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The Course Is Focused On The Design and Testing of Fast Communication Wireline Interfaces, at Rates of Tens of Gigabits Per Second, Between The Central Processor Chip and Other Components in Digital Computing Systems. Analog Models of The Data Transfer Channels and Models For Characterizing Variability in The Parameters of Chip Production, And Their Effect On The Quality of The Signal Transfer (signal Integrity) Will Be Presented. Architecture of a Typical Electronic Circuits For Transmission and Reception, Encoding Schemes and Techniques For Ensuring Reliable Communication Will Be Presented. in The Last Part Of The Course, a Mathematical Model Will Be Developed For Mass Production of Units, Such That The Number of Defective Units Will Not Exceed a Desired Threshold. The Course Includes Quantitative Practice Exercises in Matlab For Visualization and Analysis of Key Components In The System. Grades Will Be Based On a Final Examination And Homework. Learning Outcomes# at The End of The Course The Students Will Be Able To# 1. Explain The Effect of The Physical And Electrical Parameters of The Channel On The Quality of The Received Signal. 2. Familiar With The "eye Diagram" Model And Will Be Able to Analyze With It The Integrity of The Signal, And Calculate Error Probabilities in Data Communication. 3. Get to Know The Principles and Tools Used To Compensate For The Signal Distortions Created in The Channel. 4. Understand Tests and Parameters Used For Characterizing Electrical Properties in The Chip Manufacturing Process. 5. Understand Mathematical Models For Predicting Product Quality Over Hundreds of Millions of Units Based On a Sample Test of Hundreds of Units.

Faculty: Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Pre-required courses

(44137 - Electronic Circuits and 44148 - Waves & Distributed Systems)

• Advanced signal integrity for high-speed digital designs - Hall, Stephen H.
• Advanced signal integrity for high-speed digital designs - Hall, Stephen H.
• Computer circuits electrical design - Poon, Ron K.
• Digital signal integrity : modeling and simulation with interconnects and packages - Young, B. W.
• Digital systems engineering - Dally, William J.
• High speed digital system design : a handbook of interconnect theory and design practices - Hall, Stephen H.
• High-speed digital design : a handbook of black magic - Johnson, Howard W.
• Inductance : loop and partial - Paul, Clayton R.
• Inductance loop and partial - Paul, Clayton R.
• Power distribution network design methodologies
• Principles of power integrity for PDN design -- simplified : robust and cost effective design for high speed digital products - Smith, Larry D.