David Banas

In this field guide, David Banas of Keysight explores COM from specification to practice. From mapping out the pitfalls to avoid to explaining the discrepancies between the specification and the MATLAB code, Banas guides the link designers through a successful first experience with COM.

Where do those strange frequency domain “Kramers-Kronig” equations come from? They don’t seem to have any obvious intuitive basis. Looking at their time domain equivalents, however, resolves the mystery and gives us an intuitive understanding of their origin.

In a tribute to Bob Pease, David Banas explores the concept of unbounded jitter and how it aligns with the concerns of engineers and link designers. In his discussion of the definition, constituents, and practical limits of jitter, Banas embodies the simplistic approach of his hero.