Electronic Design eBook: Focus on Timing

Oct. 11, 2023

Timing and clocks are the base from which digital circuits operate. This eBook delves into their design and use.

This eBook is part of the Library Series: Analog, Test & Measurement, and EDA and PCB Technology.

Timing isn't hard, you just need to stay on the clock. Which clock and how it's synchronized can be a challenge, especially when multiple sources are involved and tight timing constraints are imposed due to frequency, jitter, and the length of transmission lines. Multi-source clock-tree synthesis is an option for clock distribution, joining conventional clock-tree synthesis and clock mesh that's being utilized in more advanced designs. This and other topics like the difference between jitter and noise provide insight into system clock design and distribution.

Members can download our eBook that contains these articles covering clocks and timing issues:

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William G. Wong | Senior Content Director - Electronic Design and Microwaves & RF

I am Editor of Electronic Design focusing on embedded, software, and systems. As Senior Content Director, I also manage Microwaves & RF and I work with a great team of editors to provide engineers, programmers, developers and technical managers with interesting and useful articles and videos on a regular basis. Check out our free newsletters to see the latest content.

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I earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters in Computer Science from Rutgers University. I still do a bit of programming using everything from C and C++ to Rust and Ada/SPARK. I do a bit of PHP programming for Drupal websites. I have posted a few Drupal modules.

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