tangent of Typical Materials

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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Signal Integrity and High-Speed InterconnectsJanuary-May 2006

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Equivalent Circuit Models for Interconnects

On-chip Interconnects– lumped C if very short– lumped RC if very short and R significant– cascaded lumped RC if short– distributed RC if long– RLC distributed line (high performance VLSI circuits

and microwave ICs)

Off-chip Interconnects (→ usually distributed models)– LC line if losses can be ignored– RLC line on low dielectric loss PCBs– RLGC line (if dielectric loss is significant)

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Lumped Equivalent Circuit Models

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From Lumped Circuits to Distributed Circuits

(A. Weisshaar, Tutorial on High-Speed Interconnects, IMS June 2004, Fort Worth, TX)

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Transmission Line Model

The interconnect is modeled using an infinite number of RLCG sections

(R. Ludwig and P. Bretchko, RF Circuit Design, Prentice Hall, 2000)

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Transmission Line Model

The interconnect is modeled using an infinite number of RLCG sections

(R. Ludwig and P. Bretchko, RF Circuit Design, Prentice Hall, 2000)

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Transmission Line Model

Generic equivalent circuit for each section (R, L, C and G are per unit length)The interconnect is modeled using an infinite number of these sections, making

(R. Ludwig and P. Bretchko, RF Circuit Design, Prentice Hall, 2000)

0→z∆

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Transmission Line Equations

Time-Domain (Telegrapher Equations)

Telegrapher Equations in Frequency-Domain

ttziLtzRi

ztzv

∂∂−−=

∂∂ ),(),(),(

ttzvCtzGv

ztzi

∂∂−−=

∂∂ ),(),(),(

)()()( zILjRdz

zdV ω+−=

)()()( zVCjGdz

zdI ω+−=

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Transmission Line Equations (cont)

Wave Equation (frequency domain)

whereis the complex propagation constant

βαωωγ jCjGLjR +≡++= ))((

Solutions to the wave equation arez

oz

o eVeVzV γγ +−−+ +=)( zo

zo eIeIzI γγ +−−+ +=)(

0)()( 22

2

=− zVdz

zVd γ 0)()( 22

2

=− zIdz

zId γ

incident wavesreflected waves

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Transmission Line Equations (cont)

Characteristic Impedance of the TL

then

CjGLjRZo ω

ω++=

+

+

−=≡

o

o

o

oo I

VIVZ

Reflection Coefficient along the line, Γz

zo

zo eVeVzV γγ +−−+ +=)(

z

o

oz

o

zo

z eVV

eVeVz γ

γ

γ

Γ 2)( ++

−+

+−

==

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Transmission Line Equations (cont)

Solutions in the frequency domain

Solutions in the time domain

zo

zo eVeVzV γγ +−−+ +=)(

zo

zo eIeIzI γγ +−−+ +=)(

zo

zo eztVeztVtzv αα φβωφβω +−−−++ ++++−= )cos(||)cos(||),(

Phase velocity, wave velocity or propagation speed

βπλ 2==

fvp

βαωωγ jCjGLjR +≡++= ))((

Wavelength

βω==

dtdzvp

(speed at which a constant phase point travels down the line)

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Transmission Line Symbol

(Lossy) Transmission Line

Length along the line

Zo , γ

z

0l

Zo , γ

l

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Reflection Coefficient

Reflection coefficient along the line

Reflection coefficient at the load

l

o

ol

o

lo

l eVV

eVeVl γ

γ

γ

Γ 2)( −+

++

−−

==

oL

oL

o

ol ZZ

ZZVVl

+−==== +

)0(ΓΓ

Zo , γ

0l

ZL

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Input Impedance

Input Impedance along the line

)tanh()tanh(

)()()(

lZZlZZZ

lIlVlZ

Lo

oLoin γ

γ++==

Zo , γ

0l

ZL