• DocumentCode
    2176777
  • Title

    Impact of package inductance and DQ driver strength on the 3rd harmonic EMI from DRAM

  • Author

    Lee, Junho ; Yoon, Dae-kun ; Kim, Hyunseok ; Jung, Booho ; Lee, Hyungdong ; Park, Kunwoo ; Kih, Joongsik

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Design Team, Hynix Semicond. Inc., Icheon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    10-12 Dec. 2008
  • Firstpage
    132
  • Lastpage
    134
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the impact of DRAM-caused power noise (especially simultaneous switching output noise) in DDR2 667 system. The power noise is regulated by adjusting the package inductance of power delivery nets, DQ driver strength, and the power supply voltage. The package inductances of core power delivery net (VDD/VSS) and the DQ power delivery net (VDDQ/ VSSQ) are controlled by adjusting the number of solder balls on package. Also, the DQ power noise is controlled by adjusting DQ driver strength. The power supply level adjusts to control both core and DQ power noises. In summary, DRAM power noise is closely related to the radiated emission, and DRAM power noise should be properly controlled to reduce EMI in digital system.
  • Keywords
    DRAM chips; driver circuits; electromagnetic interference; inductance; integrated circuit noise; integrated circuit packaging; DDR2 667 system; DQ driver; DRAM; electromagnetic interference; package inductance; power delivery nets; power noise; simultaneous switching output noise; solder balls; third harmonic EMI; Control systems; Electromagnetic interference; Inductance; Noise level; Noise reduction; Packaging; Power supplies; Random access memory; Variable structure systems; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Packaging and Systems Symposium, 2008. EDAPS 2008. Electrical Design of
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2633-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2634-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDAPS.2008.4736017
  • Filename
    4736017