Dear List, I simply want to express my appreciation for this exceptionally educational list. Dear Steve, ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve weir" <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 1:07 PM Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: anlog and digital power plane isolation with ferrite bead good idea? > The places where ferrite beads make sense are very distinct. Usually, > no more than casual inspection of PDN requirements immediately indicate > whether a ferrite bead based filter is worth considering. For the benefit of the rest of us trying to get there, could you elaborate on the second statement? Would that be looking at the difference between the power spectral density of the supply noise and the maximum tolerable noise power spectral density of the IC and say that there needs to be X dB of attenuation and ferrite beads would provide Y dB which is greater than X and so it is obvious? If so, how to generate the two spectral plots if they are not readily available? Thank you very much for your time. Best Regards, Alfred Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu