Hi Yehuday, It all depends on the power noise rejection/performance requirement / noise generation of the analog circuits of different power domains on your die. If all your onchip analog circuits on different power domains have same (or similar) power noise rejection characteristics/requirement and they also generate similar amount of power noise, tie all analog power supplies together make good sense. By doing that, you may share both package level and board level decoupling. On the other hand, if the power noise rejection characteristics/requirement are very different, you may want to have the analog power supplied separate on package, so you can have flexibilities to put different amount of decoupling on your boards (give you cost advantage by using right amount of decoupling caps where needed). Thanks! Bill Chen Andiamo Systems -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Yehuda Yizraeli Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:01 AM To: Silist (E-mail) Subject: [SI-LIST] Few analog power supplies, where to short it. Hi, I have few analog power supplies for a chip to be packed in a BGA package. Two options are considered. The first is to short all analog supplies on the BGA and have a better/bigger supply plane. The second option is to short it on the board. Since we are talking about a BGA package, the inductance of the package is very small. 1) Can I say, based on the above, that the noise introduced between analog domain if its being shorted on package is the same to the option in which its being shorted on board? 2) Which option will introduce less noise between supplies, i.e. ? 3) Which option is better in decoupling noise (decoupling of noise generated in this power supply) any input and/or reference is welcomed with thanks in advance!!! yehuda ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yehuda D. Yizraeli Mysticom LTD E-mail : yehuday@xxxxxxxxxxxx 1st Zoran st, #6 Direct Tel: 972-9-8636-497 P.O.B. 8364, Netanya 42504 Operator : 972-9-8636-465 ISRAEL Cellular : 972-57-556-335 Fax : 972-9-8636-466 <http://www.mysticom.com> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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