Scott, There are some switches designed for the purpose with good grounding. One example is Pericom PI3L301D, which I believe is a copycat of a TI device with a similar part number... ======================= Mikhail Matusov Senior Hardware Design Engineer Square Peg Communications Tel.: +1 (613) 271-0044 ext.231 Fax: +1 (613) 271-3007 http://www.squarepeg.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott McMorrow" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "steve weir" <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <ravi.potana@xxxxxxxxx>; <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:19 AM Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Quick switch > Ravi > To follow on with what Steve has said, most FET switch packages do not > have adequate package grounding. Since the substrate is normally > grounded, this poses a problem, since there is parasitic capacitive > coupling between each switch and the substrate. These are fairly easy > devices to model in SPICE, and many manufacturers provide accurate > models. IBIS models, however, cannot adequately model these devices. > > regards, > > Scott > > Scott McMorrow > Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC > 121 North River Drive > Narragansett, RI 02882 > (401) 284-1827 Business > (401) 284-1840 Fax > > http://www.teraspeed.com > > Teraspeed® is the registered service mark of > Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC > > > > steve weir wrote: >> An NFET or CMOS switch in a package has parasitics like any other >> device. If you model and work within the limitations of those >> parasitics you shouldn't have any unwelcome surprises. If you pretend >> that the device is without parasitics you can easily make designs that >> run into problems. >> >> Steve >> ravi.potana@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> Please let me know if anyone has used Quick switch (FET based) on clock >>> with frequency 125MHz for muxing operations and seeing any SI issues on >>> the clock line after passing through the FET Switch. >>> >>> regards >>> Ravi >>> Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. >>> >>> The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments >>> to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) >>> and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If >>> you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, >>> distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and >>> destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. >>> >>> WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient >>> should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. >>> The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus >>> transmitted by this email. >>> >>> www.wipro.com >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> 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 >>> 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 technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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