Hi all: May I suggest a few papers which I think are a good start. An introduction to SSN (Ground bounce or Delta-I noise) can be found at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/mm/cpmt/kim00/ssnin.pdf http://www.ewh.ieee.org/mm/cpmt/kim00/ssnload.pdf If you are looking to simulate SSN, the following paper is a good one: http://www.sigrity.com/papers/ECTC2001/ECTC_LI1.pdf For different methods to reduce SSN: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/mm/cpmt/kim00/ssnreduce1.pdf Hope this helps. ________ Prabhanjan K Seelam Graduate Research Assistant, ECE Dept., Room # EE 212, Rolla, MO 65401. Web-site: www.umr.edu/~pkseelam Mail-to: pkseelam@xxxxxxxxx __________________________________________ "Where the _excitement_ is not the tool, but what you can do with it." - Linus Torvalds (Linux founder) Manikanda Rajan <mrajan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Experts, I'm a tyro as far as SI is considered.So can anyone please give me a detailed picture on the phenomenon of power n gnd bounce. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Mani BR. -- ***************************************************************************** * ManikandaRajan B. Email : mrajan@xxxxxxxxxxxx * * Corporate Application Engineer mani_br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * NAT (Nanometer Analysis and Test) Talk : +91 -40-3413652 * * Synopsys III, Hyderabad, India. Fax : +91 -40-3412517 * ***************************************************************************** Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today - Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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