Abstract
It is known that electrostatic discharge (ESD) is one of the frequent
causes of integrated circuits failure and loss of spacecraft. However,
the danger is not only the pulse itself, but also the crosstalk from it
at the near (NEXT) and far (FEXT) ends. To investigate the possibility
of their attenuating by meander line (ML) with a broad-side coupling, a
coupled microstrip line (MSL) was studied. As a result, the structure
with a protected active line appeared to be the most promising. Also,
the levels of NEXT and FEXT in it do not exceed 2 and 1.5% of half of
the e.m.f. at s=1000 µm, and when s=100 µm â\euro“ 10
and 3%. In addition to evaluating signal attenuation, N-norms
were analyzed as well. The most noteworthy is the non-linear nature of
the change in N2 depending on s. It is also notable that
the proposed protection of the line from crosstalk leads to a decrease
in N1, N2, and N5. However, N3 and N4
increase at the same time.Â