Exam 2 information Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Wednesday Dec 16, 10:30 to 1:00 pm Eligible topics (1 of 3) (not an exhaustive list) Exam is cumulative, all topics discussed are eligible for examination Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits Criteria for when high-speed design techniques should be applied Transient response of 1 st -order circuits Measuring device capacitance and inductance Crosstalk from various reactances Output driver characteristics (totem pole, open emitter, …) Noise margin Timing analysis, critical paths Ground bounce Packaging options including packageless options Thermal effects, analysis, and management

Exam 2 information Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Eligible topics (2 of 3)(continued) Transmission line model, parameters of interest, loss mechanisms Transmission line propagation, voltages and currents, reflections Return-path current and crosstalk Ground plane interruptions and routing issues Near-end and far-end crosstalk Power planes and board layer stack up Termination schemes (far end, source end) Real resistor characteristics Via types and specifications Electrical effects of vias Proper via placement for managing return-path current Proper decoupling capacitor placement and connections

Exam 2 information Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Eligible topics (3 of 3)(continued) Bypass capacitor role and placement Real capacitor characteristics Connectors and pin inductance Cables and return current path management EMI and radiated emissions Radiation from common-mode and differential mode currents Pipelining and latency Demultiplexing and multiplexing Clock sources Clock skew and fine timing adjustments Oscilloscope characteristics Passive and active probes

Exam 2 information Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Specific topics (not an exhaustive list) Board layer stack, return path current management, and decoupling capacitor placement Timing analysis must identify critical path and find max operating frequency Daisy chain signal routing and end termination component placement High frequency behavior of real capacitors and resistors EMI characteristics of common-mode and differential-mode currents 7 problem sets, total of 15 questions