ABSTRACT
Timing analysis is concerned with the propagation delays of signals. It is important for traditional parallel and serial interfaces, like memory buses, SPI flash interfaces, and others. If the timing (trace lengths and delays) is not right, then the interface will not work reliably. It seems that technical books/papers rarely talk about timing, and, if they do, they just give a brief introduction or they discuss a specific case in detail without helping the readers to acquire an understanding of it. Another issue is they often use their own terminology, which is different from the terminology used for different interface standards. In this book a generalized terminology is used that can be applied to any type of interface.
