PRE-BUILD AUDIT · 224G SERIAL INTERCONNECT

Two designs pass.
One will fail.

TWO CANDIDATESNOMINAL SIMULATIONMARGIN ACROSS BUILD + STRESS CONDITIONS Candidate A packageboardviaconnectorcable PASS Candidate B packageboardviaconnectorcable P/N skew PASS 3 dB limit nominal nominal → build A → measure B's skew first fails 02468 dB Channel Operating Margin (COM)