Mentor White Paper: Managing Signal Integrity Issues

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Successful signal integrity analysis depends on a fundamental concept: impedance. Without a thorough understanding of the impedance values that a signal encounters along the way, designers cannot maintain good signal quality from source to receiver.

This white paper by Mentor, a Siemens business, defines the difference between characteristic and instantaneous impedance and explores the essential principles of impedance and design-controlled impedance. 

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