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High-frequency losses shrink the fastest moving parts of your signal

  • The received signal amplitude varies as a function of line length.


Both the dielectric and skin-effect loss mechanisms tend to shrink the fastest moving portions of a digital signal.

If you want to know precisely how much shrinkage to expect, get a copy of my new book, High-Speed Signal Propagation, which contains all the equations you need to produce these time-domain displays of skin-effect and dielectric-effect loss mechanisms.

For more details, see Johnson & Graham,
High-Speed Signal Propagation
Prentice-Hall 2003

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