Design strategies for Signal Integrity, Power Integrity and EMI EMC issues in Computing boards and Systems

In the modern world, complexity of electronic products has increased due to the demand for higher performance such as faster data transfers, better image processing, higher computing power, and greater functionality. The technological advancements towards multi-core CPU and GPGPU environments in a single Printed Circuit Board has brought up various design challenges and constraints for compute and signal processing systems. One such challenge is to meet the Signal, Power Integrity and stringent EMI/EMC standards for the equipment based on the installation platform. The operating frequencies of processor clocks and switching frequencies of interfaces are ranging from few MHz to 10 GHz. The improper terminations of the high-speed signals not only affect the system performance but also its surrounding system performance through emissions. Hence it is very much essential to sensitize on various challenges involved in Signal, Power Integrity, EMI EMC qualification of a high-end Computing and Signal Processing system.