Signal Integrity Considerations For High Speed Digital Hardware Design - Mick Grant - 2002Signal Integrity Considerations for High Speed Digital Hardware Design White Paper Issue: 01, 11th November 2002 Mick Grant, Design Engineer Abstract As system clock frequencies and rise times increase, signal integrity design considerations are becoming ever more important. Unfortunately many Digital Designers may not recognise the importance of signal integrity issues and problems may not be identified until it is too late. This paper presents the most common design issues affecting signal integrity in high-speed digital hardware design. These include impedance control, terminations, ground/power planes, signal routing and crosstalk. Armed with the knowledge presented here, a digital designer will be able to recognise potential signal integrity problems at the earliest design stage. Als……