[SI-LIST] Re: Ferrite bead question
- From: Eric Goodill <ericg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:16:18 -0700
Howdy,
One thing I've never understood about designing the frequency response
of a power delivery system is what are the frequency requirements? That
is, where does the vendor give me the spectrum of the current demand for
the part? They don't (I'm skipping over they it'd be tough). So the only
solution I can see is to pick a probable maximum frequency and say from
DC to that frequency we need less than X ohms impedance based on some
assumptions about the peak current needs (related to lack of current
spectrum). This is probably over designing, but I don't have any other
data to use. Do others feel the same way?
-Eric
Scott McMorrow wrote:
> Joel,
> I think Lee is being a little bit black and white, but not without good
> reason.. Whether or not ferrites "work" in a power filtering design is
> a matter of whether the engineering was performed. What I think Lee
> often sees are systems where no engineering has gone into the design of
> ferrite, and they have been thrown into a circuit without thought. Often
> because "that's the way we've always done it" or "that's that way the
> competitors do it" or because "that's the only ferrite we have in our
> parts system." The inductance of a ferrite can interact with the power
> system and capacitors to form a pretty nasty resonance. This resonance
> often sits in the low frequency region, around the VRM output transition
> region, and has a strong tendency to cause peaking in the 100 kHz to 1
> MHz range. This peaking can cause noise modulation of the Serdes, which
> Lee has often observed. If the PCB power delivery network has a lower
> impedance in the frequencies that affect the Serdes, than they ferrite
> filter does, then shorting the ferrite will help. But if a ferrite
> filter network is correctly designed, it is well matched and does not
> cause peaking.
>
> Whether or not noise injected into a Serdes affects it's output is a
> function of the internal PLL/DLL design. This is hardly ever specified,
> but can be measured.
>
> Scott
>
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