Lecture3 Ee720 Tdr Spar

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Sam Palermo

Analog & Mixed-Signal Center

Texas A&M University

ECEN720: High-Speed Links

Circuits and SystemsSpring 2013

Lecture 3: Time-Domain Reflectometry & S-Parameter Channel Models



Announcements

• The first lab is today in ZACH 203•Prelab 1 is due on Wednesday

• Reference Material Posted on Website•TDR theory application note

•S-parameter notes

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Agenda

• Interconnect measurement techniques• Time-domain reflectometry (TDR)

• Network analyzer

• S-parameters

• Cascading S-parameter models

• Full S-parameter channel model

• Transient simulations

• Impulse response generation

• Eye diagrams

• Inter-symbol interference

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Lecture References

• Majority of TDR material from DallyChapter 3.4, 3.6 - 3.7

• Majority of s-parameter material from Hall “Advanced Signal Integrity for High-SpeedDigital Designs” Chapter 9

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Interconnect Modeling

• Why do we need interconnect models?• Perform hand calculations and simulations (Spice, Matlab, etc…)

• Locate performance bottlenecks and make design trade-offs

• Model generation methods

• Electromagnetic CAD tools• Actual system measurements

• Measurement techniques

• Time-Domain Reflectometer (TDR)

•

Network analyzer (frequency domain)5



Time-Domain Reflectometer (TDR)

• TDR consists of a fast step generator and a high-speedoscilloscope

• TDR operation

• Outputs fast voltage step onto channel

• Observe voltage at source, which includes reflections

• Voltage magnitude can be converted to impedance

• Impedance discontinuity location can be determined by delay

• Only input port access to characterize channel 6

[ Agilent]

[Dally]



TDR Impedance Calculation

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TDR Waveforms (Open & Short)

• Open termination

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Input step at 1ns

2td

2td

• Short termination



TDR Waveforms (Matched & Mismatched)

• Matched termination

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• Mismatched termination 2tdZT > Z0

ZT < Z0



TDR Waveforms (C & L Discontinuity)

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2td

2td

20CZ

C =τ

02Z

LL =τ

• Shunt C discontinuity

• Series L discontinuity

−

=

∆

−τ

τ rt

r

etV

V1

Peak voltage spikemagnitude:

tr = 10ps



TDR Rise Time and Resolution

• TDR spatial resolution is set by step risetime

• Step risetime degrades with propagation

through channel•Dispersion from skin-effect

•Lump discontinuities low-pass filter the step

• Causes difficulty in estimating L & C values• Channel filtering can actually compensate

for lump discontinuity spikes

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υ rtx>∆



TDR Multiple Reflections

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TDR Waveforms (Multiple Discontinuities)

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A B C Load

A

B C

B AB ,CBC

B AC ,

CBCBC ,C AB

Note: Step comes at 1ns



Time-Domain Transmission (TDT)

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• Can measure channel transfer function

• Hard to isolate impedance discontinuities, as they aresuperimposed on a single rising edge

( )( )( )ω

ω

ω

jV

jV jH

1

2=

TDR TDT

[Dally]



• Stimulates network with swept-frequency source

• Measures network response amplitude and phase

• Can measure transfer function, scatteringmatrices, impedance, …

• Test set is configured differently for each kind of measurement to be performed

Network Analyzer

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[Dally]



• Test sets in high-frequency network analyzers make useof directional couplers

• Directional couplers are two transmission lines coupled

over a short distance• If the short line is properly terminated, it allows for the

voltage across Z A to be proportional to the forwardtraveling wave and the voltage across ZB to be

proportional to any reflected wave

Directional Coupler

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[Dally]



Transfer Function & ImpedanceMeasurements

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[Dally]

• Transfer function measurement

• The input signal is from a directional coupler which samples the forwardtraveling wave

• The network output serves as the output• Impedance measurement

• The input signal is from a directional coupler which samples the forwardtraveling wave

• The reflected wave from the network is compared with this input to

characterize the impedance over frequency



Scattering (S) Parameters

• Why S Parameters?•Easy to measure

• Y, Z parameters need open

and short conditions•S parameters are obtained

with nominal termination

•S parameters based on

incident and reflected waveratio

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[Dally]



