AgilentANDesigning High Speed Backplanes Utilizing Physical Layer Test System and Advanced Design System Tools Application Note Abstract Telecommunication systems are required to achieve high-speed data transport up to data rates beyond 10 Gb/s. One of the biggest challenges facing digital designers today in their quest for 10 Gb/s and beyond is that of backplane packaging. An emerging process in the design cycle for the high-speed digital designer includes the use of measurement-based modeling. The success level of this methodology can be very dependent upon which tools are employed in the design lab and how well they work together. This paper will look at the problems introduced into the backplane assembly design by the many linear passive components that create reflections due to impedance dis……