Icer, if you don't have one of the commercial field solvers available you can do this calculation with the free TNT/MMTL field solver. Just google "TNT field solver", download is from Sourceforge.com or from my website (http://www.testtechniques.com --> Free Tools). It will give you propagation speed and line parameters, but also calculate near- and far-end crosstalk directly for given coupled line length and rise time. Note that the crosstalk calculations assume a linear ramp edge (like the basic Spice edge model), and FEXT does not saturate in this calculator (in reality it cannot exceed 50%). Also be careful about the units - default is meters, not mils. Wolfgang From: "Eric Bogatin" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 04/12/2011 03:29 AM Subject: [SI-LIST] Crosstalk between the positive end and negative end of diffe Sent by: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Icer- The far end noise in microstrip depends on the difference in speed between the inverse of the odd and even modes. Not sure where you get the 200 mV- depends on the odd and even mode speeds. If the two lines are far apart, the difference can be near zero. You need to use a 2D field solver to calc the even and odd mode speeds before you can estimate the far end noise. This example in my book was offered to illustrate the real root cause of far end noise and why it scales with Len and inversely with rise time. If you want to estimate the far end noise, any good 2D field solver, like the Polar SI9000 tool, will give this to you. When the lines are close together and RT = 0.1 ( rather short for DDR2), you can indeed see far end cross talk of 10% in lengths on the order of 4-10 inches, depending on the coupling. I would recommend you attend my Essential Principles of SI class in mid May in Santa Clara. You will learn the real secrets of far end cross talk and ground bounce, among other topics. --eric ******************************************************* Dr. Eric Bogatin, Signal Integrity Evangelist Bogatin Enterprises Setting the Standard for Signal Integrity Training No Myths Allowed Webinar Series Public Classes <http://www.bethesignal.com/> <http://www.bethesignal.comee/> www.BeTheSignal.com EE Times Blog: <http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/4207357/BeTheSignal> http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/4207357/BeTheSignal beTheSignal Blog: <http://www.bethesignal.com/blog> www.beTheSignal.com/blog 26235 W 110th Terr Olathe, KS 66061 e: <mailto:eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx v: 913-393-1305 cell: 913-424-4333 f: 913-393-0929 skype: eric.bogatin *********************************************** Msg: #1 in digest Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:50:45 -0700 (PDT) From: icer world <icermail@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [SI-LIST] Crosstalk between the positive end and negative end of diffe Hi Experts: In Eric's book, the crosstalk between the positive end & negative end of the differential pair is discussed. I have a question about it. The FEXT nosie is due to the different speed of odd & even and the formula is V*(L/RT)*0.5*(1/Vodd-1/Veven). Take DDR for example, the L is 2in and the RT=0.1ns and V is 1.8v, the noise will be 200mv and it's too much. This means the single end of the differential pair always has much noise in high speed design. However, this is a strange conclusion, so can someone tell me whether it's right or not? Thanks in advance. Thanks Icer ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu