Hello Lakshmi, You could have a look at the below webinar. Gives a good insight into this. http://www.bethesignal.net/bogatin/nma840-selecting-capacitors-p-420.html?cPath=85 Regards, Khaleel On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Lakshmi N. Sundararajan - PTU < lakshmi.s@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Experts! > Over the last week there has been so many emails on the s-param and > channel modeling. > > I am still in the process of digesting each of your responses. > > I would like to thank you all for those wonderful insightful advices and > observations. > > > > I have another question on how can I calculate what should be the target > impedance of power plane? > > Suppose, assume I have a V1P2V supply to a IC. V1P2V can be from 1.15V > to 1.25V. > > And the max current when all signals are switching is 800mA. > > > > Given this requirement, then for this IC, should the power plane > impedance be 1.15V/0.8A = 1.4ohms > > Or should I consider only the ripple on the power which would be 0.1V > and so the impedance would then be 0.1V/0.8A = 0.125ohm > > > > Please suggest some pointers incase I am way off. > > > Thanks, > > -LN > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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