W2302EP Datasheet, PDF (20/26 Pages) Keysight Technologies – Quick Start for Signal Integrity

Comparison of Techniques
This table compares the three techniques:
Method
Applicalibility
BER floor in one minute
simulation
Transient (SPICE-like) simulator
Modified nodal analysis of Kirchoff’s
current laws for every time step
Any circuit
~10^-3
Channel simulator bit-by-bit mode Channel simulator statistical mode
Bit-by-bit superposition of step
responses
Statistical calculations based on
step response
LTI channel; finite, user-specified
bit pattern; adaptive or fixed
eq. taps
LTI channel; strochastic props of
infinite bit pattern; fixed eq. taps
~10^-6
~10^-16
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