[SI-LIST] Re: anti-resonance point when use Embedded Capacitance Material

  • From: "Dennis" <dennis.han@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 14:09:35 -0000

There are also free spreadsheet calculators from Altera, Xilinx, and Terry Fox 
& Associates.  KEMET Spice can be used for that purpose to some extent.

Dennis

--- In si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ken Wyatt <ken@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Chas,
> I remember those days...things have progressed greatly.
> 
> Do you, or the group, know of affordable simulation S/W (Ansoft, maybe?) that 
> would simulate plane resonances? My limited budget won't support multi-G$ 
> S/W, unfortunately. That would be pretty cool to be able to simulate that. I 
> saw a recent  demo of HyperLynx that was impressive.
> 
> I know Istvan has several Excel calculators that will model PDN impedances.
> 
> You coming to the Denver symposium this year?
> 
> Cheers, Ken
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> On May 9, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Grasso, Charles wrote:
> 
> > Hello Ken,
> > 
> > When faced with large areas of pwb that have little or no components, it 
> > used  common practice for EMI guys to add lossy caps (the lossier the 
> > better) 
> > to the planes in a regular pattern to minimize the effects of plane 
> > resonance. With modern simulation tools, the  resonant modes of the planes
> > can be simulated and caps added (in just the right spot!) to reduce the 
> > effect.  
> > 
> > Chas 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: si-list-bounce@... [mailto:si-list-bounce@...] On Behalf Of Istvan 
> > Novak
> > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 7:23 AM
> > To: Ken Wyatt
> > Cc: bruce@...; si-list@...
> > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: anti-resonance point when use Embedded Capacitance 
> > Material
> > 
> > Ken,
> > Bypass capacitors with more lossy dielectrics do help somewhat, but the 
> > dielectric loss shows up strongly in the ESR only at frequencies much lower 
> > than the series resonance frequency, where we usually dont need the higher 
> > ESR.  Very lossy (and sloppy) dielectrics, such as Z5U and Y5V are good for 
> > cheap consumer electronics, but for professional circuits there are many 
> > drawbacks and it is not the best thing to use them.  Ceramic capacitors 
> > with user-defined ESR are available from two of the major capacitor 
> > vendors, so they can be used when we need the highest performance and can 
> > afford the higher cost for these parts.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Istvan Novak
> > Oracle
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 5/9/2013 9:00 AM, Ken Wyatt wrote:
> >> Hi Group & Bruce,
> >> 
> >> I'm kind of a "newby" when it comes to SI, but am reading Lee Richey's 
> >> books on the subject.
> >> 
> >> One thing he recommends for PDN designs is the use of bypass 
> >> capacitors with a more lossy dielectric (higher ESR), such as X5R, Z5U 
> >> or Y5V, to dampen the anti-resonance. Would this be a reasonable thing 
> >> to try?
> >> 
> >> Ken
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> >> On May 9, 2013, at 5:16 AM, Istvan Novak wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Hi Bruce,
> >>> 
> >>> The anti-resonance between the static capacitance of planes and 
> >>> inductance of bypass capacitors will always be present unless you 
> >>> either match the plane impedance with the ESRs of capacitors or 
> >>> overwhelm the antiresonance with MANY low-inductance bypass 
> >>> capacitors.  The antiresonance is present with any laminate material, 
> >>> thin or thick.
> >>> When you use thin laminates (Embedded Capacitance Material), the 
> >>> resonance magnitude and frequency both get lower with respect to a 
> >>> thicker laminate.  First you have to determine whether the resonance 
> >>> causes a problem for power, signal integrity and EMI.  If you dont 
> >>> excite the resonance, you dont need to care.
> >>> 
> >>> Regards,
> >>> 
> >>> Istvan Novak
> >>> Oracle
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> On 5/9/2013 2:26 AM, Bruce wrote:
> >>>> Hi Expert
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> We use Embedded Capacitance Material for better PDN and less 
> >>>> capacitor component. According to PDN Simulation. We notice that is 
> >>>> an anti-resonance point between capacitor and Plane.
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> We can find that when use Embedded Capacitance Material. There are 
> >>>> much better in most frequency but near anti-resonance point.
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> In this case. We have to solution.
> >>>> 
> >>>> 1.     Try to reduce the anti-resonance point. We need many high 
> >>>> frequency
> >>>> capacitor component. That is not good because we want to reduce the 
> >>>> number of capacitor component. Our purpose is reduce 70% number of 
> >>>> capacitor component.
> >>>> 
> >>>> 2.     Keep this anti-resonance point. That maybe have a risk if 
> >>>> there is
> >>>> some noise by chance  in this frequency
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> How about your suggestion? Please let me know if my question is not 
> >>>> clear enough.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Best Regards,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Bruce Wu
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
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