Formal S-Parameter Definitions

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[ Agilent]



Cascading S-Parameters

• Network analysis allows cascading of independently characterized structures

• However, can’t directly cascade s-parameter matrices and multiply

• Must first convert to an ABCD matrix (or Tmatrix)

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ABCD Parameters

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[Hall]



Converting Between S & ABCD Parameters

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[Hall]



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Example: Cascaded Via & Transmission Line

• Taken from “Advanced Signal Integrity for High-Speed Digital Designs” by Hall



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Example: Cascaded Via & Transmission Line

• Taken from “Advanced Signal Integrity for High-Speed Digital Designs” by Hall

• Using conversion table:

• Can also use T matrixes to cascade



S-Parameter Channel Example

25[Peters, IEEE Backplane Ethernet Task Force]



S-Parameter Channel Example(4-port differential)

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[Hall]

Data from 50MHz to 15GHz in10MHz steps



S-Parameter Channel Example

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S21

S11



Impulse Response

• Channel impulse responses are used in•Time domain simulations

•Link analysis tools

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∫ τ τ

ω ω ω

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Generating an Impulse Response fromS-Parameters

• Perform the inverseFourier transform on thes-parameter of interest

• Step 1: For ifft, producenegative frequency valuesand append to s-parameter data in thefollowing manner

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( ) ( ){ }ω SFth 1−=

( ) ( )∗=− f Sf S

PositiveFrequency

NegativeFrequency



Increasing Impulse Response Resolution

• Could perform ifft now,but will get an impulseresponse with timeresolution of

• To improve impulse

response resolutionexpand frequency axisand “zero pad”

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( ) ps3.33GHz152

1

2

1

max==f

zero padding

For 1ps resolution:zero pad to +/-500GHz



Channel Impulse Response

• Now perform ifft toproduce impulse response

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• Can sanity check by doing anfft on impulse response andcomparing to measured data



Impulse Response of Different Channels

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7” Desktop/0Conn

17” Refined BP/2Conn

17” Legacy BP/2Conn



Channel Transient Response

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Eye Diagrams

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[Walker]



Eye Diagrams vs Data Rate

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Eye Diagrams vs Channel

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Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI)

• Previous bits residual state can distort the current bit,resulting in inter-symbol interference (ISI)

• ISI is caused by

• Reflections, Channel resonances, Channel loss (dispersion)

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Single Input Bit

Output Pulse

Response



ISI Impact

• At channel input (TX output), eye diagram iswide open

• As data pulses propagate through channel, theyexperience dispersion and have significant ISI

• Result is a closed eye at channel output (RX input)

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Edge connector

Packaged SerDes

Line card trace

Backplane trace

Via stub

-100ps 100ps-50ps 0ps 50ps-500mV

500mV

-400mV

-300mV

-200mV

-100mV

-0.0mV

100mV

200mV

300mV

400mV

500mV

EyeFF E110.0Gb/s [OPEN,1e-8]No Xtalk

Time

DATA =RAND Tx600mVpd AGC Gain-5.48dBXTALK =NONE AGC 5.0GHz 0. 00dBPKG=0/0 TERM=5050/5050 IC =3/3

HSSCDR =2.3.2-pre2IBM ConfidentialDate=Sat 01/21/2006 12:00P MPLL=0F1V0S0,C16,N32,O1,L80FREQ=0.00ppm/0.00usFFE =[1.000, 0.000]

-100ps 100ps-50ps 0ps 50ps-500mV

500mV

-400mV

-300mV

-200mV

-100mV

-0.0mV

100mV

200mV

300mV

400mV

500mV

EyeF FE1 10.0Gb/s [OPEN,1e-8]No Xtalk

Time

DATA =RAND Tx600mVpd AGC Gain-6.02dBXTALK =NONE AGC 5.0GHz 0.00dBPKG=0/0 TE RM=5050/5050 IC =3/3

HSSCDR =2.3.2-pre2IBM ConfidentialDate=Sat 01/21/2006 12:01P MPLL=0F1V0S0,C16,N32,O1,L80FREQ=0.00ppm/0.00usFFE =[1.000, 0.000]

INPUT

OUTPUT

[Meghelli (IBM) ISSCC 2006]



Next Time

• Channel pulse response model

• Modulation schemes

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