Differential signaling has become a popular choice for high-speed interconnection schemes on Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), offering superior immunity to external noise. However, conventional differential transmission lines on PCBs have problems, such as crosstalk and radiated emission. To overcome these, we propose a Twisted Differential Line (TDL) structure on a multi-layer PCB. Its improved immunity to crosstalk noise and the reduced radiated emission has been successfully demonstrated by measurement. The proposed structure is proven to transmit 3 Gbps digital signals with a clear eye-pattern. Furthermore, it is subject to much less crosstalk noise and achieves a 13 dB suppression of radiated emission. Index Terms - Twisted Differential Line, Differential Signaling, Crosstalk, Radiated Emission, Transmission Line, Twisted Pair

전자산업과 전파통신기술이 고도로 발전함에 따른 전파 이용의 증대로 인해 전자파환경 EMI/EMS이 사회적 문제를 야기하고 있다. 이에 따라, CISPR(Comite Internationale Special des Perturbations Radioelectrique), FCC (Federal Communications Commissions) ANSI (American National Standards Institute)등의 기구는 EMI/EMC 대책을 위해 전파환경의 규정을 제정하고 있다. 또한 EMI/EMC 측정을 위한 전파무향실(anechoic chamber)용 전파흡수체는 20 dB 이상의 전파흡수능이 요구된다. 종래의 EMI 측정 주파수 범위는 30 MHz～l,000 MHz 이었으나 1998년 11월, CISPR11은 1 GHz~18 GHz를 추가하는 안을 받아들였다. 본고는 새로운 형태의 다층형 페라이트 전파흡수체를 제안하고 등가재료정수법을 사용하여 광대역 설계를 시도한 것이다.

CISPR has published the limits on the noises emitting from power lines and signal lines. But different measurement environment and measurement methods are used in every countries. This difference causes much confusion in understanding the results measured by different test laboratories. In this paper, we measure EMI noise using the absorbing clamp method that takes short measurement time and is described in CISPR 13, 14-1, 16-2. We analyze the cause of the difference of measurement results and propose the method for improving the uncertainty