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HS-10 · Chapter 7 · High-Speed Interfaces & Memory

10 Gb/s channel design

What do you consider when designing a 10 Gb/s board channel? The receiver eye looks "curved and closed" — what do you do?

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TrackSI & high-speed
Really testingEnd-to-end channel thinking.
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