Iv've got the test PCBs, do you have the tools? Lee > [Original Message] > From: steve weir <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <leeritchey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Charles Harrington <ch_harrington@xxxxxxxxx>; <shlepnev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <sunil_bharadwaz@xxxxxxxxx>; SI LIST <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 11/20/2007 5:45:16 PM > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Signal crossing Split plane > > Lee I don't think the original problem would have warranted > measurements. But the thread has moved significantly since then. It > might be a fun test of Simbeor to model your test vehicle and compare > results. Rather than just drive with a TDR, it might be fun to drive > with a pulse generator that can be set to the simulated resonant > frequency and see if doing so impacts measured results in real life the > way simulation predicts. > > Best Regards, > > > Steve. > Lee Ritchey wrote: > > I've watched this thread for a while now and haven't seen anyone suggest > > making measurements. I've done lots of that and have several test boards > > in my lab that represent the kind of plane splitting that is done to > > accommodate two Vdds in the same plane. I've run traces over these splits > > and measured them with a TDR with a rise time of 40 pSEC. There is no > > detectable disturbance of the signal when this is done. (Of course, the > > Vdd PDS designs need to be done such that the frequencies in the signals > > crossing the planes can be properly supported. If that has not been done, > > worrries about crossing plane splits will be the minor problem.) > > > > I've also measured hundreds of vias used to change layers from top to > > bottom of a PCB and from adjacent layer to adjacent layer. Again, > > measuring these vias with the same TDR they behave as though someone has > > attached a very small parasitic capacitor, on the order of .5 pF for a 12 > > mil drill in a 100 mil thick PCB. There has been no detectable coupling of > > energy into the space between planes. > > > > Same thing for right angle bends. Not a detectable source of signal > > degradation or EMI. > > > > Sometimes a little lab time saves a lot of agony and speculation. > > > > If there are those out there who have tests that prove otherwise, perhaps > > they should publish the results. I've published mine several times as have > > others. > > > > Hope this helps those who are confused by all of the complex explanations > > that have been offered without any supporting measurements. > > > > Lee Ritchey > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Charles Harrington <ch_harrington@xxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <shlepnev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Cc: <sunil_bharadwaz@xxxxxxxxx>; SI LIST <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: 11/20/2007 2:45:54 PM > >> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Signal crossing Split plane > >> > >> Yuriy, > >> I agree with some of your views. However, they contradict your via > >> > > models. > > > >> I couldn?t reply yesterday, because I was trying search for the > >> > > reference I mentioned, since you needed it. Many other people replied > > off-line and so needed the reference. Got it from IEEE Xplore. > > > >> > >> > >> A Novel Methodology for Defining the Boundaries of Geometrical > >> > > Discontinuities in Electronic Packages > > > >> Ndip, I.; Reichl, H.; Guttowski, S.; > >> Research in Microelectronics and Electronics 2006, Ph. D. > >> 12- 15 June 2006 Page(s):193 - 196 > >> > >> > >> You mentioned in your mail that the near field zone as a result of the > >> > > higher-order modes excited at the via expands with frequency and is very > > small. I agree with you. > > > >> But the question is this. How small is it? How small or big is at 1 > >> > > GHz, 10 GHz, 20 GHz? Have you ever studied it? You have to take this zone > > into consideration when studying vias or any other structures that excite > > higher order modes. > > > >> The method proposed in this paper is quite illustrative and useful. I > >> > > understand it this way (Please correct me if I understand it wrongly): > > > >> These higher-order modes (e.g., TE, TM...) are characteristics of the > >> > > trace or transmission line and they die exponentially away from the point > > of excitation, i.e., the via-trace interface. S-parameters, like other > > network parameters, give us the relation between input and output signals. > > Now, to obtain S11, for example, you need to get the ratio of the reflected > > and input signals. Both signals must be of the same "type". We can not > > directly compare cars and aeroplanes, though both are used for > > transportation. You know your input signal (e.g., a transverse > > electromagnetic wave), because you excited it at the port. At > > discontinuities, an infinite order of given higher-order modes can be > > excited. The orders or strength of the excited modes differ from one > > discontinuity to another, although the modes can be the same. So, there is > > no way you can know all the orders of the higher-order modes excited and > > how they interact. Now if you place your ports quite close to the