george The lowest frequency component is dependent upon the coding pattern used, and the bit rate. There are a few publications on this: http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/an/archive/1hfan901.pdf http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/an/4hfan904.pdf http://www.inphi-corp.com/products/presentations/Inphi_High-Speed_IC_Test_Webinar_062503.pdf (slides 47, 48) Scott McMorrow Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC 121 North River Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 284-1827 Business (401) 284-1840 Fax http://www.teraspeed.com Teraspeed® is the registered service mark of Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC George Korony wrote: > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_NextPart_002_000A_01C7BA27.E38566D0" > > ------=_NextPart_002_000A_01C7BA27.E38566D0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > BlankScott, > The EM field propagates between the capacitors (or capacitor and GND?), but > the capacitor's value is an interesting question. Of course to build a small > and cheap device, lower the capacitor value better. But from the signal > point of view the capacitor has to be big enough to transmit the lowest > frequency-component of the signal in the given impedance environment. So the > question is, what is the lowest frequency needed to reproduce accurately the > signal at the receiver. I think this may be the same problem that was put on > this forum before....how many adjacent zeros (or by the same means ones) > does the signal contain? > George > > > > ------=_NextPart_002_000A_01C7BA27.E38566D0 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD><TITLE id=3DridTitle>Blank</TITLE> > <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = > charset=3Diso-8859-1"> > <STYLE>BODY { > MARGIN-TOP: 25px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 25px; COLOR: #000000; = > FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica > } > P.msoNormal { > MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; COLOR: #ffffcc; = > FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, "Times New Roman" > } > LI.msoNormal { > MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; COLOR: #ffffcc; = > FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, "Times New Roman" > } > </STYLE> > > <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> > <BODY id=3DridBody background=3Dcid:970561812@29062007-1b79> > <DIV><SPAN class=3D970561812-29062007>Scott, </SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=3D970561812-29062007>The EM field propagates between = > the=20 > capacitors (or capacitor and GND?), but the capacitor's value is an = > interesting=20 > question. Of course to build a small and cheap device, lower the = > capacitor value=20 > better. But from the signal point of view the capacitor has to be big = > enough to=20 > transmit the lowest frequency-component of the signal in the given = > impedance=20 > environment. So the question is, what is the lowest frequency needed=20 > to reproduce accurately the signal at the receiver. I think this = > may be the=20 > same problem that was put on this forum before....how many adjacent = > zeros (or by=20 > the same means ones) does the signal contain?</SPAN></DIV> > <P><SPAN class=3D970561812-29062007>George</SPAN></P> > <P> </P></BODY></HTML> > > ------=_NextPart_002_000A_01C7BA27.E38566D0-- > > > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- > -- Type: image/gif > -- File: Blank Bkgrd.gif > > > > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- > -- Type: text/x-vcard > -- File: George Korony.vcf > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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