In my opinion, the FB is used to isolate different power supply and ground, such as analog power and digital one. Prashant Jaiswar <prashant.jaiswar@xxxxxxxxx>编写: >I think the first question is to be shot to your MCU vendor,in the first place >why the FB has been introduced onto the power supply? For any PSU design >onboard, the basic requirement is to have minimised power plane impedance for >the required frequency decoupling. Having FB onto the PSU line will introduce >increased impedance for the desired frequency of operation. > >Sent from my iPad > >On 21-Dec-2012, at 11:31 PM, Hithesh <hitheshn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Gary, >> The ferrite is between the MCU analog ground(GNDA) and the circuit >> ground(not chassis ground). Majority of the components on the board are >> digital(MCU, SDRAM etc). There's also a ferrite in the power section. >> The MCU has 1.8V for analog circuitry (not ADC), probably PLL or some Vref >> circuitry. I did a quick datasheet search, didn't get any details. >> >> -Hithesh >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Gary Stein <garys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Ground path between what? Beads between chassis ground and signal ground >>> are frequently used for emi/esd suppression, ie keep external high >>> frequency >>> transients out of signal ground and to keep any ground noise from radiating >>> from connectors shells and such. In such applications, chassis ground is >>> not a signal nor power return path. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>> On >>> Behalf Of Ken Wyatt >>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:43 AM >>> To: hitheshn@xxxxxxxxx >>> Cc: SI-List >>> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Ferrite bead in ground path >>> >>> I've seen ferrites in series with the green wire safety ground wire. >>> Otherwise, I wouldn't think you'd want an impedance in the signal OR power >>> return path, unless you'd want to keep us consultants employed! >>> >>> Cheers, Ken >>> >>> Kenneth Wyatt >>> Wyatt Technical Services LLC >>> Woodland Park, CO >>> ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> www.emc-seminars.com >>> (Sent from my iPad) >>> >>> On Dec 21, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Hithesh <hitheshn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> I came across an old schematic that has ferrite bead in the ground >>>> path. Is there any advantage of using ferrite bead in the ground path. >>>> The general rule is to keep the ground path at low impedance. >>>> -Hithesh >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> 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 forum is accessible at: >>>> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list >>>> >>>> List archives are viewable at: >>>> //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >>>> >>>> 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 forum is accessible at: >>> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list >>> >>> List archives are viewable at: >>> //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >>> >>> 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 forum is accessible at: >>> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list >>> >>> List archives are viewable at: >>> //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >>> >>> 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 forum is accessible at: >> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list >> >> List archives are viewable at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >> >> 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 forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > >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 forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu