Hi folks- There is a difference between the bandwidth of a model, the bandwidth of a measurement and the bandwidth of an interconnect. If you use a single section RLC model to model an interconnect, the model will have a limited bandwidth, based on the length of the interconnect. The bandwidth of the model is roughly when the interconnect length is 1/10th a wavelength. You don¡¯t have to do a measurement up to this frequency to know the single section RLC model will not work beyond this 1/10th wavelength frequency. As a rough rule of thumb, the bandwidth of an RLC model is about BW = 0.6 GHz/Len(inches), where Len is the length of the interconnect, in inches, assuming an FR4 like interconnect. For example, if the package lead length is 0.25 inches, the bandwidth of the single section RLC model would be about 2.5 GHz. It can be extracted from data measured at low frequency, and still used at much higher bandwidth. You can fit the RLC model to S-parameter data at any frequencies before this bandwidth. If you try to fit an RLC model to S-parameter data above the bandwidth of the RLC model, you can probably fit one frequency, but not down to DC. You need a more complex model. If you use a T element model, rather than an RLC model, it can often have a bandwidth higher than the 1/10th wavelength limit, if the interconnect is uniform. In this case, the bandwidth of the model is often limited to when the losses begin to dominate, which can be in the GHz regime. There is no way to tell the bandwidth of the model, looking at low frequency data. The only way of knowing the bandwidth of a model is performing a measurement of the real structure with a measurement bandwidth beyond the model's bandwidth. If you fit a T element model or a lossy T element model to 1 GHz, for example, the model may work great to 5 GHz, you just can¡¯t tell unless you look at measured results to 5 GHz. --eric ******************************************************* Eric Bogatin Signal Integrity Evangelist Bogatin Enterprises Setting the Standard for Signal Integrity Training 26235 W 110th Terr Olathe, KS 66061 e: eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx v: 913-393-1305 cell: 913-424-4333 f: 913-393-0929 www.BeTheSignal.com San Diego: EPSI, BBDP, July 28-31, 2008 San Jose, SICT, Aug 12-13 San Jose, EPSI, BBDP, Sept 29-Oct 2 *********************************************** -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of xuzhengrong Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 10:43 PM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: 'ÑϺ½' Subject: [SI-LIST] single RLC parameters at a certain frequency Hi, To simplify the model, we often extract single RLGC parameters from the s-parameter model at a certain frequency. I wonder what on earth the meaning of the single frequency parameters is. First, if the parameters only represent the magnitude and phase of the S-parameter model at the frequency point, it may have different combinations of RLGC to reach the same goal, what's the method or principle? Second, if the parameters are meaningful at a certain frequency, why can single RLGC parameters often be used to estimate characteristic of package model such as IBIS? In my opinion, for example, the single RLGC model should be the first-order approximation to the real model for transmission line, as Eric's book 'Signal Integrity: Simplified' said. It is equivalent to the real model within low frequency range and we can use it if the signal frequency component is within the range. However, if the RLGC model extracted at a certain frequency is only meaningful for the extracting frequency, it isn't the first-order approximation for the transmission line. So we can't use it as the first-order approximation and estimate its low frequency characteristic. Appreciate any idea and discussion for the problem. 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