point > > > >> of excitation of these modes, then your S-parameters must be wrong. Why? > >> > > In this case, to obtain S11, you need to obtain the ratio of the unknown > > higher-order modes and your known excited transverse electromagnetic wave > > at the port. That?s why in most 3D full-wave solvers, it is recommended > > that ports should be placed far away from the discontinuities, so as to > > enable these higher-order modes to die. When they die, then you can easily > > define your S-parameters which will then be the ratio of the input signal > > you know (transverse electromagnetic wave) and the reflected signal you > > know (transverse electromagnetic wave). To define the points where these > > modes die or have attenuated substantially, these authors argued that near > > the discontinuity, the imaginary part of the Poynting vector describes the > > reactive energy associated with these higher-order modes. So they studied > > this imaginary part and used it to define the point where the modes die. I > > think they mentioned that only > > > >> at a distance of about 1mm away from the via-trace interface, at 20 GHz > >> > > (or may be 30 GHz) may you place your ports, to get correct results. > > Certainly, this depends on the via geometry and trace type. But I find the > > results very helpful and can be used as a base for further experiments. You > > can get the details from the paper. > > > >> Unfortunately in your case, you compare what you don?t know (reflected > >> > > signal) and what you know (excited input signal). In your via models, > > neither did you define the required distance away from the via-trace > > interface needed for these modes to die nor did you follow the advice given > > in full-wave solvers to be far way from the via-trace interface. You > > considered the via just as the barrel and the pads at 20 GHz and beyond. > > That?s why I mentioned yesterday that your via models are not correct and > > your S-parameter results are misleading. If you wish to study only the > > behaivor of the barrel alone at lower frequencies (for what ever reason - > > but not for realistic designs), then you don't even need a field solver. > > You can get formulas from good SI texts like that of Horward Johnson or > > from papers. > > > >> At first I was also making the same mistakes as you are making right > >> > > now. I had a lot of difficulties to correlate my simulation and measurement > > results. So I learnt a lot from this paper, from Professor C. Balanis > > (Advanced engineering electromagnetics) and from Professor R. Collins > > (Field theory of guided waves). I think these references will be good for > > you. You need all three of them. > > > >> There are also a lot of points that you need to modify in your models. > >> It?s ridiculous when you talk of -30 dB attenuation of higher-order > >> > > modes. Which higher-order mode? Which order of this mode? Basic > > electromagnetic theory teaches us that an infinite order of a given > > higher-order mode can be excited at any discontinuity. An interaction > > between makes matters worst. So how do you separate the different orders of > > the modes and tell which one attenuates by -30 dB? Are the modes > > propagating or evanescent? Never use rule of thumbs that have no base. I > > supposed you meant attenuation of the fundamental mode which is > > propagating. > > > >> I don?t know anything about the lumped ports you use. All I know is > >> > > that some lumped ports in some field solvers assume perfect H boundary > > conditions on the sides. Consequently, depending you may not even capture > > stray fields. So you can even get the worst results with lumped ports. > > > >> You can only shift your reference S-parameters plane and get accurate > >> > > results if your model captured all the necessary field behavior. But you > > can not simulate the via and traces differently and then do some > > post-processing or circuit modeling afterwards and expect to get correct > > results at higher frequencies. The traces too are part of the ?via effect? > > at least, at the frequencies you are interested in (20 GHz and beyond), > > because the stored higher-order modes give rise to additional inductances > > and capacitances. These inductances and capacitances can not be captured if > > you analyze the vias separately from their traces. > > > >> Finally, the theory of multi-modal decomposition means different things > >> > > to different electrical engineers. So I don?t know what you mean. If you > > mean that different parts of a system can be analyzed separately and then > > put together, then it?s true that it has been done for decades now. But the > > question is this. How do you bring the different parts together in the case > > where there are discontinuities like vias? How do you define the via? How > > small or big is your near field zone? I bet you, we have not yet understood > > this type of decomposition and it has not been done, or at least published > > for decades. Whenever we have to deal with vias and other discontinuities > > at higher frequencies, straight-forward modeling can not be used. > > > >> Please Yuryi, don?t get me wrong. I?m not trying to highlight on your > >> > > errors. I have mine too, like any body else. No