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Pre-emphasis and equalization are signal processing techniques that are increasingly popular solutions to signal integrity problems caused by lossy backplane channels at high signaling rates. The goal of this paper is to show how channel loss manifests itself and how pre-emphasis and equalization can be used to counteract this loss. We will also examine how pre-emphasis affects test and measurement with examples pulled from popular standards. We conclude with some practical examples of pre-emphasis and equalization filters across a high speed backplane.