Hi Bala, The selection of the power supply components such as decoupling capacitors and creating a stackup to create a high bandwidth power supply, depends on the interfaces you have in your design. The bandwidth is calculated by using an empiric formula (based on a simplification of fourier series for square waveforms), and equals 0.35/rise time. Suppose you have 1nsec rise time, the bandwidth shall be 350Mhz. In order to provide a robust power rail supply, in this case, you should design your power supply to cover a constant TARGET IMPEDANCE for all over the frequency spectrum up to 350Mhz. In case there are faster rise times, the calculation should be done accordingly. The power planes covers the higher range of the frequency spectrum, starting from about 700Mhz. I hope this helps. Dudi ________________________________________ þþîàú: þþsi-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] áùí bala [balaseven@xxxxxxxxx] þþðùìç: þþùáú 26 îàé 2012 07:56 þþàì: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx þþðåùà: [SI-LIST] Power Integrity AC Analysis Experts, I have a question on Frequency Vs Impedance waveform in AC analysis and need your help.On what basis we decide the frequency limit.Say for example, if my VRM delivers 2.5V IO to Ethernet Chip,is it enough if my 'power plane impedance' under the limit(target impedance) upto 'Chips' operating Frequency?Am i right? if not,Whats the role of plane resonant frequency here? -- bala ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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