Elie, SSN saturates because of the physical mechanism that I call coulomb starvation on the die. Localized charge is depleted and the I/O edge rates get slower and the internal on chip power supply droops when large number of outputs switch simultaneously. Dave -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of elie issa Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 8:51 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] SSN I'd like tp propose this topic: we know that SSN staurates after switching a certain number of outputs, and start could someone elaborate on the reasoning behind the saturation, and are there designed applications taking advantage of this aspect of it out there Also, system crosstalk worsen because of package parameters, so beside crosstalk at package level, ssn also contribute to crosstalk, could some explain what happens there? Thank you Elie ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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