ABSTRACT

This book is about how to design the most complex types of digital circuit boards used inside servers, routers and other equipment, from high-level system architecture down to the low-level signal integrity concepts. It explains common structures and subsystems that can be expanded into new designs in different markets.

The book is targeted at all levels of hardware engineers. There are shorter, lower-level introductions to every topic, while the book also takes the reader all they way to the most complex and most advanced topics of digital circuit design, layout design, analysis, and hardware architecture.

chapter 1|5 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|31 pages

Digital Circuits

chapter 3|19 pages

Major Interfaces

chapter 4|17 pages

Power Supply Circuits

chapter 5|36 pages

Components

chapter 6|52 pages

Main Chips

chapter 7|51 pages

Hardware Architecture

chapter 8|19 pages

Systems and Chassis

chapter 9|12 pages

Hardware-Firmware Integration

chapter 10|50 pages

Timing Analysis

chapter 11|64 pages

Signal Integrity

chapter 12|31 pages

PCB Materials and Stackups

chapter 13|22 pages

Power Integrity

chapter 14|40 pages

Initial Design

chapter 15|72 pages

PCB Layout Design

chapter 16|31 pages

Prototyping

chapter 17|24 pages

Measurements

chapter 18|18 pages

Manufacturing