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AMS Interface Glossary

Shared vocabulary for analog-digital boundary discussions.

Terms to use precisely

  • Boundary cell: logic that enforces legal crossing between domains.

  • Aperture: effective sampling uncertainty window of converter capture.

  • Jitter budget: allocation of timing uncertainty contributions.

  • Lane margin: tolerance window before high-speed link errors rise sharply.

  • Keepout: physical exclusion/constraint region protecting analog sensitivity.

  • Waiver: explicit exception with owner, rationale, and expiry.