1st Edition
by Ralph Morrison (Author)
A unique, practical approach to the design of high-speed digital circuit boards
The demand for ever-faster digital circuit designs is beginning to render the circuit theory used by engineers ineffective. Digital Circuit Boards
presents an alternative to the circuit theory approach, emphasizing
energy flow rather than just signal interconnection to explain logic
circuit behavior.
The book shows how treating design in terms of
transmission lines will ensure that the logic will function, addressing
both storage and movement of electrical energy on these lines. It covers
transmission lines in all forms to illustrate how trace geometry
defines where the signals can travel, then goes on to examine
transmission lines as energy sources, the true nature of decoupling,
types of resonances, ground bounce, cross talk, and more.
Providing
designers with the tools they need to lay out digital circuit boards
for fast logic and to get designs working the first time around, Digital Circuit Boards:
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Reviews in simple terms the basic physics necessary to understand fast logic design
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Debunks
the idea that electrical conductors carry power and signals, showing
that signal travels in the spaces, not the traces, of circuit boards
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Explains logic circuit behavior through real-time analysis involving the fields and waves that carry signal and energy
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Provides new information on how ground/power planes work
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Outlines a software program for solving energy flow in complex networks
