Per my experience, the noise is generated inside the high speed digital chip, and it will spread to power supply plane. So the decap is filtering the noise generated by the chip first, not filtering noise from the power supply in high speed multi-layer design. In this case , via location is not so important. Peter -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ivor Bowden Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 12:50 PM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] via location Hi SI community, Consider a device power pin, a power plane, and a decap (of course power comes in pairs, let's just consider one leg now). Assume device has di/dt requirements high enough to make this discussion relevant. Say physical constraints allow you to place decap a few (or several) mm away from power pin, on same side of PCB, and connect power pin to decap with relatively wide trace. Say physical constraints allow you a single via to plane, e.g. microvia in pad. Should that via be at the power pin pad or at the decap pad? I've seen app notes state either of these ways. My consideration is if via is at decap pad, then there is more inductance to device resulting in more noise in device (e.g. ground bounce). If via is at device pin, then there is more inductance to decap, resulting in more noise on plane. Looking for insight here. Comments? Thanks, Ivor ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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