Modeling and measurement of cross‐talk transmission between coupled lines

In multiwire cables, high‐frequency signals can, and do, propagate not only by direct conduction over a pair of wires the signal was inserted to but also by electromagnetic coupling between adjacent transmission lines formed out of multiple wire pairs, too. Thus, it is useful to be able to measure relevant parameters, dependent of cable geometry and isolation material, that would enable modeling of cross‐talk propagation. In this article, signal propagation between ports of two coupled lines is first theoretically analyzed using z‐parameters. Then, the physical quantities needed for calculation of z‐parameters in systems with electrically long cable sections were defined and measured, and the results were verified against measurements performed on real cables. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.