> Hi Todd
Within your own company, Intel, a small group is working on test interfaces.
Arthur Frazier , a microwave engineer works in this group, and has MDS
Microwave Development System(simiulator) from HP which has models for
power/ground in a matrix form. This tool does what you need accurately.
Ron Miller
> To calculate the required number of decoupling capacitance for a given
> motherboard, I am trying to setup lumped RLC circuit to model the behavior
> of a realistic capacitor discharging into a power plane. The modeling of
> the realistic capacitor just involved RLC elements all in series. The ESR
> is determined from the vendors datasheet. The ESL from the datasheet as
> well as the loop inductance when placed on the PCB. To model the presence
> of the power plane is proving more involved.
>
> When a chip on a circuit board has its initial current draw from its outputs
> switching, the power plane is the first to respond with current. This is
> due to the low inductance of the power plane. Next the ceramic capacitors
> respond, followed by the higher ESL caps and then finally the power supply.
> The effect of the power plane responding to the IC's current draw is the
> topic which I would appreciate assistance on. At time t=0, an IC chip's
> outputs switch and its power pins will draw a current Io from the power
> plane of a motherboard. Since the power plane is essentially a large
> capacitor, its discharging current will decrease the voltage level of the
> plane until the ceramics respond to stabilize...then the bulks...then the
> power supply. The rate at which the power plane discharges is of interest
> to me. If the effective capacitance of the power plane seen by a chip can
> be gauged, then the discharge rate of the power plane supplying current to
> some load can be modeled with a lumped capacitave element. With the
> discharge of the power supply predictable, then decoupling capacitance can
> be calculated to prevent the power plane voltage from drooping below a
> specified voltage.
>
> Has anyone done any power/ground studies that would shed light on this
> problem? Are any of my assumptions invalid?
>
> Thanks all.
>
> Todd Bermensolo
> Intel Corp
> High End Server Division
>
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Hi Todd
Within your own company, Intel, a small group is working on test interfaces.
Arthur Frazier , a microwave engineer works in this group, and has
MDS
Microwave Development System(simiulator) from HP which has models for
power/ground in a matrix form. This tool does what you need accurately.
Ron Miller
To calculate the required number of decoupling capacitance
for a given
motherboard, I am trying to setup lumped RLC circuit to model the behavior
of a realistic capacitor discharging into a power plane. The
modeling of
the realistic capacitor just involved RLC elements all in series.
The ESR
is determined from the vendors datasheet. The ESL from the datasheet
as
well as the loop inductance when placed on the PCB. To model
the presence
of the power plane is proving more involved.
When a chip on a circuit board has its initial current draw from its
outputs
switching, the power plane is the first to respond with current.
This is
due to the low inductance of the power plane. Next the ceramic
capacitors
respond, followed by the higher ESL caps and then finally the power
supply.
The effect of the power plane responding to the IC's current draw is
the
topic which I would appreciate assistance on. At time t=0,
an IC chip's
outputs switch and its power pins will draw a current Io from the power
plane of a motherboard. Since the power plane is essentially
a large
capacitor, its discharging current will decrease the voltage level
of the
plane until the ceramics respond to stabilize...then the bulks...then
the
power supply. The rate at which the power plane discharges is
of interest
to me. If the effective capacitance of the power plane seen by
a chip can
be gauged, then the discharge rate of the power plane supplying current
to
some load can be modeled with a lumped capacitave element. With
the
discharge of the power supply predictable, then decoupling capacitance
can
be calculated to prevent the power plane voltage from drooping below
a
specified voltage.
Has anyone done any power/ground studies that would shed light on this
problem? Are any of my assumptions invalid?
Thanks all.
Todd Bermensolo
Intel Corp
High End Server Division
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