Waveform Integrity Knowledge Base

Welcome to the ASA Knowledge-Base. We are using this area of our website to build a community of contributers, as well as a large database of signal integrity information. This, in conjunction with the HAL feature of M1 Oscilloscope Tools, is intended to help all scope users across the spectrum. If you are having a problem with your part, someone else in the world most likely has had a similar problem, so our hope is that you can come to our knowledge-base and find the solution to your problem without reinventing the wheel.

• Metastability and Indeterminate Switching


• Synchronizer Faults


• Reflections


• Overshoot or Undershoot


• Long Time-Scale Parameter Drift or Jump (over multiple acquisitions)


• Short Time-Scale Parameter Drift or Jump (within a single acquisition)


• Differential Mismatch


• Frequency and Phase Modulation


• Non-Stationarity


• Non-Gaussian Distribution


• Cyclical/Repetitive PLL Behaviors


• RjDj Parameter Drift or Jump


• Voltage Parameter Drift or Jump


• Differential Common Mode Issues


• Ground Bounce


• Runt Pulse


• Ringing


• Rare Event or Outlier


• Crosstalk