Practice / Hardware & Robotics

When does a trace need termination?

Hard · Whiteboard

A 50 MHz clock with a 1 ns rise time runs 150 mm across an FR-4 board to one receiver. Does this trace need to be treated as a transmission line? Sketch what the receiver sees without termination, and show how you would terminate it.

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