I believe the drill diameter for John's vias was 12 mils, which would result in a higher inductance as Steve observes. As we go to 10 mils, things jsut get worse. > [Original Message] > From: steve weir <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <Erin.McPhalen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 6/28/2006 3:13:28 PM > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Decoupling Capacitor ESR/ESL > > Erin, The science behind Dr Johnson's analysis is solid. It does > predict incremental effects of moving vias around pretty well. For > example if you take end mounted vias and push them further apart, his > methods predict the incremental inductance pretty closely. Dr > Johnson verifies that with his 100X models. The issue with the > models is that capacitors are represented by solid metal blocks > virtually at the PCB surface. That isn't what happens with real > capacitors. Had he built his 100X models with additional features to > account for the location of the capacitor plates relative to the PCB > mounting surface there is little doubt that the results would have > been substantially higher and much closer to what you see in Lee's > book and real life. > The incremental inductance for via Z axis in Lee's book are not way > off for specific cases. In Lee's book I recall that John Zasio was > measuring primarily 0603 capacitors. John did not specify either > drill size or spacing. However, I suspect that the spacing was > 50mils to support routing grid. Similarly, most likely he was using > 14 or 15mil drills to keep the aspect ratio under control for thick > boards. For 14mil drills I get 20pH / mil and for 15mil drills > 19.3pH / miil. In that case his measurements are off by 11% or less > for the case of a two via capacitor mount. That's still a lot better > than much of the information that is out there. You just need to > understand where those numbers come from and how to get the right > numbers for your situation. > > For big capacitors like tantalums, the capacitor body contributes a > lot of inductance. An ordinary tantalum construction has a wire half > way up the body extending into the tantalum slug. That big Z axis > rise and little wire makes a big induction loop. John Pymak did a > nice presentation on this at the TF at DesignCon East 2005. You can > find it on Istvan's web-site. Because of the large contribution from > the capacitor dimensions, and the large value of inductance to begin > with the percentage error of measurements in Lee's book for big caps > is quite low. > > Where I find the book goes a bit wrong is that John offered a blanket > metric of 35.5pH / mil / via that does not specify via diameter, > spacing, or array density. Four vias on an 0402 do not come close to > halving the via inductance due to mutual coupling from + to +, and - > to -. Similarly, vias spaced 100mils apart have a lot higher > inductance / mil than the same diameter vias spaced 40 mils apart. > > If you have built a spreadsheet that uses one dimensional models you > are still going to face other surprises, especially if you try to > make very low impedance PDNs. Those kinds of spreadsheets can be > very handy as a starting point. But at a minimum you will want to > account for 2D effects of the planes. Ultimately we are concerned > with the power at the die and that means that you also need to > account for what is between the planes and the die, sic what the IC > package and die parasitics look like. These considerations make a > market for products from companies like Sigrity, Ansoft, and KAW. > > Regards, > > > Steve. > > > At 11:00 AM 6/28/2006, Erin.McPhalen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >Hi Steve > > > >Thank you for your response, that website has excellent material on > >decoupling capacitors. > > > > I guess the issue I have using HJs model is that Lee Ritchy give > > an inductance of 1.19 nH for a 0603 with End-to-End vias, and 0.780 > > nH for the Side-to-Side vias. When I run the numbers for a 12 mil > > drill hole, 5 mil distance from pad to ground plane, I get a via > > contribution of 108 pH for 0.050 mils separation and 153 pH for > > 0.150. Using HJ's recommendation of treating the Pads, trace > > stubs, and capacitor body as transmission lines to derive the > > inductance, I end up with 647 pH for a Side-to-Side vias and 737 pH > > for an End-to-End vias. This takes into account the changes in pad > > and trace lengths but keeping the capacitor "height" fixed. My > > only conclusion is that the via contribution is two low when > > calculating the inductance for the region encased by the vias and > > mounting structure. > > > >I was hoping to come up with an reasonable formula for calculating > >the mounted inductance that was consistent with Lee Ritchey. Keeping > >cap height constant should be able to give me something close to Lee > >Ritchey's mounted inductances from his book. > > > >The end goal was to provide