Re: [SI-LIST] : Non-ideal return current paths

Vigliarolo Roberto ([email protected])
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 18:32:04 +0200

Hi, Peter
I'm very sorry for the delay but I've been in holiday and so I'm just
reding your question.
I think it can be useful to you reading
Bypass Capacitors, an Interview With Todd Hubing=20
that you can find at:

http://www.ultracad.com/articles.htm

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> Oggetto: [SI-LIST] : Non-ideal return current paths
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> Dear SI-List,
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> I am working in a PC board environment with rise-times < 1ns. A
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> of my signals have to switch between layers referenced to
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> planes. This means a less-than-ideal ground return path exists
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> these signals.=20
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> I have added some decoupling between planes within an inch of =
the
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> where this occurs, but it was only a guess as to how much I
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> Also, I suspect that if many such signals switch at once, their
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> currents must all share the same few caps simultaneously, =
thereby
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> multiplying the voltage induced across the ESL of the caps.
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> I'm looking for advice on quantifying the effects of my =
non-ideal
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> return paths on the propagation delay and shape of high-speed
> signals.
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> Any good references?
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> peter arnold.
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