[SI-LIST] Measuring Power and Ground Plane Noise

  • From: pgregory <pgregory@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:46:02 -0600

How does one properly measure power plane or ground plane noise?  I have a
case where I believe there is 66 MHz noise on the planes.  I want to know
how much noise is on each plane.

Both measurements require a reference point that you must assume to be
stable, or perhaps that is considered stable by the measurement.  So I
measure across a decoupling capacitor and that shows some noise on the power
plane.  But how do I get a good measurement of the ground noise?  And if
there is noise on the ground plane, how do I get that noise out of the power
plane measurement?

Thanks for any help.
 
 - Paul
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