As High-Speed-Serial (HSS) communication channels scale up to multiple lanes and faster bit rates, ensuring hardware interoperability becomes increasingly more complex. Impairments introduced at the backplane from module loading must be verified at the system level using a calibrated measurement system. Special consideration must be given to the test setup in order to improve the interoperability of modules inserted across the host backplane. For example, considerations must be made for modules and the backplane both together and separately as connected in the system. This application note addresses HSS signal considerations associated with the backplane channel.

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