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Signal Integrity — question 9 of 10

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You have two parallel traces running side by side for several inches: an aggressor carrying a fast clock, and a victim carrying a data signal that occasionally gets corrupted. On the scope, you see two different kinds of unwanted bumps: a narrow pulse on the victim near the driver end that appears right at the aggressor's edge, and a wider, bipolar-looking pulse on the victim near the far/receiver end. Explain what's causing each of these, why they look different, and how you'd reduce the coupling.

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