There is no relationship whatsoever between the rise time and the frequency (or period) of something like a clock signal. You could have a 0.001 Hertz signal with 1 ps rise times. The relationship Trise = 0.35 / Fc (or Fc = 0.35 / Trise) is an estimate of the rise time in the case of a moderately well controlled system response whose -3 dB rolloff frequency is Fc. (That is, if you send an ideal signal with Trise = 0 ps through a linear system whose -3 dB point is Fc, the output signal's Trise can be estimated by this formula.) Or conversely, if you require a certain Trise through an amplifier or other system, you know what its -3 dB minimum bandwidth should be. But all digital signals contain significant harmonics beyond the -3 dB point. So Fc does not define some sort of highest frequency present. The rise times you get out of a driver circuit, depend on the circuit design and technology of the driver circuit, not what you want to use it for. Regards, Andy > Do you know if there is a formula which gives you the > rise time for a specific frequency ? > > I found in a book ("Interconnect Analysis and > Synthesis") a formula which gives you the relation > between the rise time and the Significant Frequency in > which you should do the R,L extraction. It is => > Sign.Freq=0.34/trise. > > Do you think that is this correct to calcullate the > rise time from this formula ? > > From you rexperience do you think that SoC buses can > work in such high frequencies like 1GHz ? > > I am reading a lot of publications about crosstalk in > high speed interconnects and i' ve seen a lot of guys > talking about frequencies up to 100GHz !!!! > > Do you think that this is reasonable ? > > Is finally inductance an important parameter in high > speed digital buses in SoC ? > > Matheos ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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