There are actually two type of coupling, inductive (mutual inductance) and capacitive. They reinforce each other in the backwards direction (near end) and 'tend' to cancel in the forward (far end) direction. (They 'exactly' cancel in a stripline environment.) These are the signals of (typically) opposite sign. IN ADDITION, unless there is transmission line termination at the near end of the victim trace, there will be a REFLECTION of the near end signal that will propagate back to the far end (its sign will depend on the reflection coefficient.) We have numerous articles on crosstalk causes and effects at http://www.ultracad.com Doug Brooks Hello all, > I need some explaination in near and far end crosstalk due > to mutual inductance. One is the driver wire causing > crosstalk on quite wire due to mutual inductance. Is the > following statement true: > "Mutual inductance causes positive waves to appear near the transmitter > end of the quiet wire (near end inductance) and negative waves at the > receiver end of the transmission line (far end crosstalk)". > Why the polarity of crosstalk is different at near and far end? > > Thanking you in advance, > > Shekh > > > > __________________________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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