[SI-LIST] Re: Decoupling Capacitor

  • From: Michael_Greim@xxxxxxxx
  • To: nagaraj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 08:05:51 -0500

Hi,

that sounds to me like old rules of thumb 
passed down through the ages of one power 
pin per cap oughta do ya.  Taking your transient
current needs and the allowable voltage 
deviation you can calculate the target impe-
dance of your system.  Using the ESR of the
cap you can calculate how many you need to 
hit your target.  By performing a frequency
sweep you can see which cap values you will need
to maintain a flat response at this level for 
your frequencies of interest.

There are a number of good papers out there on 
this subject.  Here are a couple of sources.  This
topic comes up pretty frequently on this list.

http://home.att.net/~istvan.novak/tools.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/files/Signal%20Integrity%20Documents/P
ublished%20SI%20Papers%20from%20Sun/

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


best of luck,

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Nagaraj [mailto:nagaraj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:05 AM
To: [SI-LIST]
Subject: [SI-LIST] Decoupling Capacitor



Hi SI Gurus,
Currently I am designing High Speed digital Board Using New Texas DSP
TMS320c64X series.

No of Power Pins sharing 1.4Volts  and 3.3v are 71 & 51

Its Recommended to Have Decap for Each pin but its Practically impossible to
Provide that much

Can Anybody Advise me How many Decaps are Required?



We have separate Plane for both 1.4 and 3.3Volts.

(Stack up10+)



nagaraj





-----Original Message-----
From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tadashi Arai
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:51 PM
To: [SI-LIST]
Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: planer capacitors



Hi Bill,

The reason is that there is almost no inductance with planer caps,
besides the discrete may have large. As you know, discrete caps behave
inductor rather than capacitor @ high frequency, so that impedance curve
is shown as "V" shape. You can only get effect at the bottom of "V".

Regards,

On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 10:38:57 -0700
"Bill Mueller" <williamm@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I've been doing digital design guides for a little over a year now,
> and was interested in a little more explanation on why planer
> capacitors are more effective at higher frequencies than discrete
> caps.
>
> Also, if you have a fairly large stack up (10+ layers) with several
> possible planer caps are there any additional considerations to be
> made?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
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