Hi Istvan, You got that right,I need to slow a fast edge with a via inductance,since iam pcb designer,I posted my query in the forum hoping to get good responses to start with. I did not understand the length of the via you were talking about,can you please explain in details on the same. Noise is coupled only after 7kv from digital input side to the secondary side of the opto(eft test),now I need to know the exact no of vias with sizes to suppress the noise in the primary side itself.Matter of fact, iam also inserting inductors too in the prototype board and other with the vias to experiment and see the result.Suggestions and advices are appreciated. -Ramesh -----Original Message----- From: Istvan Novak [mailto:istvan.novak@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:53 PM To: ramesh.k@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] Emc_FTT Ramesh, I assume you want to slow a fast edge with via inductance. The pad size has very little effect. Drill size has also just a small impact. The biggest impact is the actual length of via used in series to the signal between the entry and exit traces. Next biggest contributor is the distance to the nearest return via. With a 2-3mm long via path you may get up to a nanohenry inductance, so achieving 10-20nH may require a series a vias. Regards, Istvan Novak SUN Microsystems RameshK Cozerv IN HO wrote: > >Hi Folks, > >Can someone guide me,what will be the via size(Drill & Pad Size) to >accomplish 10 to 20 nano henry drop for 5 ns rise and fall in fast >transient time (Emc)? > >suggestions and advices are appreciated. > >-Ramesh > > >########################################################################### ########## >Note: >This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, >proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege >is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, >please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any >hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, >use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not >the intended recipient. ConZerv Systems Pvt. Ltd. and any of its subsidiaries each reserve >the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. > >Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where >the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the >views of any such entity. > >Thank You. >########################################################################### ########## > > ##################################################################################### Note: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. ConZerv Systems Pvt. Ltd. and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Thank You. ##################################################################################### ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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