SiLab DVD Volume I
High-Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic
1.1 Path of RF Current
At radio frequencies, current no longer follows the path of least resistance. Instead, it follows the path of least inductance. (Practical demonstration)
1.2 Inductance of Bypass Capacitor
The pads and vias associated with a surface-mounted bypass capacitor exert tremendous influence over its high-frequency performance. This laboratory session presents a simple intuitive model of the electrical behavior of pad and via structures, illustrating in a direct way the importance of good layout. (Measured data)
1.3 Metastability
What happens when you violate the setup or hold time of a flip-flop? Sometimes the output goes to one, sometimes it goes to zero, and sometimes - this is the subject of metastability - it takes a long time to make up its mind. (Live lab demonstration)
Choose from three volumes
accompanies the class High-Speed Digital Design
accompanies the class Advanced High-Speed Signal Propagation
accompanies the class High-Speed Noise and Grounding