SANTA ROSA, CA -- Keysight EEsof EDA SI tools product manager Colin Warwick will present a free webcast on optimizing SerDes design during the pre-layout phase on Sept. 25.
The presentation centers on the idea that, in the era of receiver equalization, older stackup and controlled impedance line design tools are obsolete because the metrics they output (frequency response) are irrelevant. The metric that matters today, says Warwick, is the post-equalization eye opening. His webcast will show how to optimize the pre-layout design using a PCI Express transmitter, channel, and receiver as an example.
Warwick is product manager for signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI/EMC tools for high-speed digital design at Keysight, the former software arm of Agilent.