40 Ms/s analog transmission on shielded twisted pair cable

Measurements are presented on noise, linearity, attenuation and waveform distortion (resulting in sampletosample crosstalk) over various lengths of shielded twisted pair cable. Quality of transmission is judged in terms of the deterioration of the original S/N ratio of the transmitted signal. The transmission of an analog data stream at 40 Ms/s over a distance of 10 meter will not deteriorate signals with a S/N up to a value of 19. The most limiting factor is the sampleto sample crosstalk.1