Digital Signal Transmission : Line Circuit Technology (Paperback, New ed)

1 Lumped and distributed circuits.- 2 Characteristics of ideal transmission lines/cables.- 2.1 Equations for an ideal line.- 2.2 Possibility of line pulse reflections.- 2.3 Matching and mismatching.- 2.4 'Phantom generator' interpretation of reflections.- 3 The reflection chart.- 3.1 The Reflection Chart: step-input voltage.- 3.2 Rectangular pulse drive.- 3.3 Input waveforms with finite rise- and fall-times.- 4' sliding-Load-Line' analysis of pulses on lines.- 4.1 Resistive terminations.- 4.2 Nonlinear load: a diode termination.- 4.3 Reflections with logic circuit interconnections.- 5 Time domain reflectometry.- 5.1 Application examples: step and truncated-ramp drive.- 6 Crosstalk.- 6.1 Crosstalk with strip lines.- 6.1.1 Forward crosstalk waveform: derivation.- 6.1.2 Reverse crosstalk waveform: derivation.- 6.1.3 Crosstalk: calculation examples.- 6.1.4 Reduction of crosstalk with microstrip lines.- 6.2 Crosstalk with cable bundles: general comments.- 7 Logic signal transmission: an introduction.- 7.1 Transmission characteristics.- 7.1.1 Parallel and serial data transfer.- 7.1.2 Unbalanced and balanced operation.- 7.1.3 Tri-state operation.- 7.2 Noise rejection in unbalanced and balanced systems.- 7.3 Single-ended, point-to-point transmission: RS232C.- 7.4 Multi-point bidirectional data transmission: RS485.- Appendix A: Resume of practical line characteristics.- Appendix B: Laboratory demonstration work.- General considerations.- Circuit descriptions and observed waveforms.- Appendix C: General notes on waveform observation.- Lumped systems.- Distributed systems.- Answers (including worked solutions to problems).- References.