[SI-LIST] Re: Split gnd planes - for/against? - Thanks!

Hi Steve,

        Where can I download this student version, can you please help
me on this..?

Thanks & Regards
Lakshminarayanan.S
9840250902

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Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Split gnd planes - for/against? - Thanks!

Larry, yes it did come with the ChipQuake software.  ChipQuake is 
focused on the IC and while it does allow specifying the PCB bypass 
network and package power / ground connections it doesn't  not have that

facility.  For small problems you could can model in the student version

of Sphinx.

Steve.
simsonl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Steve,
>
> The book you mentioned in an earlier post, "Noise Coupling in
Integrated Circuits", is on amazon.com bundled with a simulation
software.  Did you get yours with that software and can it simulate
multiple (split) power/ground planes?
>
> Thanks
> Larry
>
>
> ---- steve weir <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>   
>> Tony usually that is the right decision.  However, there are cases
when 
>> a package will not fit and still provide adequate isolation between 
>> circuits without implementing a split.  These don't happen in digital

>> designs running one signaling level. 
>>
>> But suppose that you have a big digital bus switching 5A / ns that is

>> 0.25" away from some analog circuit that is sensitive to 10uV noise.
Do 
>> you think the 0.25" separation will be enough?  If you cannot change
the 
>> placement to put the analog circuitry further away, what will you do?
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>> Tony Luan wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Sol,
>>>
>>> I think to split GND plane is not a good idea. 
>>> For any high frequency noise, GND and power plane are playing
completely
>>> equivalent role. How can a high frequency noise tell which plane is
GND?
>>> Which plane is power? Why not split power plane instead and keep a
solid
>>> complete GND plane, because in package or PCB, we have tons of power
>>> rails and power islands already. 
>>> The biggest disadvantage to split GND plane I saw is that it
increases
>>> routing difficulty when try to avoid high speed signal, clock,
parallel
>>> bus across those gaps on GND plane. 
>>>
>>> Thanks 
>>> Tony
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On Behalf Of Sol Tatlow
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:58 AM
>>> To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Split gnd planes - for/against? - Thanks!
>>>
>>> One last mail to put this thread 'to bed'...
>>>
>>> Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply, particularly to
>>> those who actually gave me what I asked for, those reluctant beasts,
>>> the real-life examples - it's great that you're willing to so fully
>>> participate in such a discussion. After all, theory is great;
>>> coupled with real-life examples it's even better.
>>>
>>> Of course, the specific examples can't be applied 1:1 to any other
>>> design, as has been said 'x' times, but I, for one, am nevertheless
>>> wiser for the experiences that have been shared... I believe I'm a
>>> good engineer, but won't stop learning 'till the day I die.
>>>
>>> It was also good to see that I am not the only one suffering at the
>>> hands of less-than-perfect datasheets and the implementation of
>>> often contradictoray 'hints' :) - regardless of simulation results
>>> and past experiences, it's not always easy when it comes to
>>> persuading a customer, who is still convinced that app notes are
>>> written by all-knowing beings, to 'do the right thing'.
>>>
>>> Sol
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
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