Benjamin, This is not a surprise; you probably have shared impedance on your planes for multiple current sinks. So look at the current flow path from VRM to each sink location and identify the plane regions where these currents overlap. On these overlapped sections you apply Ohm's law using the sum of corresponding sink currents and your experiment will then make sense. Cosmin Iorga, Ph.D. founder NoiseCoupling.com http://www.noisecoupling.com ________________________________ From: ê¹?기ë?? <kdkim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 4:02:43 AM Subject: [SI-LIST] [Q] IR Drop Dear all mentors, I¡¯m beginner at SI/PI area based on microwave eng¡¯g. Currently, I¡¯m doing simple example which have one voltage source(=3.3V) and three current sink location. Can anyone explain to me why IR drop amplitude is bigger at which smaller sink current passes? Stackup ------------ Signal02 VRM-----Sink(1A)-----Sink(2A)----- Sink(1A) : Distance from VRM ------------ PlaneVSS 3.196V 3.189V 3.187V : IR Drop ------------ PlaneVCC ------------ Signal01 Thanks and Regards, Benjamin Kim ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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