one is perfect. I?m just > > trying to raise the point that we need to be careful when modeling vias at > > your frequencies. I agree with most of the points you made, but disagree on > > the ones stated above. We learn from each other when we exchange ideas > > about such fundamental issues that affect our modeling results. I think > > that is one of the reasons why Ray and his team set up this forum. > > > >> > >> Best regards. > >> Charles > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Yuriy Shlepnev <shlepnev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Charles, > >> > >> I am sorry that the simulation examples were not helpful to you. I will > >> appreciate if you send me the reference you mentioned - I am preparing to > >> > > be > > > >> shocked:) > >> > >> You are absolutely right, the via-holes are not just pads and barrels and > >> there is no one solution that covers all possible cases. Analysis of > >> different vias has to be done in different ways. Transition to the traces > >> have to be almost always included in the final model for analysis of > >> multi-gigabit channels. Moreover sometime the via-hole problem cannot be > >> solved locally and require analysis of parallel plane structures with all > >> decoupling structures attached (see technical presentation #1 at > >> http://www.simberian.com/Presentations.php for more details on different > >> structures). > >> > >> Considering the ports and excitation. Analysis of via-holes with lumped > >> ports provides just rough idea about the via-hole behavior. It is similar > >> > > to > > > >> what you would see from a differential probe attached to the pads of the > >> via-holes. Transition to traces and transmission line or wave-ports have > >> > > to > > > >> be used for the final extraction of S-parameters for the system-level > >> analysis (I am sorry that you missed this part in app notes). Note that it > >> is possible only for the localizable via-holes or via-holes not coupled to > >> parallel planes in general. Such t-line ports have to be positioned at a > >> distance from the via-hole that guaranties that the high-order modes are > >> attenuated substantially (for practical applications we usually use -30 dB > >> threshold at the highest frequency of interest). After such analysis, the > >> phase reference planes of S-parameters can be safely shifted closer to the > >> via-hole at the position where t-lines are still continuous to preserve > >> causality (to the edges of anti-pads for instance). Such transformation > >> > > does > > > >> not affect the near field or high order modes around the via-holes and the > >> final model can be safely connected with the transmission line segments > >> > > in a > > > >> system-level solver. Though, the model have to be used with transmission > >> line segments with length not less than in the electromagnetic analysis > >> > > (to > > > >> avoid the near-field interaction between the vias and possible > >> discontinuities). This technique called the multi-modal de-compositional > >> analysis and used in microwave engineering for decades at frequencies even > >> higher than 20 GHz. > >> Note, that in typical PCB trace the cut-off frequencies for high-order > >> > > modes > > > >> are extremely high. 10 mil trace on 10 mil dielectric with dielectric > >> constant 4.2 have cut-off frequency about 120 GHz, and the cross-over with > >> the surface TM mode may happen only at 200 GHz. Before 120 GHz the > >> high-order modes are evanescent and essentially form the via-hole near > >> field. This near-field zone is expanding with the frequency, but at 20 GHz > >> the area is still relatively small. Thus S-parameters only for the > >> > > dominant > > > >> modes can be safely extracted and used as the via-hole model. > >> Cases when via-hole excite the non-evanescent parallel-plane modes and > >> planes are not stitched close to the via-hole cannot be solved locally > >> > > (non > > > >> localizable) and may require the system-level analysis with all decoupling > >> structures attached. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Yuriy > >> > >> Yuriy Shlepnev > >> Simberian Inc. > >> www.simberian.com > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> > > On > > > >> Behalf Of Charles Harrington > >> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 8:33 AM > >> To: shlepnev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Cc: sunil_bharadwaz@xxxxxxxxx; 'SI LIST' > >> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Signal crossing Split plane > >> > >> Yuriy, > >> not only are your slot simulations on your page not so helpful, but your > >> via simulations are very misleading. I think you'll run into trouble when > >> you try to compare your simulation and measurement results, because your > >> simulation models are unrealistic. > >> > >> At such frequencies (20 GHz and beyond), the via can no longer be > >> > > considered > > > >> to be just the barrel and the pads, as you did. The modes excited at the > >> via-trace interface don't die abruptly, but extend along the traces to the > >> ports. So either you seperate these modes from the originally excited > >> > > modes > > > >> at the port (in order to obtain "clean" S-parameters') or you allow the > >> modes to