High-Speed System and Analog Input/Output Design

The new edition of this textbook is based on Dr. Thanh T. Tran’s 10+ years’ experience teaching high-speed digital and analog design courses at Rice University and 30+ years’ experience working in high-speed system design, including signal and power integrity in digital signal processing (DSP), computer, and embedded system. The book provides hands-on, practical instruction on high-speed digital and analog design for students and working engineers. The author first presents good high-speed digital and analog design practices that minimize both component and system noise and ensure system design success. He then presents guidelines to be used throughout the design process to reduce noise and radiation and to avoid common pitfalls while improving quality and reliability. The book is filled with tips on design and system simulation that minimize late stage redesign costs and product shipment delays. Hands-on design examples focusing on audio, video, analog filters, DDR memory, and power supplies are featured throughout. In addition, the author provides a practical approach to design multi-gigahertz high-speed serial busses (USB-C, PCIe, HDMI, DP) and simulate printed circuit board insertion and return loss using s-parameter models.

Dr. Thanh Tran, Professor in the Practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University and Signal and Power Integrity Engineer at Raytheon Technologies, earned his BSEE from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Houston. Prior to his current positions, he had held various senior technical positions, including engineering technologist at Dell Technologies and Compaq Computer (acquired by HP), director of R&D at Earlens Corporation, chief technical advisor at Halliburton Company, senior electrical engineering manager at Becton Dickinson, and senior manager/CTO of New Emerging End Equipment of DSP Systems at Texas Instruments. Tran, a Senior IEEE member, has published two books , has published over 24 technical papers, and currently holds 37 granted patents plus 9 patents pending, related to virtual reality, computer gaming/audio systems, PC-Based HDTV, oil and gas logging systems, fiber optic communication, high bitrate telemetry systems, and mixed analog/digital ASICs. The issued patents include two key inventions in high-speed systems design, AC-coupled sinewave clocking in multi-CPU servers and direct sequence spread spectrum clocking with adjustable EMI reduction.