Hi Offir, As always, the details depend on several of your input parameters, such as transient current, maximum allowed noise, static tolerances, PDN topology and PDN impedance synthesis type. If I wanted to make a generic, approximate design for your case, I would go for a Big-V impedance synthesis and assuming 1.5A transient current and 150mVpp worst-case allowed noise. From these input numbers you would need bulk capacitors with a cumulative ESR of around 30 mOhm. Assuming a generic one-phase DC-DC converter, its closed-loop output impedance may have an equivalent inductance of a microHenry. From these you would need a total bulk capacitance of around 2200uF. Assuming that the bulk capacitors have around 10nH inductance, you would also need at least 10uF worth of ceramic capacitors. You mentioned 0.1uF ceramics per pin. I assume you want to use 0402 size ceramics. Today you can easily get 1uF in 0402 case size, so you may want to use ten of those. Best regards, Istvan Novak SUN Microsystems Offir Assayag wrote: > Hi, > i have a high speed digital IC which its internal frequency is 300Mhz & > 800Mhz. > Its core voltage is 1.2v with ~3A current consuption. > I am debating on which bulk capacitors to add. > I added 0.1uF capacitors on each VCC pin , but i want to know how to > calculate > which bulk capacitor should i add to it. > Need help. > Thanks! > offir > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu