Andy, The conservation of energy principle suggests that you cannot get more power out of the lines than how much you put in. Assuming uniform, homogenious coupled lines, this means the crosstalk voltage will be bounded by the launched voltage(s) and reflections. If a repetitive pattern hits a resonance (due to severe mismatches at both ends), the voltage may escalate. A simple situation could be a more-or-less matched agressor line coupling to an unterminated line (the matched agressor is assumed only to avoid possible resonance gain on the aggressor itself). If the frequency of active wavefront(s) on the agressor matches the resonance frequency of the unterminated victim line, the crosstalk will be bounded only by the losses. Best regards, Istvan Novak SUN Microsystems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Kuo" <andyk@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 8:44 PM Subject: [SI-LIST] Crosstalk Noise Amplitude > Hi all, > > I have a question: > > In a microstrip configuration or any RLC circuit, will the crosstalk noise > voltage amplitude induced from the aggressor signal be bounded? > > In other word, is it possible for the crosstalk noise to have an amplitude > greater than the amplitude of the aggressor signal? > > Thanks very much > Andy Kuo > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu