Actually, there is also common impedance (conductive coupling which could be very dominant at lower frequencies (say below 100 kHz) due to the common power and return planes... Elya On 01/02/2012 19:28, Dudi Tash wrote: > Hi Pelle, > > Coupling is the mechanism that causes the crosstalk. > > There are two of those mechanisms. The first is capacitive coupling and the > second is inductive coupling. > > The stronger the coupling, the stronger is the crosstalk, hence the incentive > should be reducing the coupling mechanisms. > > In order to do that: > > 1. Separate the air gap between two (or more) adjacent traces > 2. Reduce the distance between GND plane and trace signal (meaning reducing > the controlled impedance) > 3. Use slower (higher rise time) technologies as possible > 4. Reduce the delta V of the signals as possible > 5. Use differential pairs if possible > > Hope this helps > > Best Regards, > Dgtronix Ltd. I Founder& CEO I Dudi Tash > eFax: +972-3-7256490 I Mobile: +972-54-6345629 I Office: +972-9-9660967 > www.dgtronix-tech.com > > > > > > > *This email contains confidential and proprietary information of Dgtronix > Ltd.* > > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Pehr Andersson > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 7:17 PM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] Difference between coupling and crosstalk > > Hello experts! > > What is the difference between coupling and crosstalk? > > * Crosstalk is dependent on the bit pattern. ? > * Coupling is not dependent on the bit pattern. ? > > Can we then use coupling in frequency domain to get crosstalk, if the > crosstalk is time-domain phenomena, that is, it is dependent on the bit > pattern? > > > For example if we want to estimate how much crosstalk we will receive on the > victim line when having two aggressors with rise time 24ps and bit rate 10G, > then we could use PSFEXT and PSNEXT for estimating FEXT and NEXT crosstalk. > But will it tell me how much crosstalk I can expect, or how much it will > close my eye? > > Thanks and best regards, Pelle > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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