[SI-LIST] Re: Basic question on power plane capacitance

Mikhail, your dimensions sound like 13.5mm x 104.5mm give or take.  That 
is still more than 100X your height on the short axis.  So I do not 
suspect fringing.  What is your actual stack-up?

Steve



Mikhail Matusov wrote:
> Thanks Wolfgang and all,
> Yes, indeed I haven't thought of fringe capacitance. I don't know if there is 
> an easy analytical way to find out what it will be. The area of the polygon 
> is 1400 sq.mm. The perimeter is 236 mm. The dielectric is FR-4, and the 
> thikness is about 5 mil (0.127mm). The top layer is not a plane and there is 
> not much copper in it, mostly pads and vias. The gap around this polygon 
> separating it from the rest of the plane is 15 mil (0.381mm) wide. The board 
> dimensions are 233x160 mm.
>
> Thanks again,
> /Mikhail
>
>
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: wolfgang.maichen@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   To: Mikhail Matusov 
>   Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 2:11 PM
>   Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] Basic question on power plane capacitance
>
>
>
>   Mikhail, 
>
>   If the polygon isn't very large (~100x) compared to its distance from the 
> ground plane then fringe capacitance will contribute significantly to the 
> total value - i.e. the actual capacitance will be quite a bit higher than 
> what you'd expect from the simple formula for a planar capacitor. In 
> addition, if your dielectric is a low-cost material (e.g. FR-4) its dielctric 
> constant can easily be off by ~10% from the specified value. 
>
>   A 2.5D or 3D field solver can tell you how much total capacitance to 
> expect. One suitable choice would be Sonnet Lite (i.e. the demo version of 
> Sonnet). If you can tell me the size/geometry of your polygon, distance to 
> the ground plane, and dielectric constant of the board material I can run a 
> quick simulation for you. 
>
>   Just to rule out an obvious mistakes, you did take into account that having 
> both a plane below and above the polygon will douple the capacitance compared 
> to just a single pair (polygon and single ground plane)? Forgetting that 
> would immediately explain a mismatch factor of 2. 
>
>   Regards, 
>
>   Wolfgang 
>
>
>     
>
>
>         "Mikhail Matusov" <matusov@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>         Sent by: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>         09/09/2010 10:50 AM 
>        To <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
>               cc  
>               Subject [SI-LIST] Basic question on power plane capacitance 
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>               
>
>        
>
>
>
>   Hi all,
>
>   I have a small polygon in a plane layer of a multi-layer PCB. There is a 
>   solid ground plane underneath it and the top signal layer above. I have 
>   calculated from the basic plane capacitance equation that the plane 
>   capacitance for this polygon should be in the range of 420 pF. However, I 
> am 
>   measuring 890 pF with one meter and 1 nF with another. I was wondering what 
>   am I doing wrong?
>
>
>   Thanks,
>   /Mikhail 
>
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