PELE:Pre-emphasis &Equalization LinkEstimator toAddress theEffects ofSignal Integrity Limitations
Shoujun Wang · 2006
combination through exhaustive transient simulations cantake This paper discusses amethodology employed tocreate atool that several man-months ofeffort toconverge onpossible solutions due quantifies theeffects ofsignal integrity limitations particularly for tothis additional sophistication. Itisforthis reason, coupled with high-speed applications. Thetool isbased onaplatform ofroutinescustomers' requirement tominimize BERinthesystem through whichpredict performance overhigh-speed links. Itcontainsoptimization, that wecreated PELE, ourtool namewhich isan routines thatoptimize transmitter pre-emphasis andreceiver acronym forPre-emphasis andEaualization LinkEstimator. equalization that lead tosuperior BERperformance. Thetool is PELEisbuilt uponamodular andexpandable framework. Central is qualified against Agilent's ADS simulator andcorrelated to itsability tooptimize pre-emphasis andequalization settings and measurements. predict near- andfar-end eyediagrams foranygiven link. Thelink itself isrepresented end-to-end byeither measured orsimulated S