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To Ann, Christopher, and Kevin.

About the Author

Stephen C. Thierauf is chief scientist (technology) at Signal Integrity Software, Inc. Previously, he served as senior consulting hardware engineer at Fabric Networks/Infiniswitch Corporation, where he was responsible for the signal integrity design, analysis, and debugging of very high signal count/high-performance backplanes and line cards. While working at Compaq Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation, he was a senior member of the technical staff responsible for the circuit design and signal integrity analysis of integrated high-speed I/O circuitry, as well as...