HI Roy, The Stack up I was referring to has second layer Ground and fifth layer power(split) for a six layer board. Or second layer ground and seventh layer power (split) for an eight layer board. All other layers have signals routed. Thanks, Vishram >From: "Ron Matthews" >Reply-To: marangyi@xxxxxxxxxxx >To: , , >Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Stack up for EMI reduction,plane resonance and u-str ip radiation etc etc >Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:18:35 -0500 >>Hi Vishram, >>Could you please elaborate a little more on the stackup you >referred to inyour message below? >>Thanks! >>Best regards, >>Ron Matthews >President/Principal Consultant >Noise Doctors, Inc. >rfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Voice: 508-251-1224 >Cell: 978-857-7634 >Fax: 508-861-0536 >>>>-----Original Message----- >From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >On Behalf Of Vishram Pandit >Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 10:27 PM >To: zhang_kun@xxxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Stack up for EMI reduction,plane resonance and >u-str ip radiation etc etc >>>Zhangkun, >>I have a comment on b, You mention: >>>"b)I have done some measurement. No matter have many caps are placed on >the >boards, the impedance of PDS beyond200MHz will not get better. It >should be >clarified that now I do not use cap less than 1000pF." >>It depends on your stack up. If you have power and ground plane adjacent >to >each other, this may be true. But if you have say 6 or 8 layer stack up >with >second layer ground and last but one layer power, then you can use lower >value caps to reduce the impedance of the power and ground at higher >frequencies (>200MHz). I have used caps as low as100pF to reduce the >impedance between P/G. With say 1-2nH via inductance, the effect of the >caps is very local, but several of the caps can be placed strategically >at >hot spots. It immensely helps alleviate EMI. >>Thanks, >>Vishram >>>From: Zhangkun >Reply-To: zhang_kun@xxxxxxxxxx >To: >si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Stack up for EMI reduction,plane resonance and >u-str >ip radiation etc etc >Date: Fri, 13 Feb2004 09:42:15 +0800 >>Dear all: >>>I >have reviewed the mails in this thread. The following is my points. >>>a)From >my view, I am caring about theEMI of PCB. Very small common mode noise >will >give rise to critical EMI problem. In my experience, the common mode >noise >isproportional to the impedance of power delivery systems. This has been >verified by measurement and simualtion. >>b)I have done some >measurement. No >matter have many caps are placed on the boards, the impedance of PDS >beyond >200MHz will not get better. It should be clarified that now I do not use >cap >less than 1000pF. When the caps less than 1000pF is used, there will be >a >lotof antiresonance. This is also verified by simualtion and >measurement. >>>c)I have not studied the interaction between signal in trace and noise >in >plane. However, I have treated one case, in which the noise in plane >seriously affect the signal in trace. 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