Intel 820E 3.3.3. Crosstalk Theory

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3.3.3. Crosstalk Theory
AGTL+ signals swing across a smaller voltage range and have a correspo ndingly smaller noise margin
than technologies traditionally used in personal computer designs, so designers using AGTL+ must be
more aware of crosstalk than they may have been in previous designs.
Crosstalk is caused through capacitive and inductive coupling between networks. Crosstalk appears a s
both backward and forward crosstalk. Backward crosstalk creates an induced signal in a victim network
that propagates in a direction opposite to that of the aggressor’s signal. Forward crosstalk creates a signal
that propagates in the same direction as the aggressor’s signal. On the AGTL+ bus, a driver on the
aggressor network is not at the end of the network. Therefore, it sends signals in both directions on the
aggressor’s network. Figure 77 shows a driver on the aggressor network and a receiver on the victim
network, neither of which is at a network end. The signal propagating in each direction causes crosstalk
on the victim network.
Figure 77. Aggressor and Victim Networks
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Figure 78. Transmission Line Geometry: (A) Microstrip (B) Stripline
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