a tool for choosing decoupling > >capacitors on new products here and to hopefully convert the Kemet > >ESLs to mounted ESLs to provide a good source of various measured > >ESLs for capacitors. > > > >Erin McPhalen > > > > > > > > > >steve weir <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent by: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >06/27/2006 10:40 AM > >Please respond to > >weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx > > > >To > >Erin.McPhalen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >cc > >Subject > >[SI-LIST] Re: Decoupling Capacitor ESR/ESL > > > > > > > > > >Erin, there are appnotes on the X2Y web site www.x2y.com that show > >measured capacitor ESL for several different types of ordinary > >capacitors and X2Ys of course for different mounting conditions. > > > >If you look closely, the formulas derived empirically for incremental > >inductance versus height in Lee's book are off a little but not way > >off from the derivation using the method of Biot-Savart that is > >behind Dr. Johnson's formula for via pair inductance within a cavity: > > > >L = H*u/pi * ln( S / R ) > > > >Dr. Johnson derived a different formula for inductance outside a cavity. > > > >Otherwise known as 10.2pH / mil * ln( S/R ) > > > >For 0402s using sidemount vias on 1mm centers and 10 mil drills this > >becomes 21pH / mil. Lee's book has a value of 35.5pH/mil/via without > >specifying the via diameter or spacing which would work out to 17.8pH > >/ mil. So, you can see that they are in spitting distance of each > >other for that specific case. > > > >In very carefully constructed test fixtures, we find that Biot-Savart > >still works. The trouble that you may be having is the method that > >you use to measure inductance. Please see any of Istvan's or my > >papers on that somewhat tricky subject. It is very easy to get > >thrown off especially when trying to measure small inductances. > > > >Steve. > >At 09:02 AM 6/27/2006, Erin.McPhalen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >Hi > > >I have put together a board impedance calculator in Excel that graphs the > > >impedance of a PCB based on various decoupling capacitor values(ESR, ESL, > > >C) and embedded capacitance of the board. I am having difficulty, > > >determining the ESL in particular for MLC capacitor. I was using the > > >"Right the First Time" book to bring in the mounting ESL and Via effects, > > >but find the results inconsistent in the book, especially in terms of > > >various measured values compared to calculated. Howard Johnson had > > >several empirical formulas but I found poor correlation between the > > >formulas given by Howard Johnson compared to those presented by Lee > > >Ritchey, both calculated and measured. > > > > > >Is their a reasonable method of calculating ESL that is consistent with > > >measured values for determining the mounted inductance of a capacitor > > >including the inductance associated with the Vias to the power/ground > > >pairs? I have looked at the AVX and Kemet Spice models as well. AVXs ESR > > >values agree well with Lee Ritchey's measured but the ESL was fixed based > > >on package. The Kemet spice models provided ESL/ESR but both were > > >excessively high compared to the calculated/measured values from Lee > > >Ritchey. I know that voltage rating, vias separation, dialectic, > > >package, etc all effect the ESL. > > > > > >If anyone has a sound empirical formula or knows of a manufacturer who > > >publishes ESL values of standard ceramic capacitors that seem reasonably > > >close to measured values that would be a big help. Even relative > > >magnitude would work across various values of capacitors, since the intent > > >of the spreadsheet is to help engineers here plan their decoupling > > >strategy based on a target board impedance. > > > > > >Thank you in advance, > > > > > >Erin McPhalen > > > > > >Hardware Designer > > >R&D Hardware > > >SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >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 FAQ wiki page is located at: > > > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > > > > >List technical documents are available at: > > > http://www.si-list.org > > > > > >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 > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >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 FAQ wiki page is located at: > > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > > >List technical documents are available at: > > http://www.si-list.org > > > >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 > > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ > >This email has been scanned for SPAM content and Viruses by the MessageL > >abs Email Security System. > >________________________________________________________________________ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org 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