ABSTRACT
Crosstalk is dened as the interference to a signal path from other localized signal paths. The term crosstalk is often limited in its use to circuits/conductors in close proximity, where the coupling path may be characterized by the mutual capacitance and mutual inductance of the circuits. This restricted denition will be used throughout this chapter. Crosstalk prediction applies irrespective of whether the source is an intentional signal or noise; thus, crosstalk is used in this chapter in a broader sense to describe the coupling from either a signal or noise source into a signal path. The terms electromagnetic coupling and crosstalk are used interchangeably in this chapter. However, in general, electromagnetic coupling includes the coupling of an electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic eld from one conductor into another, which is not necessarily in close proximity.
