agathon it would be a lot more palatable to help you if you would stop behaving like a jerk. Bill's positions are well founded in science. Your original postulates and those you offer today are filled with assumptions a number of which are very dubious. Steve. agathon wrote: > My apologies to Bill for doubting him and being blinded by science... :-) > I stand justly rebuked. > Many thanks to all...... > > Steve, sorry to query for detail... maybe there's a quick ref. you can point > to? > > in #2 answer do you mean extend a very wide finger or shape instead of using > the solid plane? > I realize this wouldn't necessarily be a hard rule. > #3: Thev. term. reduces cavity Q? Can you suggest a Spice setup to show > this? I don't see how there's any added R series to the cavity. Or, it's > just due to the added Thev. vias, or the loop with 100ohms - instead of Vtt > regulator with the lower Z whole signal path? > > #4: "In the Thevenin case you get much less signal crosstalk for equivalent > bypass impedance as with the end termination into Vtt." > Due to less delta-i from Vddq I suppose, due to divider? We aren't using > series R. I assume you're implying that each termination requires its own > decap for best results (?). > > #5: ----- > > #6: But here you mention "shared bypass" as a potential helper. I see, just > happens to reduce delta-i through nearest cap (?). Ie: data dependent. > > > Overall, I seem to get from the replies: Use separate large shape from vdd > for vddq to Thevenin terminations. The shape branches off from a point > close to vdd at ctlr, since it is tx for Addr/Cmd signals. Ie: As jedec > specifies, Vtt & Vref must track Vddq of tx. Larger decap at branch. > Added decap per termination, right at divider. > > > > On 5/29/07, steve weir <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Agathon I mostly agree with Bill here. Taken point by point: >> >> 2. The PDN (Vddq) is used dc-coupled, so its behavior statistically >> influences Vtt. That is, Vtt is more subject to Vddq and other noise. >> >> Not necessarily so. It depends on how you do the board layout and bypass >> for Vddq in the Vtt area. In the ideal case Vddq from the transmitter >> forwards to the Vtt divider island. In that case Vtt tracking against the >> actual switching signals which is what we want can be better than a fixed >> Vtt, ie lower jitter. >> >> 3. Vtt is then subject to board PDN resonances. >> >> Only if you have one giant cavity AND that cavity has resonance >> issues. As Bill infers if you have a significant resonance issue, that's a >> problem you probably need to fix anyway. The Thevenin case has a tendency >> to reduce cavity Q. >> >> 4. The Thevenin method makes Vin (rcvr) more sensitive to Vddq noise >> merely >> from the linear network analysis point of view, or to Vtt offset at worst >> case pullup/down values, than when Vtt is regulated and terminated with 50 >> ohms (nom.). ... I'm verifying this now; may not be true. I assume 1% >> resistors. >> >> At anything like the bit rate, whether you use a linear supply or not the >> bypass scheme controls the noise. In the Thevenin case you get much less >> signal crosstalk for equivalent bypass impedance as with the end termination >> into Vtt. As mentioned before, whether or not other noise on the board >> impacts the local Vddq is a design issue. >> >> 6. Vtt current switching noise is injected into the PDN. Not very nice if >> layout or margins are poor. >> >> A bad design is still a bad design. Under the right circumstances a bank >> of Thevenin terms could send one over margin, but it could for reasons >> stated above just as likely pull a design that is out of margin back in due >> to the increase in shared bypass and improved damping. Either way the >> design is done properly, or life is bad. If the design is better off >> isolating Vddq in the region of the terminations, that is an easy task. >> >> Steve >> >> >> agathon wrote: >> >>> Bill, >>> au contraire, mon frere.... >>> >>> #2-4, 6 are also specific to the Thevenin bias/termination, as opposed >>> >> to >> >>> Vtt separate regulator. >>> >>> Come on, you frikkin experts. :-) This should be easy. I double >>> >> dare >> >>> ya. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 5/29/07, Bill Owsley <wdowsley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Only one and five are accurate. The rest are symptoms of other >>>> >> problems >> >>>> that should have been addressed. >>>> >>>> >>>> *agathon <hreidmarkailen@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> Assume a 50 ohm environment so, for example, a 100 ohm pullup to Vddq ( >>>> 1.8V) >>>> and pulldown to gnd, for Address/Command signal group. >>>> The typical method is to use a lin. regulator with outputs for Vref and >>>> Vtt, >>>> so they supposedly track each other better. >>>> >>>> The only arguments against the pullup/down I can come up with are: >>>> >>>> 1. Extra dc current (but the regulator has Vout-Vin losses, too). For >>>> Addr./Cmd it's around 200mA. for a single port, and doesn't increase w/ >>>> memory size. >>>> 2. The PDN (Vddq) is used dc-coupled, so its behavior statistically >>>> influences Vtt. That is, Vtt is more subject to Vddq and other noise. >>>> 3. Vtt is then subject to board PDN resonances. >>>> 4. The Thevenin method makes Vin (rcvr) more sensitive to Vddq noise >>>> merely >>>> from the linear network analysis point of view, or to Vtt offset at >>>> >> worst >> >>>> case pullup/down values, than when Vtt is regulated and terminated with >>>> >> 50 >> >>>> ohms (nom.). ... I'm verifying this now; may not be true. I assume 1% >>>> resistors. >>>> 5. Uses more pcb space and routing area. >>>> 6. Vtt current switching noise is injected into the PDN. Not very nice >>>> >> if >> >>>> layout or margins are poor. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Arguments in favor: >>>> 1. Using Vddq actually may force Vtt to track it better. Regulators >>>> providing Vtt and Vref (with Vddq sense) cannot track Vddq as quickly >>>> >> or >> >>>> accurately. >>>> 2. 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