die before they reach the ports (as recommended in most 3D > >> full-wave solvers). > >> I just read a very interesting research paper the other day on defining > >> > > the > > > >> boundaries of discontinuties, in which these issues are properly > >> > > examined. I > > > >> can't really remember the exact title nor its authors at the moment, but > >> > > the > > > >> paper was presented at a Ph.D. research conference on microelectronics and > >> electronics somewhere in Europe (Italy, I presume). You'll be shocked at > >> > > the > > > >> error you are making when you read this work. > >> You also connected the models of the via and transmission lines after the > >> simulations, correct? Here you go wrong again, because how do you know > >> > > where > > > >> the vias "actually" begin and end? And at what freqency? These are very > >> complicated issues and I suggest you spend a little more time studying > >> > > them > > > >> well. > >> Thanks. > >> Charles > >> > >> Yuriy Shlepnev wrote: Scott, > >> > >> I agree with you. It was just an illustration of a slot-type discontinuity > >> in general for some stackup configurations. It shows how a slot-type > >> discontinuity in a reference plane may reflect the signal even in the case > >> if slot does not cut across the board or around a patch (though, it might > >> > > be > > > >> obvious for you). As soon as the coupling to a slot is strong, it has to > >> > > be > > > >> simulated at the system level with a complete geometry of the slot or > >> > > split, > > > >> with all relevant traces crossing the slot and all de-caps (if any). I > >> prefer to do it with the hybrid de-compositional approach on the base of > >> localized models built with an electromagnetic solver. The localized strip > >> to slot coupling effect can be captured with a 4-port S-parameter model > >> > > for > > > >> strip crossing the slot for instance (two ports for the strip and two for > >> the slot). Combined with the strip and slot line models, it produces a > >> simple and computationally efficient system-level model that captures > >> practically all coupling and resonance effects. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Yuriy > >> > >> Yuriy Shlepnev > >> Simberian Inc. > >> www.simberian.com > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> > > On > > > >> Behalf Of Scott McMorrow > >> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:29 PM > >> To: shlepnev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Cc: sunil_bharadwaz@xxxxxxxxx; 'SI LIST' > >> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Signal crossing Split plane > >> > >> Yuriy > >> > >> Actually, these sorts of slot simulations are pretty meaningless. Slots > >> normally occur due to plane splits. As a result, the either extend from > >> one edge of a board to another edge, or when the plane is a square patch > >> the slot is a closed loop around the periphery of the plane. When this > >> happens, it is quite interesting to simulate multiple signals crossing > >> the slot. There is a very nice slot resonance mode that occurs that is > >> generally in the signal bandwidth (or at least 3rd harmonic) because of > >> the length of the slot. This induces a signficant amount of ringing and > >> crosstalk into neighboring traces. > >> > >> scott > >> > >> Scott McMorrow > >> Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC > >> 121 North River Drive > >> Narragansett, RI 02882 > >> (401) 284-1827 Business > >> (401) 284-1840 Fax > >> > >> http://www.teraspeed.com > >> > >> TeraspeedR is the registered service mark of > >> Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC > >> > >> > >> > >> Yuriy Shlepnev wrote: > >> > >>> Sunil, > >>> > >>> A simple example of how an electromagnetic solver can be used to > >>> > >> investigate > >> > >>> the effect of a slot or split in a reference plane is provided at > >>> http://www.simberian.com/AppNotes.php - see the topmost app note. > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> Yuriy > >>> > >>> Yuriy Shlepnev > >>> Simberian Inc. > >>> www.simberian.com > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >>> > >> On > >> > >>> Behalf Of sunil bharadwaz > >>> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 1:26 AM > >>> To: SI LIST > >>> Subject: [SI-LIST] Signal crossing Split plane > >>> > >>> Hi , > >>> I have few signals (@ 80 Mhz & 20 Mhz) crossing the split Power > >>> plane in the adjacent layer. > >>> > >>> The 20 Mhz signal is diffrerential signal.The 80 Mhz is a single > >>> ended signal. > >>> > >>> I want to analyse the affect on Signal Integrity of these two > >>> signals due to split plane. > >>> > >>> I believe one need to define his stack up (Including the > >>> split) & then extract the layout to simulate. > >>> > >>> I'am not too sure if the prevalent SI tools have an option > >>> of creating split planes . > >>> > >>> Pls suggest me a right tool to carry out this.Also , i'am > >>> looking for a free tool to start with (even if the accuracy > >>> is slightly limited). > >>> > >>> Thanks in Advance!! > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Sunil.Bh > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------- > >>> Be a better pen pal. 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