If you want to know how much charge is pulled from the PDN each cycle you can lump the capacitances. If you want to know how your signal is going to behave, you need to know what your Tr/Tf look like. A lossless Tx line includes the energy storage, not the energy loss. Steve. rahul kumar wrote: > Hello all, > Thanks for the reply, i understood it. One more related point to clearify . > > I am doing IO driver simulation running at frerquency less that 250 > Mhz . Capacitive load at farend is given equal to 4pF along with > txline of 3cm. (Z0 = 50, Co = 1.5pF / Cm , Td = 60pS / cm ) > > 1. Can i take equivalent capacitance to 4pF + (1.5pF *3) = 8.5pF for > my first order IO calculations. ( Transitions ) . > > 2. I am taking ELDO ( simulator ) lossless txline model which takes Z0 > and Td as parameter. By doing this can i assume safely that i have > taken account of Transmission line capacitance of 4.5pF. > Or do i need to take lossy transmission line model and ask for more > parameters. > > Thanks for the help. > Rahul > > > > > > <rtatikola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Rahul, >> >> Definitely not frequency dependent. The units show that it is dependent on >> the length of the transmission line and calculation is based on >> cross-section (2D approximation). >> >> Ramani >> >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 5:34 AM, rahul kumar <rahul05kumar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >>> Hello all, >>> I have seen in standards quoting transmission line capacitance equal to >>> 1.5pF per cm . How this number is calculated? >>> Is this value frequency dependent? transition dependent ? >>> >>> Kindly help. >>> Suggest link to know more information about the same. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> 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 > > > > -- Steve Weir IPBLOX, LLC 150 N. Center St. #211 Reno, NV 89501 (866) 675-4630 Business (707) 780-1951 Fax http://www.ipblox.com A Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC Partner Teraspeed Consulting Group 121 North River Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 284-1827 Business (401) 284-1840 Fax Teraspeed Labs 13610 SW Harness Lane Beaverton, OR 97008 (503) 430-1065 Business (503) 430-1285 Fax A Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC Partner http://www.teraspeed.com This e-mail contains proprietary and confidential intellectual property of IPBLOX LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Teraspeed(R) is the registered service mark of Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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