Hello Carson, 470nF capacitor is used as decoupling purpose and bead is for isolation of GND. Consider the case that ferrite bead is not placed. Now when 470nF cap will decouple high frequency noise, it will be spread in to GND of circuit which may further affect GND of ADC due to common GND. Now if we place the bead then decoupled noise will be prevented to reach to ADC GND. Hope this helps. Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Nachiket Wawoo -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carson Au Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 10:13 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] What is the intention of this application of ferrite beads? Hi, My first post on the reflector! :) I was looking through some documentation for the Xilinx FPGAs and came across this schematic diagram (page 72 - UG480 - http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/user_guides/ug480_7Series_XADC.pdf ) This is meant to be a circuit to filter or prevent high frequency noise from coupling onto the inbuilt ADC of the FPGA. I do not quite understand the intention of Xilinx to recommend the ferrite bead on the low-side. Xilinx says it is to provide high frequency isolation. However, as I see it, the 470nF capacitor as shown will provide an AC path for the high frequency noise of the ground to couple into VCCADC anyway?? Regards, Carson Au [image: Inline image 1] ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list 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 This transmission is intended solely for the addressee and contains confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately inform the sender and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Furthermore, please do not copy the message or disclose the contents to anyone unless agreed otherwise. To the extent permitted by law we shall in no way be liable for any damages, whatever their nature, arising out of transmission failures, viruses, external influence, delays and the like. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list 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