TI Precision Labs - Signal Conditioning: What is a Signal Conditioner?

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High-speed, multi-gigabit products are all around us. You see them in TVs,
Blu-ray players, notebooks, tablets, media center servers, and hard drives.
Even our cars have video infotainment systems. All of these products contain
multi-gigabit interfaces. Maintaining signal integrity for these high-speed
signals over the transmission media is crucial. This video discusses common
signal integrity challenges and explores the inner-workings of one of the
most common solutions, a signal conditioner.
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[@raymaj812]

Thank you for the lecture. I think another mechanism that may add to the jitter is the ground supply of the logic transistor which due to simultaneously signal switching could be raised and hence change the Vt of the gate. Hence, the driver switches at a later time.

[@dcheng90]

Fantastic video!

[@tommydi1128]

Nice one!

[@nothingness863]

hey Nicholaus, thanks for the video, I was hoping that maybe you can help me to understand the root cause of a very specific issue (faced by many people) that might be a manifestation of jitter or signal inconsistency, or power grid anomalies (e.g. harmonics, or ground loops).
Basically the end result is that on a high end PC with a high refresh rate screens 144-240hz feels like 60hz at most, on desktop and in games. Mouse is moving inconsistently, micro adjustments are painfully hard. The problem is that this issue in some cases can be eliminated by moving to another apartment (doesn't have to be different PoCo thought). We are desperately looking to find a root cause of this for years now. Would you be interested in a study?