I probably should have quantified my earlier post. Nyquist frequency is 1/2
BAUD rate. For NRZ (or PAM-2) BAUD rate is same as bit rate. It represents
an alternating 101010.... bit pattern. So for example, at 28 GB/s Nyquist
frequency is 14 GHz. For PAM-4 since there are 2 symbols per bit, a 56 GB/s
has a BAUD rate of 28 Gbaud, and Nyquist frequency of 14 GHz.
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Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] Re: Surface roughness of copper
Why is Nyquist used when referring to the clock frequency?
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Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Surface roughness of copper
When you look up roughness parameters for RTF/VLP they are very close
anyway. In fact some laminate suppliers do not offer VLP in lieu of RTF.
There is however a significant Rz difference between RTF/VLP and HVLP.
Conservatively about 1/2 depending on who's RTF foil is chosen by your
laminate supplier.
It is true modern serdes with Tx FIR and Rx DFE are capable of tolerating
the loss. But sometimes there also requirements to meet IEEE Chip-module and
OIF CEI VSR insertion loss budgets which have max channel loss of 10 dB at
Nyquist. In these channels there is an expectation of only simple CTLE
equalization for the plug-in modules.
It's not unusual to have 8-10 inches of PCB routing from a switch chip to a
faceplate SFP module for example, so even a 0.3 dB/in difference at Nyquist,
meeting the loss budget is often a challenge.
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Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Surface roughness of copper
Here is some measured data that you can use to decide whether smooth copper
is worth the cost.
In 2013 we build a test PCB with a set of trace layers built from Reverse
treat copper ( what you get if you don't specify a finish) and VLP copper.
The paper was 5-TP5 Titled High Speed Losses in various materials
The test traces were 8" long (20 cm) and 4.5 mils (.11 mm) wide.
At 5 GHz (10 Gb/S) the loss was 0.2 db.
At 14 GHz (28 Gb/S) the loss was 2 db.
When you need to specify smooth copper depends on how good your serdes are,
how long the path is and how good the laminate is. Some newer serdes
toleratet38 db loss at 28 Gb/S. Takes a pretty long path to need smooth
copper with such serces.
Lee Ritchey
Speeding Edge
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I took the energy needed to be mad
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Count Basie
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Ross Ritchey
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Thank you Yuryl , I'll go through them .
On Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 8:45 PM Yuriy Shlepnev <shlepnev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Maruthi,
The best way to figure it out is with a numerical experiment.
To start with, pick up a realistic roughness model that correlates
with the measurements - a number of such models for different type of
copper treatments is available in our app notes at
https://www.simberian.com/AppNotes.php Build a model of your link and ;
see the impact by turning the roughness on and off.
The impact of different signal degradation factors, including
roughness, for different data rates was a subject of the recent SIJ
webinar - see #9 at https://www.simberian.com/Webinars.php
Best regards,
Yuriy
Yuriy Shlepnev, Ph.D.
President, Simberian Inc.
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Simbeor - Accurate, Productive and Cost-Effective Electromagnetic
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Subject: [SI-LIST] Surface roughness of copper
Hi everyone
What's the minimum bitrate after which I should start worrying about
the surface roughness parameters of the copper used in PCB ?
Does the amount of signal energy in the first harmonics , second
harmonics have any impact on this ?
I appreciate answers on this , thanks in advance .
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