Thanks for all the help everyone. I found Kipp's solution suitable for my needs.. To continue the discussion: This scenario is taking place in a simulation. It is Possible to create increased frequency bandwidth simulations That may handle faster rise times... What are some=20 Of the limiting factors when considering a MAXIMUM FREQUENCY BANDWIDTH for a simulation? For example, I wanted to=20 Resolve some retention feature in a coaxial type structure. Is there a Max frequency.... Strictly speaking of TDR and Square wave reproduction. I realize that the structure will Have cutoff frequencies for particular modes. M -----Original Message----- From: Ed Sayre III [mailto:esayre3@xxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 12:17 PM To: Moeller, Merrick Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] TDR Resolution Merrick, As you can see from the responses the "Rule-of-Thumb depends on your signaling needs. The risetime of the TDR really depends on the the data rate of the signals. R. K Poon's book has an excellent section on sampling and risetime effects. I believe it is in an appendix in chapter 5. Also a word to the warning, don't use a ramp function, it tends to give you unrealistic results and lots of ringing and convergence problems. Regards -Ed At 10:21 AM 1/17/2005 -0600, Moeller, Merrick wrote: >Experts, > I am in the process of running a simulation In order to=20 >resolve signal path discontinuities. Is there a Rule of thumb that=20 >would give the minimum rise time signal To resolve a min length=20 >discontinuity? >Regards, >Merrick > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >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 > > > >!DSPAM:41ebe70a251711626721400! ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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