A multilayer ceramic series-connected capacitive-resistive device for impedance matching of high-frequency digital signal buses

Author

Helms, Bruce E. ; De Neuf, Joel B. ; Canner, James P.

Author_Institution

Murata Electronics North America, State Coll., PA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

3

fYear

1994

fDate

9/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

354

Lastpage

358

Abstract

As clock frequencies increase on digital equipment data buses, signal paths behave more like microwave striplines. It becomes ever more important to maintain bus impedance to prevent mismatches which can result in problems with false data and radiated noise. Series capacitors and resistors perform this function, Demands of miniaturization and improved manufacturing efficiency make a composite capacitor-resistor functional device attractive to designers. This paper describes the application in detail, and summarizes the development of such a composite device. Performance is compared to discrete devices in the same application. Future plans for expansion of the product series are described

Keywords

capacitors; ceramics; impedance matching; resistors; surface mount technology; system buses; HF digital signal buses; MLC device; SMD; clock frequencies; composite capacitor-resistor functional device; digital equipment data buses; impedance matching; multilayer ceramic device; series-connected capacitive-resistive device; surface mount device; Capacitors; Ceramics; Clocks; Data buses; Frequency; Impedance; Microwave devices; Nonhomogeneous media; Resistors; Stripline;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology, Part A, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9886

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/95.311743

Filename

311743